Photography Matt HolyoakFilm & TVNewsFilm & TV / NewsCharlie Brooker is making a mockumentary about 2020Hugh Grant will star as a historian in the Black Mirror creator’s forthcoming Netflix projectShareLink copied ✔️December 2, 2020December 2, 2020TextBrit Dawson Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker is working on a mockumentary about the dystopian year that is 2020. The news was confirmed by Hugh Grant, who revealed his casting in the project during an interview with Vulture. “I am a historian who’s being interviewed about the year,” he told the publication. “I’m pretty repellent, actually! And you’ll like my wig.” As announced by Grant, the project is being created for Netflix, which has been home to Black Mirror since 2019. There’s no further details about the mockumentary as of yet. In April, Brooker revived his hit BBC show Screenwipe for a coronavirus special, exploring the crisis itself, as well as what people were watching and doing to pass the time. The following month, the writer announced that he would be taking a break from Black Mirror, telling The Radio Times: “At the moment, I don’t know what stomach there would be for stories about societies falling apart, so I’m not working away on one of those.” Hopefully Brooker’s 2020 mockumentary won’t all be doom and gloom, then. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREJay Kelly is Noah Baumbach’s surreal, star-studded take on fameWatch: Owen Cooper on Adolescence, Jake Gyllenhaal and Wuthering Heights Jean Paul GaultierJean Paul Gaultier’s iconic Le Male is the gift that keeps on givingOwen Cooper: Adolescent extremesIt Was Just An Accident: A banned filmmaker’s most dangerous work yetChase Infiniti: One breakthrough after anotherShih-Ching Tsou and Sean Baker’s film about a struggling family in TaiwanWatch: Rachel Sennott on her Saturn return, turning 30, and I Love LA Mapping Rachel Sennott’s chaotic digital footprintRachel Sennott: Hollywood crushRichard Linklater and Ethan Hawke on jealousy, creativity and Blue MoonPillion, a gay biker romcom dubbed a ‘BDSM Wallace and Gromit’