TIFF 2016 Preview: Black Mirror Season 3 With Gugu Mbatha-RawPosted by Wilson Morales
September 5, 2016
One of the few TV series being highlighted during the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival is the third season for Netflix’s original series Black Mirror.
Black Mirror is an anthology series that taps into our collective unease with the modern world, with each stand-alone episode a sharp, suspenseful tale exploring themes of contemporary techno-paranoia. Without questioning it, technology has transformed all aspects of our lives; in every home; on every desk; in every palm – a plasma screen; a monitor; a Smartphone – a Black Mirror reflecting our 21st Century existence back at us. The series is created and written by Charlie Brooker, and executive produced by Brooker and Annabel Jones.
Expected at the festival are creator Charlie Brooker, producer Annabel Jones, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Mackenzie Davis from the episode titled ‘San Junipero’ and Bryce Dallas Howard and director Joe Wright from the episode ‘Nosedive.’
Directed by Owen Harris, San Junipero follows the young and impressionable Yorkie (a tomboyish Mackenzie Davis) as she weaves her way through the streets of a late-’80s seaside town looking for excitement. Sparks fly in a dance club when she makes a connection with the alluring Kelly (Gugu Mbatha-Raw). But there is far more at stake in their encounter than a single night’s pleasure.
In Nosedive, a determined woman (Bryce Dallas Howard) wants to lease an apartment in an exclusive complex. But as this is a world where every single interaction is rated, and overall rating determines social status, she is compelled to give a maid-of-honour speech at the wedding of an old friend (Alice Eve). In this biting social satire, penned by Rashida Jones and directed by Joe Wright (Hanna and Anna Karenina), a bad-luck trip to a rehearsal dinner plummets our protagonist into a devastating life change.
Here’s the full list of upcoming episodes:
- “San Junipero,” starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw & Mackenzie Davis, directed by Owen Harris
- “Shut Up and Dance,” starring Jerome Flynn & Alex Lawther, directed by James Watkins
- “Nosedive,” starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Alice Eve, and James Norton, directed by Joe Wright
- “Men Against Fire,” starring Michael Kelly, Malachi Kirby, and Madeline Brewer, directed by Jakob Verbruggen
- “Hated in the Nation,” starring Kelly Macdonald, directed by James Hawes
- “Playtest,” starring Wyatt Russell & Hannah John-Kamen, directed by Dan Trachtenberg
The next six installments of Black Mirror will arrive October 21 on Netflix.
