‘Black Mirror’ Season 3 Premiere Date Set at Netflix — Get Details
By Matt Webb Mitovich
Black Mirror‘s twisty, twisted tales will continue to unfold on Friday, Oct. 21, Netflix announced on Wednesday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.
The streaming giant also set return dates for the Ashton Kutcher comedy series The Ranch, among others.
An anthology series created by Charlie Brooker, Black Mirror’s run of six Season 3 episodes — which were commissioned by Netflix after the first seasons (plus a Jon Hamm-fronted Christmas special) debuted across the pond, and are being described as “crazier, badder and closer to real life than ever” — include:
* “San Junipero,” featuring Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Touch) and Mackenzie Davis (Halt and Catch Fire) in an episode directed by Owen Harris
* “Shut Up and Dance,” featuring Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones) and Alex Lawther in an episode directed by James Watkins
* “Nosedive,” featuring Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World), Alice Eve (Entourage) and James Norton (Grantchester) in an episode directed by Joe Wright
* “Men Against Fire,” starring Michael Kelly (House of Cards), Malachi Kirby (Roots) and Madeline Brewer (Hemlock Grove) in an episode directed by Jakob Verbruggen
* “Hated in the Nation,” featuring Kelly MacDonald (Boardwalk Empire) in an episode directed by James Hawes
* “Playtest,” featuring Wyatt Russell (The Walking Dead webisodes) and Hannah John-Kamen (Killjoys) in an episode directed by Dan Trachtenberg.
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Netflix also announced dates for the following returning series:
* Season 1 of The Ranch will resume October 7
* Season 3 of Chef’s Table: France, featuring L’Arpege’s Alain Passard, Maison Troisgros’ Michel Troisgros, Yam’Tcha’s Adeline Grattard and La Marine’s Alexandre Couillon, will premiere Sept. 2.
* Season 2 of Lovesick (fka Scrotal Recall, eww) will premiere Nov. 17
* Season 2 of Beat Bugs, the Beatles music-inspired animated series, will premiere Nov. 18.
Which of the above return dates are you most looking forward to?
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