Overview
- The BBC and Netflix released a first-look on Monday announcing Diane Morgan will reprise Philomena Cunk in Cunk on Cinema, a three-part faux documentary with 30-minute episodes.
- Charlie Brooker leads the writing team, Al Campbell directs, and Pacesetter Productions makes the series with Brooker, Morgan, Jessica Rhoades and Sam Ward as executive producers.
- The announced guest roster spans roughly 23 interviewees and mixes Hollywood names such as Michael Bay and Benedict Cumberbatch with critics, cinematographers, composers, casting directors and curators.
- According to the official synopsis, the series traces cinema from the invention of the camera through the French New Wave to the arrival of CGI and the possible future effects of AI on filmmaking.
- Cunk on Cinema will air on BBC iPlayer and BBC Two in the UK and Ireland and on Netflix elsewhere, with no official release date yet announced which leaves its global launch timing unconfirmed.