Black Mirror season 7 adds Doctor Who and Marvel stars to its cast, as well as an Oscar nominee
Sep. 19, 2024Season 7 is star-studded
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Black Mirror season 7 has confirmed its star-studded cast in the most Black Mirror way possible. A video showing a vintage computer screen titled ‘TCKR_Confidential_NotForDistribution.mp4’ was released as part of Netflix’s Geeked Week announcements.
In it, the cast for the upcoming season 7 was confirmed, and it’s the most star-studded the show has been yet. Among the names confirmed were Marvel star Awkwafina, Chris O’Dowd, Cristin Milioti (seemingly back as her USS Callister character), Harriet Walter, and Emma Corrin. Issa Rae is also lined up to star in another episode, as well as Oscar-nominee Paul Giamatti, Doctor Who’s Peter Capaldi, Rashida Jones, Billy Magnussen, and Tracee Ellis Ross. Character details are still underwraps.
That’s not all either as the short clip was packed full of Easter eggs for fans to pore over. It’s not clear what these are yet, whether they’re quotes or episode titles, but some of the sentences we spotted included:
Check out the full video below:
Among them is a return to the world of one of the show’s best episodes: a sequel to season 4 opener, USS Callister. That episode starred Oscar-nominee Jesse Plemons as Robert Daly, a video game developer who makes a simulated Star Trek-style alternate reality online. In it, he becomes the Captain Kirk figure going missions with his crew (based on his work colleagues). Daly didn’t make it out alive of the episode, but it seems like there’s more story to tell with his crew.
Speaking toDeadline, Brooker previously teasedthat season 7 will feel like “OG Black Mirror.“He said: “We’re doing some things we’ve not done before. People can expect quite a lot of emotion and, hopefully, a good mix of chills. But this time around, the episodes are all, in a way, like OG Black Mirror.”
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I’m the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering TV and film for the Total Film and SFX sections online. I previously worked as a Senior Showbiz Reporter and SEO TV reporter at Express Online for three years. I’ve also written for The Resident magazines and Amateur Photographer, before specializing in entertainment.
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