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Rashida Jones is an advertisement-spouting teacher who collapses in front of her class in the Black Mirror season 7 episode Common People, which filmed in Vancouver last Fall.
When a medical emergency leaves schoolteacher Amanda fighting for her life, her desperate husband Mike signs her up for Rivermind, a high-tech system that will keep her alive.
But there’s a catch. The big price tag for the life-saving Rivermind tech means that over time the couple can’t afford it unless she becomes a walking pop-up ad.
Starring Rashida Jones as Amanda, Chris O’Dowd as Mike, and Tracee Ellis Ross as Gaynor from Rivermind.
Amanda’s classroom collapse was filmed at Queen Elizabeth Elementary in Vancouver’s Point Grey area last September.
Rashida Jones as Amanda, Chris O’Dowd as Mike and their Volvo.
Driving around Cloverdale, BC. last September.
Past Cloverdale’s Clova Theatre which had a new double bill courtesy of Black Mirror — I Used to be Funny and Hotel Reverie — the classic film featured in the black-and-white episode.
Season 7’s other five episodes are:
Bête Noire
Maria is a high-flying development executive at a chocolate company. Everything is going well for her until someone she hasn’t seen since school — a woman named Verity — shows up for a focus group tasting session. It could be the chance for a heartfelt reunion, except there’s something very odd about Verity, and Maria seems to be the only person who notices.
Starring: Siena Kelly as Maria, Rosy McEwen as Verity, Michael Workéyè as Kae,Ben Bailey Smith as Gabe, Amber Grappy as Yudy, Ravi Aujla as Mr. Ditta, Elena Sanz as Camille, and Hanna Griffiths as Luisa
Hotel Reverie
Hollywood A-list actor Brandy Friday is thrown into an unusually immersive high-tech remake of a vintage romantic movie. She’s got to stick to the script if she ever wants to make it home.
Starring Emma Corrin as Dorothy, Issa Rae as Brandy, Awkwafina as Kimmy, and Harriet Walter as Judith Keyworth
Plaything
An eccentric loner named Cameron, who harbors an obsession with a mysterious 1990s video game, is arrested in connection with a grisly cold case — and his interrogation soon goes to places the police weren’t expecting.
Starring: Peter Capaldi as older Cameron Walker, Lewis Gribben as youngerCameron Walker, James Nelson Joyce as DCI Kano, Michele Austin as Jen, Will Poulter as Colin Ritman, and Asim Chaudhry as Mohan Thakur
Eulogy
An innovative system that enables users to literally step into photographic memories of the past leads a lonely man to re-examine a heartbreaking period in his past.
Starring: Paul Giamatti as Phillip and Patsy Ferran as The Guide
USS Callister: Into Infinity
Robert Daly is dead, but the crew of the USS Callister — led by Captain Nanette Cole — find that their problems are just beginning.
Starring: Cristin Milioti as Nanette, Jimmi Simpson as Walton, Billy Magnussen as Karl, Milanka Brooks as Elena Tulaska, Osy Ikhile as Nate Packer, and Paul G. Raymond as Kabir Dudani
Black Mirror episode titles revealed:
Black Mirror Season 7 – Common People:
Working title: HAVEN GREEN
Vancouver unit: September 09 2024 – September 27, 2024
Showrunners: Charlie Brooker, Will Bridges.
Episode Director: Ally Pankiw.
Cast: Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd, Tracee Ellis Ross
Sound stages: Bridge Studios.
Producers: Charlie Brooker, Jessica Rhoades, Annabel Jones, House of Tomorrow, Zeppotron, Netflix Productions.
Black Mirror season 7 streams April 10th on Netflix..