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With plenty of Netflix subscribers having binged the first six seasons, there’s a huge demand for Black Mirror season 7 news. Created by Charlie Brooker, the series takes a look at the potential dark sides of modern technology and the disturbing places these advancements could be taking humanity. With new directors and actors used in each episode, the show tells a wide variety of exciting and thought-provoking stories. Black Mirror began in 2011 as a British series before continuing on as a Netflix original series.
Black Mirror season 6 offered a new collection of episodes from directors like Toby Haynes and John Crowley, and featuring actors like Annie Murphy, Josh Hartnett, and Zazie Beetz. However, season 6 also strayed from the expected Black Mirror format, with less of a focus on technology at the center of the stories and episodes that take place, not just in the near future, but also in the past. The change in approach was met with mixed reactions from viewers and there are many wondering what these changes mean for Black Mirror season 7.
Black Mirror Season 7 Latest News
The Release Date & Trailer Are Revealed
After an extended wait for the new season, the latest news comes in the form of the release date for Black Mirror season 7. Netflix’s hit anthology series is set to arrive on April 10, 2025, and the new season will run six total episodes. As is the case with Netflix original series, all six episodes will arrive on the same day, and can be viewed along with all six previous seasons, which now stream exclusively on the platform.
Along with the release date, Netflix dropped a full trailer for Black Mirror season 7, and it is simultaneously revealing and mysterious. The nearly three-minute trailer has a clear through-line involving games, and one of the upcoming episodes will involve a video game that pushes the boundaries of the player’s moral judgement. This section includes the surprise reveal of Will Poulter, who is reprising his role as Colin Ritman from Bandersnatch. Other clips show Issa Rae’s character being sent into a vintage black-and-white AI world, a well as Rashida Jones selling a children’s cereal.
Watch the trailer here:
The trailer offers a few quick glimpses of the return of the U.S.S. Callister crew, though it’s unclear exactly what will happen in their episode. A story involving masked superheroes is also teased, though it is perhaps the least-covered episode in the trailer. The trailer also reveals that Michele Austin, Ben Bailey Smith, Asim Chaudhry, Josh Finan, James Nelson-Joyce, Jay Simpson, and Michael Workéyè have all been cast.
Netflix also released a bevy of new images from season 7:
Black Mirror Season 7 Release Date
More Black Mirror Is Coming Soon
Though the wait for season 7 has been lengthy, Netflix announce the release date for the series’ return in March 2025. With only a few weeks between announcement and premiere, Black Mirror season 7 debuts on April 10, 2025. The season will consist of six new episodes, and they will all be available to view on the same day.
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Black Mirror Season 7 Cast
A Star-Studded Cast Featuring Some Unexpected Returns
The Black Mirror season 6 cast was one of the most star-studded of the entire series and season 7 is already set to continue that trend. Though all the details aren’t known, Awkwafina, Emma Corrin, Cristin Milioti, Issa Rae, Peter Capaldi, Paul Giamatti, Milanka Brooks, Patsy Ferran, Lewis Gribben, Osy Ikhile, Rashida Jones, Siena Kelly, Billy Magnussen, Rosy McEwen, Chris O’Dowd, Paul G. Raymond, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jimmi Simpson, and Harriet Walter have been cast. It was also revealed that Will Poulter will reprise his role as Colin Ritman from Bandersnatch.
It’s important to note that Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson, Billy Magnussen, Osy Ikhile and Paul G. Raymond all appeared in the season 4 episode “USS Callister” and they will be reprising their roles in Black Mirror‘s first sequel episode. The season 7 trailer also revealed that Michele Austin, Ben Bailey Smith, Asim Chaudhry, Josh Finan, James Nelson-Joyce, Jay Simpson, and Michael Workéyè will all appear in season 7 as well.
The known cast of Black Mirror season 7 includes:
Actor | Black Mirror Role | |
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Will Poulter | Colin Ritman | 
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Akwafina | Unknown | 
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Emma Corrin | Unknown | 
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Cristin Milioti | Nanette Cole | 
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Issa Rae | Unknown | 
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Peter Capaldi | Unknown | 
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Paul Giamatti | Unknown | 
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Milanka Brooks | Elena Tulaska | 
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Patsy Ferran | Unknown | 
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Lewis Gribben | Unknown | 
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Osy Ikhile | Nate Packer | 
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Rashida Jones | Unknown | 
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Siena Kelly | Unknown | 
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Billy Magnussen | Valdack | 
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Rosy McEwen | Unknown | 
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Chris O’Dowd | Unknown | 
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Paul G. Raymond | Kabir Dudani | 
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Tracee Ellis Ross | Unknown | 
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Jimmi Simpson | James Walton | 
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Harriet Walker | Unknown | 
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Michele Austin | Unknown | 
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Ben Bailey Smith | Unknown | 
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Asim Chaudhry | Unknown | 
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Josh Finan | Unknown | 
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James Nelson-Joyce | Unknown | 
Image via Hulu |
Jay Simpson | Unknown | 
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Michael Workéyè | Unknown | 
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Black Mirror Season 7 Story Details
A Sequel To “USS Callister” Has Been Announced
Though the plots of all six episodes of Black Mirror season 7 haven’t been announced yet, the trailer paints a somewhat clearer picture of where the season is going. As an anthology, all six episodes of season 7 will be different stories, though season 7 will feature a follow-up to “USS Callister” from season 4. Continuing the trend of exploring the ethics of burgeoning technology, one episode involves a video game that causes violence among its players, and seems to be a sequel to Bandersnatch because of the return of Will Poulter’s Colin Ritman.
“USS Callister” was episode 1 of Black Mirror season 4.
Another episode follows a woman who sells cereal to children, but she may be some sort of android or augmented human. A superhero-themed tale was hinted at in the trailer, though very few details about that episode were shown. A story involving AI movie characters factored heavily into the trailer, and it involved Issa Rae’s character going into a black and white film to interact with the characters who think they’re real.
Black Mirror Season 7 Trailer
Watch The Full Trailer Below
Netflix dropped a nearly three-minute-long trailer for Black Mirror season 7 in March 2025, and it offers a look at one of the most exciting seasons yet. Continuing the trend of exploring the negative impact of technology, season 7 will feature a story involving a game that turns players violent, and an AI program that puts people into movies with characters who think they’re real. A follow-up to “USS Callister” will also take place in season 7, and other stories involve superheroes and a mysterious woman who sells children’s cereal.
Black Mirror
6/10
- Release Date
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December 4, 2011
- Network
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Channel 4, Netflix
- Showrunner
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Charlie Brooker
- Directors
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Owen Harris, Toby Haynes, James Hawes, David Slade, Carl Tibbetts, Ally Pankiw, Bryn Higgins, Dan Trachtenberg, Euros Lyn, Jodie Foster, Joe Wright, John Hillcoat, Sam Miller, Tim Van Patten, Uta Briesewitz, Colm McCarthy, Jakob Verbruggen, James Watkins, John Crowley, Otto Bathurst, Anne Sewitsky, Brian Welsh
- Writers
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Evan Twohy, Jesse Armstrong
