Charlie Brooker, the creator of Black Mirror, is penning a mockumentary about 2020 for Netflix. Brooker is best known for the Netflix anthology series that tackles hot button topics in a dystopian manner. Black Mirror was acquired by the streamer in 2015, adding the previous seasons to its catalog. They've continued to produce more seasons to critical acclaim. Season 5 of the show hit Netflix in 2019 with three more episodes.

Black Mirror season 6 may or may not appear on Netflix in the future after Brooker exited the company that produces the show in 2020. Brooker himself has questioned if the public is ready for a show like Black Mirror to return in 2020. However, the production company that owns the rights to Black Mirror has said they are opening to continuing the relationship with Netflix. As of right now, though, the future of that show is up in the air. Still, that hasn't stopped Brooker from cooking up another satire of the modern era.

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According to Deadline, Brooker is prepping a mockumentary for Netflix about 2020. Hugh Grant revealed his involvement in a new interview, indicating he'll be playing a historian with an atrocious wig. It sounds like Brooker will be leaning heavily into a documentary-style film, with Grant's character sounding like a talking head-type narrator. While other details are relatively scarce and no release date having been announced, it's not hard to imagine what Brooker will be covering in his next feature.

2020 has been a banner year for absolute insanity, and Brooker will have plenty to mine for the mockumentary. There is no shortage of global events to parody, from the COVID pandemic to the US presidential election. Black Mirror has already delved into politics and pandemics, so the mockumentary won't necessarily be unfamiliar territory. Still, 2020 has been a unique brand of crazy, and Brooker has proven adept at zooming in on society's worst impulses and mining them for both dramatic and comedic effect.

Brooker has demonstrated an eerie ability to capture the current zeitgeist with Black Mirror, and this new mockumentary will prove to be no exception. One of the reasons the Netflix show is so compelling is that it is usually right on the money to predict new trends in technology and then take those things to their logical extremes. With 2020 being as close to a dystopian year as possible, Brooker has a lot to work with. While Black Mirror is mostly known for being terrifying and depressing, there could be some light at the end of the tunnel. One of the most praised entries in the series, and one of its most hopeful, is season 3 episode "San Junipero." Hopefully, Brooker can inject some positivity into what is sure to be a terrifying and maddening feature film.

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Source: Deadline