‘Black Mirror’ Casts Aaron Paul, Josh Hartnett, Zazie Beetz, Kate Mara and Paapa Essiedu | THR News - video Dailymotion

The upcoming sixth season, which has yet to set a premiere date, is rounding out its cast.

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00:00Black Mirror has rounded out the cast for its upcoming sixth season.

00:04The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the new season will feature some big names set to appear in new episodes,

00:10including Zassi Bates, Josh Hartnett, Aaron Paul, Kate Mara, Danny Ramirez, and Papa Asiedou, among others.

00:18As THR previously reported, Charlie Brooker and Annabelle Jones' acclaimed dystopian anthology

00:23is expected to have more episodes than the previous season, which had just three installments.

00:28The new season will also continue the show's trend of producing longer and more cinematic stories.

00:34While the total episode count for season six has yet to be announced,

00:37sources say this batch of cast members will star in the first three episodes.

00:41The last season of Black Mirror aired back in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic struck.

00:47At the time, Brooker said he wasn't inclined to make more episodes of the tech horror series amid global tragedy,

00:53and instead produced two pandemic-themed specials for Netflix, Death to 2020 and Death to 2021.

01:00No word yet on a release date for the upcoming season.

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