The promise of technological horror inception is on the horizon as Netflix renews Black Mirror for Season Eight. Soon enough, viewers can doom-scroll on social media while watching another season of the popular anthology series tackling humanity’s deepest flaws and technology’s greatest dangers.
“Black Mirror will return, and hopefully it’ll be more Black Mirror than ever,” creator Charlie Brooker told Netflix Tudum. “I can confirm that Black Mirror will return, just in time for reality to catch up with it. So, that’s exciting. That chunk of my brain has already been activated and is whirring away.”
Black Mirror Season Seven premiered in April 2025 with dystopian episodes about the impact of AI, human advertising, space missions, and more. The cast included Will Poulter, Awkwafina, Peter Capaldi, Emma Corrin, Paul Giamatti, Rashida Jones, Ayo Edebiri, Issa Rae, Tracee Ellis Ross, and more.
“Of all the seasons we’ve done, this is the one where I think I’ve seen every episode at the top and bottom of someone’s list, which is part of Black Mirror’s DNA,” Brooker said about Season Seven. “I always wanted each episode to feel like it had quite a lot of variety, even though obviously the subject matter, the focus, it’s gone through my brain, and there’s a Black Mirror-y tone to it.”
Brooker compared the process of creating each season to building an album with a wide range of genres in the mix. “It’s a useful thought experiment when approaching a new story,” he said. “I’ll often think of, ‘Well, what haven’t we done yet, and what tone am I looking for? … Where does this track come on the album, and what musical direction are we going to go into?’ We’ll find out. Very unlikely you’ll ever see a Black Mirror hoedown.”
