As Charlie Brooker reveals more about the show
Netflix has released the trailer for Charlie Brooker’s Death To 2020 – and revealed that it will be released on December 27.
The clip starts with Samuel L. Jackson in his role as Dash Bracket, a reporter for New Yorkerly News, talking about the events of this movements year.
Samson Kayo as a scientist called Pyrex Flask, Lisa Kudrow as a ‘non-official spokesperson’ and Leslie Jones as Dr. Maggie Gravel a behavioural psychologist, The cast also includes Hugh Grant as history professor Tennyson Foss, Tracey Ullman as the Queen, below.
Diane Morgan, whose Philomena Cunk alter-ego originated on Brooker’s previous Wipe shows here plays Gemma Nerrick, described as ‘average citizen’, while Kumail Nanjiani plays Bark Multiverse the chief executive of a tech company.
Death to 2020 trailer for
Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker’s upcoming mockumentary special. It featured a star-studded cast led by Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Leslie Jones, and Lisa Kudrow as they portray professional experts, political figures and ordinary citizen, who will talked about the definitive story of one of the most historic year in history. Set to debut on December 27, you can check out the video in the player below!
2020: A year so [insert adjective of choice here], even the creators of
Black Mirror couldn’t make it up… but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a little something to add.
The team behind
Black Mirror are back with their latest project, and instead of telling yet another story about how technology could ruin our lives, they have 2020 firmly in their crosshairs. The show’s creators, Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, have made a mockumentary called
Death to 2020, which will hit Netflix on December 27th.
The special, which “tells the story of the dreadful year that was” according to its synopsis, blends news footage with appearances (and probably acidic comments) from fictional characters. The trailer includes some of the well-known faces who appear in
Death to 2020, such as Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow, Kumail Nanjiani, Tracey Ullman, Leslie Jones, Cristin Milioti and Joe Keery.
BLACK MIRROR Team Reunite for DEATH TO 2020 Comedy Special
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Black Mirror. Netflix‘s dystopian anthology series isn’t getting new episodes this year, but we are getting something from the creators. They’ll bid adieu to our very real Hellscape with a special comedy event,
Death to 2020.
“2020: A year so [insert adjective of choice here], even the creators of Black Mirror couldn’t make it up… but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a little something to add. Death to 2020 is a comedy event that tells the story of the dreadful year that was and perhaps still is? This landmark documentary-style special weaves together a chorus of narration from some of the world’s most (fictitious) renowned voices with real-life archival footage spanning the past 12 months.”
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The end-of-year comedy special from Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones stars Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Kumail Nanjiani, Lisa Kudrow, Leslie Jones, Cristin Milioti, Joe Keery and more, and will be narrated by Laurence Fishburne.
Netflix, along with Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, gave viewers an idea of what to expect from
Death to 2020 on Monday morning.
When announcing the end-of-year comedy event from the Emmy-winning
Black Mirror creators, the streaming giant had billed
Death to 2020 as a landmark documentary-style special and provided only some details about the TV event, which boasts a star-studded cast. On Monday, Netflix revealed that