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‘Black Mirror’ Season 6 Casts Aaron Paul, Josh Hartnett, Zazie Beetz, Kate Mara and Paapa Essiedu
The return of Black Mirror is starting to take shape. The upcoming sixth season, which has yet to set a premiere date, is rounding out its cast. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Zazie Beetz, Paapa Essiedu, Josh Hartnett, Aaron Paul, Kate Mara, Danny Ramirez, Clara Rugaard, Auden Thornton and Anjana Vasan are set to […]
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‘Black Mirror’ Returning for Season 6 on Netflix
After a long break, Black Mirror is returning to Netflix for season six. The acclaimed dystopian anthology series that explores technology’s impact on humanity is ramping up for another season, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The new season is expected to have more episodes than season five (which only had three entries) but will continue […]
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‘Survivor’, ‘Black Mirror’ Producer Banijay to Go Public in $4B Merger
Banijay, the French-based production company whose hits shows include Survivor, Black Mirror and MasterChef, is set to merge with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), or “blank check company” with support from billionaires Bernard Arnault and Vincent Bolloré. The deal would see Banijay’s assets folded into a new company, called FL Entertainment, together with Betclic, […]
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Netflix Sets Interactive Romantic Comedy ‘Choose Love,’ Laura Marano to Lead
It’s not quite swiping right or left, but Netflix viewers will soon be able to make romantic decisions for characters in one of its movies. Laura Marano, Avan Jogia, Scott Michael Foster and Jordi Webber are starring in Choose Love, Netflix’s first rom-com to receive the interactive treatment. Stuart McDonald (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) is directing the […]
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Banijay’s Head of Scripted Lars Blomgren on Keeping 50+ Labels Happy and the Impact of Jack Thorne’s Edinburgh Lecture
Following its seismic $2.2 billion takeover of Endemol Shine, unveiled in late 2019, French TV giant Banijay instantly became a small-screen colossus, spanning some 150 production companies across 22 territories. Just under a year after the deal was first made public — and a few months after it formally closed in the summer of 2020 — Lars […]
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‘Death to 2020’: ‘Black Mirror’ Creators on Making Topical Comedy Amid the Pandemic
Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones tackle the "nonsense and chaos and horribleness" of 2020 with a star-studded mockumentary filmed under pandemic-era protocols. "We hope to give people a sort of cathartic exorcism of the year that was 2020," Jones tells The Hollywood Reporter.
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‘Death to 2020’: TV Review
'Black Mirror' vets Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones take a mockumentary look at the horrors of the past year in 'Death to 2020,' featuring stars like Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow, Leslie Jones and Cristin Milioti.
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Netflix’s ‘Death to 2020’ Skewers “Trainwreck” Year in Mockumentary Trailer
The end-of-year comedy event from 'Black Mirror' creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones stars Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Kumail Nanjiani, Lisa Kudrow, Leslie Jones, Cristin Milioti, Joe Keery and more, and will be narrated by Laurence Fishburne.
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‘Black Mirror’ Creators Set Star-Studded 2020 Comedy Special at Netflix
‘Black Mirror’ creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones are bringing a comedy event about 2020 — ‘Death to 2020’ — to Netflix. The documentary-style special stars Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow, Kumail Nanjiani, Tracey Ullman, Leslie Jones, Joe Keery and Black Mirror alum Cristin Milioti.
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Netflix Invests in ‘Black Mirror’ Creators’ New Company
Netflix is investing in Broke and Bones, the new production company from 'Black Mirror' creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones.
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Critics’ Conversation: The Vibrant, Varied, Ever-Evolving Landscape of LGBTQ TV Today
For Pride 2020, THR's TV critics take a look at the current state of LGBTQ representation on the small screen — from the queering of CW's superhero space to the refreshing complexity of flawed queer characters (hello, 'Work in Progress') and more.
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The Time Is Now to “Make People Uncomfortable”: Patrick Stewart, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and The Hollywood Reporter Drama Actor Roundtable
Patrick Stewart, Daveed Diggs, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Kieran Culkin, Tobias Menzies and Bob Odenkirk talk race on TV, getting in shape for nude scenes and seeking early happy hours (and therapy) during lockdown for THR's first-ever virtual Roundtable:
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