“Black Mirror” Reveals Cryptic Teaser & Season 7 Cast, Including Issa Rae, Cristin Milioti, Paul Giamatti, and Awkwafina
The season 7 cast for Netflix’s sensational, eerily predictive Black Mirror has been revealed, and it’s a stellar group. It also includes, new for the series, some returning stars for a sequel to a beloved episode.
The full cast is comprised of Issa Rae (Barbie, Insecure), Emma Corrin (Deadpool & Wolverine), Cristin Milioti (The Penguin), Awkwafina (Jackpot), Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers), Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish), Rashida Jones (Sunny), Milanka Brooks (Mum and I Don’t Talk Anymore), Peter Capaldi (Criminal Record), Patsy Ferran (Firebrand), Lewis Gribben (Blade Runner 2099), Osy Ikhile (Citadel), Siena Kelly (Domino Day), Billy Magnussen (Road House), Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean), Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids), Issa Rae (Barbie, Awkward), Paul G. Raymond (Horrible Histories), Jimmi Simpson (Westworld) and Harriet Walter (Succession).
A cryptic teaser on Twitter hinted at what’s to come, mentioning the company Tuckersoft, explored in 2018’s Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.
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— Black Mirror (@blackmirror) September 19, 2024
The returning cast members are survivors of a previous installment, the season four premiere episode USS Callister, the Star Trek parody beloved by Black Mirror fans. The USS Callister crew won’t be returning full force, however. “Robert Daly is dead, but for the crew of the USS Callister, their problems are just beginning,” a teaser revealed this past March. Jesse Plemons played Robert Daly in the original episode, who used the DNA of his colleagues to create the hugely popular multiplayer online game set on the titular spaceship. It’s the first time Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker has done a sequel.
As Brooker told The Hollywood Reporter, the decision to return to the USS Callister was a long time coming: “The first one ends like you could just carry that story on and follow where they go now. … There were various iterations it went through, various versions we wanted to do and were discussing on and off for several years. But there are a lot of schedules to sort out, and then the pandemic got in the way. It was something that looked like it wasn’t going to happen, and so I was delighted when it did.”
USS Callister was written by Black Mirror Brooker and William Bridges and directed by Toby Haynes. The returnees are Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson, Milanka Brooks, Osy Ikhile, and Billy Magnussen.
Black Mirror season 7 returns to Netflix in 2025. No other storyline or episode details are available yet, and they likely won’t be until the season begins.
Featured image: Cristin Milloti in “USS Callister.” Black Mirror. Photo: Jonathan Prime/ Netflix
