‘Black Mirror’ season 7 is official with stacked cast — and USS Callister is back

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Netflix just teased the exciting return of “Black Mirror,” which is wrangling an incredible cast list for its seventh season, bound for debut sometime in 2025. 

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), one of the best Netflix shows uses its own brand of dark satire, poking fun at the terrifying bounds of technological innovation with a computer error screen that quickly lists all the actors set to appear in the next set of six episodes.

Although little information was given on the nature of these characters and what horrors they might face in the alternate worlds designed by "Black Mirror" creator Charlie Brooker, the fated return of the USS Callister from season 4 should prove exciting for longtime fans of the series. 

Return of the USS Callister

Despite bringing Aaron Paul and Josh Hartnett together for a riveting retro-futuristic experience that plays on the Manson family murders, 2023's season 6 of "Black Mirror" was cited largely as being "not as sharp" as its predecessors. It, too, wrangled quite the list of actors, but fell short of its darker, anti-technological themes, with two episodes in particular having more supernatural concepts as opposed to the sci-fi formula beloved by fans. 

Season 7, which is set to debut sometime in 2025, aims to quell these concerns with the return of the fan-favorite USS Callister, which was last seen in the first episode of season 4. The episode stars Jesse Plemons as Robert Daly, a video game programmer in the throes of feeling undervalued, which inevitably leads him to clone his coworkers and put them through a sci-fi adventure with devastating consequences. 

While Robert Daly himself might have died at the end of the episode, its remaining crew — which corrals returning cast members Christin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson and Michaela Cole — are still very much in danger. A teaser released by Netflix in March hyped up the return of the USS Callister and its crew with a simple, "their problems are just beginning." 

For the rest of season 7, little else is known. Netflix released a full cast list, bringing together some heavy hitters that could spruce up its next outing. See the full list of 19 cast members below: 

  • Awkwafina
  • Milanka Brooks
  • Peter Capaldi 
  • Emma Corrin 
  • Patsy Ferran 
  • Paul Giamatti 
  • Lewis Gribben
  • Osy Ikhile 
  • Rashida Jones 
  • Siena Kelly
  • Billy Magnussen 
  • Rosy McEwen 
  • Christin Milioti 
  • Chris O'Dowd 
  • Issa Rae 
  • Paul G. Raymond 
  • Tracee Ellis Ross 
  • Jimmi Simpson 
  • Harriet Walter 

Season 7 of "Black Mirror" debuts in 2025 on Netflix, though no official date was given. 

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Ryan Epps
Ryan Epps
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Ryan Epps is a Staff Writer under the TV/AV section at Tom's Guide focusing on TVs and projectors. When not researching PHOLEDs and writing about the next major innovation in the projector space, he's consuming random anime from the 90's, playing Dark Souls 3 again, or reading yet another Haruki Murakami novel.