Watch the Chilling New Trailer for 'Black Mirror' Season Four

Much of 2017 might seem like it has been ripped from an episode of Black Mirror, but the real thing is about to show us just how grim the future could be. The Charlie Brooker-created TV show is set to return for its fourth season later in the year, and it has dropped its first sneak peek. Spoiler: things really do look grim.

Headed to Netflix at a yet-to-be-revealed date, the new Black Mirror will consist of six instalments filled with more unnerving satire about humanity's relationship with technology. Although the new clip is really just that, announcing the series' episode titles with suitably moody snippets, expect snowy peaks, spooky blonde-haired kids, Star Trek-style space jaunts, monstrous robots and more.

Each new chapter's moniker is certain to pique plenty of interest, with names such as 'Arkangel', 'Black Museum', 'Crocodile', 'Hang the DJ', 'Metalhead' and 'USS Callister'. In addition, the new season's directors and main cast members have also been revealed. Brooker himself wrote every new instalment, while the likes of Jodie Foster, Australian filmmaker John Hillcoat (The Road, Triple 9), Peaky Blinders' Colm McCarthy and American Gods' David Slade are sitting in the helmer's chair. On screen, expect a cast that includes La La Land's Rosemarie DeWitt, Nocturnal Animals' Andrea Riseborough and Fargo's Jesse Plemons getting up to the kind of sci-fi antics that no one wants to dream of.

Check out the trailer below in preparation for a whole new round of futuristic bleakness.