Black Mirror fans, rejoice — there’s more terror on its way. Creator Charlie Booker just revealed that the hit series, which began its run on the UK's Channel 4 before moving to Netflix in its third season, will return to the streamer for Season 8.
“Black Mirror will return, and hopefully it’ll be more Black Mirror than ever,” Booker revealed in a recent interview with Netflix’s Tudum site. “Luckily it does have a future, so I can confirm that Black Mirror will return, just in time for reality to catch up with it. So, that’s exciting. That chunk of my brain has already been activated and is whirring away.”
In the chat, he also opened up about how creating the new season has been like making a music album. “It’s a useful thought experiment when approaching a new story,” Booker said. “I’ll often think of, ‘Well, what haven’t we done yet, and what tone am I looking for? … Where does this track come on the album, and what musical direction are we going to go into?’ We’ll find out. Very unlikely you’ll ever see a Black Mirror hoedown.”
Other than that, he was mum about what fans can expect next season.
Interestingly enough, Booker’s announcement comes just ahead of the Golden Globes this coming weekend, where the series has picked up its very first nominations for Season 7. It will be vying for best TV limited series and anthology series, as well as two acting awards for Rashida Jones and Paul Giamatti, who star in the episodes “Common People” and “Eulogy,” respectively.
Season 7 of the now beloved show was released back in April 2025 and even featured a sequel episode to the highly praised “USS Callister” episode from Season 4. We don’t have a release date yet for Season 8, but hopefully we’ll see it arrive late this year or early next.
Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
