‘Black Mirror’ season 5 is reportedly coming to Netflix in December, could include choose-your-own-adventure episode

“Black Mirror: USS
Callister”
Netflix

• “Black Mirror” season 5 is
  expected to come to Netflix in December, according to a new
  Bloomberg report.
• Netflix is also developing
  interactive specials where viewers can choose the next
  storyline in a show or movie, according to the report.
• One of these
  “choose-your-own-adventure” programs could be an episode of
  “Black Mirror.”

“Black Mirror” could be returning sooner than expected. According
to Bloomberg, which cites
anonymous sources, the fifth season of the hit sci-fi anthology
series is expected to come to Netflix in December.

Furthermore, Bloomberg reports that the streaming company is
developing “choose-your-own-adventure”-like specials, which would
allow viewers to choose the next storyline in a TV episode or
movie. According to the report, the first of these specials could
be a season 5 episode of “Black Mirror.”

When asked for comment, a Netflix representative wrote in an
email that, “You have the ability to choose your own
response from Netflix,” linking to both a Netflix logo and a
YouTube video of 10 hours of crickets chirping. 

It’s no secret that Netflix has developed a reputation for being
a media disrupter. It’s revolutionized how people consume
television while also purposely moving into producing its own
shows and films — it’s premiered a number of Oscar-caliber films at
film festivals this year, most notably
Alfonso Cuarón‘s “Roma.” Could interactive
storytelling be one more way the streaming service tries to
disrupt the status quo?

It’s not a new idea — as Bloomberg points out, Netflix has
already experimented with interactive television in animated
children’s programs, and HBO explored the storytelling technique
with its Steven Soderbergh-directed series “Mosaic.”
But Netflix wants to make the experience mainstream, and
Bloomberg implies that Netflix’s upcoming “Minecraft” series,
based on the popular video game, would be interactive. 

“Black Mirror” is coming off an award-winning fourth season, as
the episode “USS Callister” won the Emmy award for Outstanding
Television Movie last month.