Charlie Booker Confirms Black Mirror Will Return to Netflix for Season 8 'Just in Time for Reality to Catch Up With It'

Black Mirror fans, rejoice — there’s much panic connected its way. Creator Charlie Booker conscionable revealed that the deed series, which began its tally connected the UK's Channel 4 earlier moving to Netflix successful its 3rd season, volition instrumentality to the streamer for Season 8.

“Black Mirror volition return, and hopefully it’ll beryllium much Black Mirror than ever,” Booker revealed successful a caller interrogation with Netflix’s Tudum site. “Luckily it does person a future, truthful I tin corroborate that Black Mirror volition return, conscionable successful clip for world to drawback up with it. So, that’s exciting. That chunk of my encephalon has already been activated and is whirring away.”

In the chat, helium besides opened up astir however creating the caller play has been similar making a euphony album. “It’s a utile thought experimentation erstwhile approaching a caller story,” Booker said. “I’ll often deliberation of, ‘Well, what haven’t we done yet, and what code americium I looking for? … Where does this way travel connected the album, and what philharmonic absorption are we going to spell into?’ We’ll find out. Very improbable you’ll ever spot a Black Mirror hoedown.”

Other than that, helium was mum astir what fans tin expect adjacent season.

Interestingly enough, Booker’s announcement comes conscionable up of the Golden Globes this coming weekend, wherever the bid has picked up its precise archetypal nominations for Season 7. It volition beryllium vying for champion TV constricted bid and anthology series, arsenic good arsenic 2 acting awards for Rashida Jones and Paul Giamatti, who prima successful the episodes “Common People” and “Eulogy,” respectively.

Season 7 of the present beloved amusement was released backmost successful April 2025 and adjacent featured a sequel occurrence to the highly praised “USS Callister” occurrence from Season 4. We don’t person a merchandise day yet for Season 8, but hopefully we’ll spot it get precocious this twelvemonth oregon aboriginal next.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.