‘Black Mirror’ Creator Charlie Brooker Reveals What His ‘Black Mirror’ Pandemic Would Look Like
But instead of making that, Brooker is giving you Netflix mockumentary “Death to 2020” on Dec. 27Jennifer Maas | December 22, 2020 @ 12:01 AM
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With just a few days left in the calendar year, it’s now safe to say “Black Mirror” fans won’t be getting any new, surprise installments of Charlie Brooker’s dark Netflix anthology. And that’s not because the series’ creator is out of twisted ideas, but because he and fellow “Black Mirror” showrunner Annabel Jones have been putting all of those ideas into “Death to 2020,” their upcoming Netflix mockumentary about, you guessed it, the year 2020.
years in recent memory has many
ready to swiftly move
It seems
Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones feel the same as the duo are set to release a new Netflix project titled
Death to 2020.
Charlie Brooker’s DEATH TO 2020pic.twitter.com/prtCe0Gt5W S I N E M A G E R (@sinemagerbanget) December 4, 2020
What is Death to 2020 ?
Contrary to what we may expect from the minds behind the existential sci-fi horror series
Black Mirror, Death to 2020 is going to be a mockumentary. It s a satirical look back at some of the terrible events of the year. Netflix describes the project as “a cathartic comedy event you’ll never forget”.
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Lisa Kudrow: Let s laugh as soon as we can about it and it is there for all time for when you are ready to laugh about it.
Lisa Kudrow has said crises help her to understand the value of entertainment and admits she hopes her new Netflix comedy gives people a break from the challenges they have faced in 2020.
The Friends star, who appears in new Netflix comedy
Death to 2020, which offers a comedic take on the events of the year, hopes the new show will gives viewers a much-needed laugh.
Speaking at a press conference for the launch of the programme, 57-year-old Kudrow said: I have to say… every time there s a crisis, I realise how important entertainment is because we need a break.
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A mockumentary with “unprecedented access to experts, politicos, monarchs, and average citizens,” it pairs real-life archival footage from the past year with commentary from a slew of familiar faces. Among them are Samuel L. Jackson, Lisa Kudrow, Leslie Jones, Joe Keery, Kumail Nanjiani, Tracey Ullman, Cristin Milioti, and Hugh Grant, all of whom can be seen in the project’s first teaser.
Watch it below:
Brooker and executive producer Annabel Jones have shared the following statement ahead of the film’s release:
Charlie Brooker: ’Those who only know me through
Black Mirror may not realize that when not writing speculative sci-fi about people frowning at smartphones, I’ve spent years making comedy shows in the UK including many topical comedy specials. So to me,