A postmodernist work with free will as a central theme, the film was named after a real video game planned for release by Imagine Software in 1984, the game in turn named after the bandersnatch, a creature of Lewis Carroll's creation.īrooker and executive producer Annabel Jones were approached by Netflix about making an interactive film in May 2017, during which time Netflix had several such projects for children underway. Other characters include Mohan Thakur ( Asim Chaudhry) and Colin Ritman ( Will Poulter), who work at a video game company Stefan's father, Peter ( Craig Parkinson) and Stefan's therapist, Dr. In Bandersnatch, viewers make decisions for the main character, the young programmer Stefan Butler ( Fionn Whitehead), who is adapting a fantasy gamebook into a video game in 1984. Netflix did not confirm the interactive nature of Bandersnatch until its release, though there was much media speculation. The film premiered on Netflix on 28 December 2018, its release date only officially announced the day before. It was written by series creator Charlie Brooker and directed by David Slade. Variable: 90 minutes for default path 312 minutes in original footage īlack Mirror: Bandersnatch is a 2018 interactive film in the science fiction anthology series Black Mirror.