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‘Black Mirror’ Creator Charlie Brooker on Dealing the Show’s ‘Biggest Body Blow’ in Season 7 and Whether He Took Another Swipe at Netflix: ‘Almost Disappointingly, No’
'Black Mirror' creator Charlie Brooker on bringing USS Callister back for a sequel and, despite how it looks, not attacking Netflix again.
But for the first time in the “Black Mirror” universe, there’s a sequel to a previous episode, the spaceship from Season 4 favorite “USS Callister” dusted off for another adventure in the digital realm, a return Brooker says was “long in the making” (but logistically difficult to arrange). Alongside the Callister’s returning crewmates of Jesse Plemons and Cristin Milioti, the latest season is also awash in the sort of star-laden cast the show has become renowned for, including the likes of Paul Giamatti, Awkwafina, Harriet Walter, Issa Rae, Emma Corrin, Peter Capaldi, Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd and more. Speaking to Variety ahead of the show’s launch, Brooker — alongside his executive producer Jessica Rhoades — discuss keeping a now-teenage “Black Mirror” fresh, how some new episodes “skew hopeful” but also deal major “body blows” and why, this time — despite appearances — he’s not biting the streaming hand that feeds him.
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