Charlie Brooker’s Netflix mockumentary Death to 2020 “disappointing”, comparing it unfavourably to his shows Screenwipe and Black Mirror. The 70-minute spoof documentary was released on Netflix on Sunday 27 December.
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Wasn’t it cute in March and April, when people were sharing those memes about how awful 2020 was already? There were jokes about how aliens would probably land and the apocalypse would begin by the end of the year. Those were, of course, jokes, but unfortunately, the terribleness of 2020 has continued to a depressing point, where most of us are just counting down the days when this might all end.
Charlie Brooker’s Netflix mockumentary Death to 2020 “disappointing”, comparing it unfavourably to his shows Screenwipe and Black Mirror. The 70-minute spoof documentary was released on Netflix on Sunday 27 December.
We weren’t sure how to react when we learned that the creator of Black Mirror was making a show about 2020.
This year has already felt like an episode of “Black Mirror,” so why not get the creator of that “we’re all fucked” series to come tell the story of 2020 in a way only he can? Well, that’s what he did for Netflix in the upcoming mockumentary, “Death to 2020.” READ MORE: Hugh Grant Teaming With ‘Black Mirror’ Creator On A Mockumentary About 2020’s Awfulness As seen in the teaser for “Death to 2020,” Charlie Brooker, along with his co-creator and producing partner, Annabel Jones, has created a
Netflix mockumentary Death to 2020, which boasts a star-studded cast including Samuel L Jackson, Hugh Grant and Lisa Kudrow.Set for release on December 27, the mockumentary will see the cast – which also includes Stranger Things‘ Joe Keery, Leslie Jones and Kumail Nanjiani – play a series of “experts, politicos, monarchs and average citizens” as they look back at 2020.Grant is made up as a “repellent” historian, Kudrow takes on the role of a conservative commentator while Tracey Ullman plays the
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Hugh Grant has been joined by a ton of amazing actors in Netflix’s upcoming comedy special from the creators of Black Mirror, called Death to 2020.
direct to your inboxNetflix is releasing an end of year comedy special made by the creators of Black Mirror.Samuel L Jackson, Hugh Grant and Lisa Kudrow are some of the big names set to star in Death To 2020.The streaming service describes the show as “a landmark documentary-style special” that “weaves together some of the world’s most (fictitious) renowned voices with real-life archival footage spanning the past 12 months”.Black Mirror’s Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones will create and
The creator of “Black Mirror” is closing out 2020 with a big new Netflix comedy event special.
Naman Ramachandran Stars including Samuel L. Jackson (“Pulp Fiction”), Hugh Grant (“The Undoing”) and Lisa Kudrow (“Friends”) will feature in Netflix original comedy event “Death To 2020.”“2020: A year so [insert adjective of choice here], even the creators of ‘Black Mirror’ couldn’t make it up… but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a little something to add,” reads the logline for the program.
Death to 2020, a new comedy special from Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones.Jackson will be starring alongside Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow, Kumail Nanjiani, Tracey Ullman, Samson Kayo, Leslie Jones, Diane Morgan, Cristin Milioti and Joe Keery.
Also Read: Charlie Brooker Isn't Working on 'Black Mirror' Season 6 Because He Doesn't Know If You Can 'Stomach' It Right NowPer Netflix, “Death to 2020” is “coming soon,” possibly “too soon.”You can watch a teaser for the special above.Back in May, Brooker said he wasn’t currently working on a sixth season of “Black Mirror” because he didn’t know if the world could “stomach” more of his dystopian anthology series at this particular point in time.“At the moment, I don’t know what stomach there
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has pulled the curtain back on its first project with Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones since Deadline revealed in July that it had invested their production outfit Broke And Bones.
Is something 2020-related coming to Black Mirror?
Black Mirror episode – you can watch it below.Brooker, who created the dystopian hit Netflix show, took to Twitter this evening (December 3) to post a cryptic, 10-second video announcement.“2020. Even the creators of Black Mirror couldn’t make this year up,” reads the fast-moving text in the clip.
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Mariah Carey is hoping to use her typical holiday cheer to give people a much-needed celebratory moment amid a year of things being “canceled.” For many, the singer’s 1994 hit “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is the anthem that kicks off the holiday season and 2020 was no exception.
Netflix, starring Hugh Grant.The actor, currently starring in The Undoing, confirmed his upcoming project with the Black Mirror creator in a recent interview with New York Magazine.“Charlie Brooker has written a mockumentary about 2020. It’s for Netflix,” Grant revealed.
The Undoing has drawn in a bigger audience for its debut than Game Of Thrones when it premiered in 2011.The Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant-starring miniseries – which airs on HBO in the US – follows a psychotherapist who begins to question her life after a death, her husband disappearing and an affair.It has now been confirmed that the show’s premiere achieved a cumulative 28-day audience of over 2.78 million viewers following its debut on October 25.