Death to 2020 : Black Mirror Creators on Making Topical Comedy Amid the Pandemic
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Lisa Kudrow, Tracey Ullman and Samuel L. Jackson in Netflix s Death to 2020
Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones tackle the nonsense and chaos and horribleness of 2020 with a star-studded mockumentary filmed under pandemic-era protocols. We hope to give people a sort of cathartic exorcism of the year that was 2020, Jones tells The Hollywood Reporter. People definitely need a relief, says Annabel Jones, summing up 2020.
Speaking virtually alongside Charlie Brooker, the
Black Mirror creators tell
The Hollywood Reporter that this year wasn t a good fit for another potentially harrowing season of their Emmy-winning anthology series. Instead, the producing partners and Netflix collaborators decided to tackle the nonsense and chaos and horribleness that was 2020 with comedy.
Laurence Fishburne, per
Here’s Netflix’s official description of the special:
Death to 2020 is a comedy event that tells the story of the dreadful year that was and perhaps still is? This landmark documentary-style special weaves together a chorus of narration from some of the world’s most (fictitious) renowned voices with real-life archival footage spanning the past 12 months.
“Those who only know me through ‘Black Mirror’ may not realize that when not writing speculative sci-fi about people frowning at smartphones, I’ve spent years making comedy shows in the UK – including many topical comedy specials,” Brooker said in a statement. “So to me, ‘Death to 2020’ feels like the collision of several different strands. (Do strands ‘collide’? No. Apologies).”
As Charlie Brooker reveals more about the show
Netflix has released the trailer for Charlie Brooker’s Death To 2020 – and revealed that it will be released on December 27.
The clip starts with Samuel L. Jackson in his role as Dash Bracket, a reporter for New Yorkerly News, talking about the events of this movements year.
Samson Kayo as a scientist called Pyrex Flask, Lisa Kudrow as a ‘non-official spokesperson’ and Leslie Jones as Dr. Maggie Gravel a behavioural psychologist, The cast also includes Hugh Grant as history professor Tennyson Foss, Tracey Ullman as the Queen, below.
Diane Morgan, whose Philomena Cunk alter-ego originated on Brooker’s previous Wipe shows here plays Gemma Nerrick, described as ‘average citizen’, while Kumail Nanjiani plays Bark Multiverse the chief executive of a tech company.
Netflix s Death to 2020 Skewers Trainwreck Year in Mockumentary Trailer
The end-of-year comedy special from Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones stars Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Kumail Nanjiani, Lisa Kudrow, Leslie Jones, Cristin Milioti, Joe Keery and more, and will be narrated by Laurence Fishburne.
Netflix, along with Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, gave viewers an idea of what to expect from
Death to 2020 on Monday morning.
When announcing the end-of-year comedy event from the Emmy-winning
Black Mirror creators, the streaming giant had billed
Death to 2020 as a landmark documentary-style special and provided only some details about the TV event, which boasts a star-studded cast. On Monday, Netflix revealed that