‘Black Mirror’ creator reveals details of his next “stunningly original” Netflix series

Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker has revealed new information surrounding his next Netflix series.

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Brooker has been working on a non-Black Mirror series for Netflix for some time now, and has finally provided a substantial update on what that project is going to look like. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the currently untitled series is already in production.

The series, according to its official log line, is being described as “a profoundly serious, stunningly original crime thriller in which a tormented detective from the Northern city of Bleakford ventures down to London on a mission to catch a ritualistic serial killer before they run out of people to kill. Contains blood and frowning.”

‘Black Mirror’ creator Charlie Brooker. Credit: Craig Gibson/StillMoving for Netflix

The project stars Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon, MobLand), Georgina Campbell (Barbarian, Watchers) and Lena Headey (Game of Thrones, The Abandons). A wider cast and its release date have yet to be announced.

Brooker has co-written the series with Ben Caudell, Jason Hazeley, Emer Kenny, Daniel Maier and Joel Morris. It is being directed by Al Campbell (Code 404, Two Weeks To Live).

Brooker first teased the series in August, when he spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about Black Mirror season seven’s Emmy nominations: “I am doing something at the moment that we haven’t announced yet. It is not Black Mirror. It’s very different; it’s using my other skill set. My other hat I sometimes wear.”

A still from ‘Black Mirror’ season seven’s ‘Béte Noire’. Credit: Netflix

Charlie Brooker and his creative partner Annabelle Jones have also recently exited their Netflix-owned production company Broke & Bones in July, but have assured fans that they will still be involved in Black Mirror‘s future: “Well, it’s Black Mirror, so the future is looking bleak. But yes, bleakly bright.”

Black Mirror season seven scored a glowing five-star review from NME, with James Mottram writing: “A typically eclectic soundtrack features everything from The Stone Roses to Amyl And The Sniffers), perfectly symbolising the variety on offer across these six episodes. Brooker’s sharp-eyed intelligence and eerily prophetic lens on society is also very much in tune. It’s not all about the twists either. These news episodes, especially the cine-literate ‘Hotel Reverie’, merit a second viewing – but that is par for the course in the Brooker-verse. As they say in the final episode, “a tiger cannot change its stripes”.”

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