The sixth season of the Charlie Brooker production is currently underway, one of a handful of projects under his new shingle Broke & Bones, and fans have a lot to look forward to based on the casting announcements—and putting in one of the most genre-savvy members of the Culkin clan isn’t bad.
Black Mirror has long held up a, well, mirror up to society’s obsession with current technology and social media trends offering everything from cyber-stalking run amok to obsessive use of technological implants to a black and white 1950s B-movie style horror story about those Boston Dynamics robot dogs being used to hunt human beings down in the future (that recent news stories have shown those dogs armed really confirms just how terrifyingly prescient Black Mirror is and remains). It’s also been an actors’ showcase for a slew of stars-to-be and megastars already. Haley Atwell was in the series before Peggy Carter cemented her in the MCU and Jon Hamm was on it at the height of his Mad Men success.
It’s also made brilliant casting choice. The last season alone saw Anthony Mackey inverting his image shortly before he became the new Captain America to explore his sexuality while Miley Cyrus, known to most of her fans as Hannah Montana, the music star with a double life, got to play a version of a mega music star with a horrible home life. Casting Rory Culkin (the younger brother of McCaulay and Kieran, currently on HBO’s Succession) is a slick move considering this is the Culkin who came up in Signs and recently was in a Scream sequel—when it comes to genre-ready chops he’s got them in spades.
Other recent casting announcements have included Aaron Paul (who just recently reprised his role as Breaking Bad’s Jesse Pinkman in the final episodes of Better Call Saul) and Zazie Beetz (Atlanta, The Joker) so Culkin will have a full bunch of cohorts to stand alongside. Other cast members announced include Josh Hartnett, Kate Mara, Danny Ramirez, Clara Rugaard, Auden Thornton, and Anjana Vasan. The 6th season has been reported as being longer than the 5th which saw only three episodes. As of now, there’s no release date for Black Mirror season 6.
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Source: Deadline
