{"id":52568,"date":"2024-06-03T18:35:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T16:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2050470"},"modified":"2024-06-03T22:44:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T20:44:20","slug":"black-mirrors-uss-callister-sequel-went-through-various-iterations","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/black-mirrors-uss-callister-sequel-went-through-various-iterations\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Mirror\u2019s USS Callister sequel \u2018went through various iterations\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Black Mirror episode is getting its sequel in the upcoming new season. <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 03 June 2024 at 16:35 PM<\/p>

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It\u2019s not often that Black Mirror<\/a> plots, characters or stories get a continuation.<\/p>\n

In fact, it\u2019s never happened before \u2013 so it\u2019s safe to say that fans of the dystopian series are more than a little excited for the anticipated sequel episode to USS Callister<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The premiere episode of season 4 aired back in 2017 and went down a storm with fans, not least because of its Star Trek<\/a> inspiration, chilling performance from Jesse Plemons and stellar casting that included Michaela Coel, Cristin Milioti, Aaron Paul and Billy Magnussen.<\/p>\n

Well, it turns out that, actually, despite being the first ever Black Mirror sequel, this season 7<\/a> follow-up to USS Callister has been in the works for quite some time now \u2013 and in different forms.<\/p>\n

Chatting to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, series creator Charlie Brooker revealed: \u201cThis has been\u00a0brewing for actually quite a long time. And it\u2019s partly because of the way that it ends.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He continued: \u201cThe first one ends like you could just carry that story on and follow where they go now. So it was always like, \u2018Hmm, I\u2019m going to do that.\u2019 It was something we were looking at for quite a long time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were various iterations it went through, various versions we wanted to do and were discussing on and off for several years. But there are a lot of schedules to sort out, and then the pandemic got in the way.\u201d<\/p>

Brooker added: \u201cIt was something that looked like it wasn\u2019t going to happen, and so I was delighted when it did. So, it\u2019s been a minute. But even writing the characters is a luxury I don\u2019t often get.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never had it before on Black Mirror, to have a character that survives beyond one episode! So that\u2019s been a lot of fun, and then seeing them all on set has been fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for whether all or only some of the cast will be reprising their roles, we\u2019ll have to wait and see \u2013 as Brooker remained tight-lipped about the possibility of Plemons\u2019s Robert Daly making a return, merely saying: \u201cYou\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

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