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Kelly Macdonald joins Netflix’s Black Mirror

May 2, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Deadline is reporting that Kelly Macdonald (Trainspotting, Boardwalk Empire) is set to star in an episode of Netflix’s Black Mirror. Details on the episode are being kept under wraps, but it is titled ‘Hated in the Nation’ and will be directed by James Hawes (Doctor Who, Penny Dreadful).

Netflix has ordered a twelve-episode season of the anthology show, which is created and written by Charlie Brooker. It has previously been announced that Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle) and Mackenzie Davis (The Martian) will star in an episode to be directed by Owen Harris (Kill Your Friends), while Joe Wright (Pan) will helm an episode starring Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World) and Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness).

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Originally published May 2, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Black Mirror, Kelly Macdonald

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and the suspense thriller Death Among the Pines. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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