Black Mirror's Charlie Brooker says season 6 has "bleakest stories"
Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker has said that its upcoming sixth season features some of the "bleakest stories" they have ever done.
Ahead of the release of season 6 later this week, which will premiere on June 15, Brooker told GQ that he went back to the show's early episodes for inspiration.
"I sort of circled back to some classically Black Mirror stories as well," Brooker said. "So it's not like it's a bed of roses this season. They're certainly some of the bleakest stories we've ever done."
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"I definitely approached this season thinking: 'Whatever my assumptions are about Black Mirror, I'm going to throw them out and do something different'," he added.
While this season may be the bleakest yet, Brooker said he also wanted to include more comedy in season 6 because "it feels like the dystopia is lapping onto our shores at the present moment".
"I got a bit bored of writing [episodes where it] pulls out to reveal that they're all inside a computer, so one of the things I wanted to do was really shake up what the show is. We've done some episodes that have really big swings, and another episode that's one of the most comedic ones we've ever done.
"There's definitely an out-and-out comedy with a really good comedy cast. I think you see the full breadth of Black Mirror - some of them are classically Black Mirror and some of them are a different beast."
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Last month, Netflix revealed the episode titles: 'Joan is Awful, 'Loch Henry', 'Beyond the Sea', 'Mazey Day' and 'Demon 79'.
The stellar cast for season 6 includes Salma Hayek, Annie Murphy, Michael Cera, Aaron Paul, Josh Hartnett, Zazie Beetz, Myha'la Herrold and Paapa Essiedu.
They will be joined by Rory Culkin, Daniel Portman, Anjana Vasan, Ben Barnes, Kate Mara, Danny Ramirez, Himesh Patel, John Hannah, Auden Thornton, Clara Rugaard, Monica Dolan, Rob Delaney and Samuel Blenkin.
Black Mirror season 6 is set to premiere June 15 on Netflix.
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