Netflix will go live in February 2025 Cassandraa new German science fiction series, which should please fans of Black Mirror !
After Black Mirrorthe famous futuristic series which questions the future of technology and which will return for a season 7, Netflix will soon offer a new science fiction series that is just as distressing. Baptized Cassandrathis mini-series of German origin in six episodes also has plenty to twist the brains of subscribers to the streaming platform. This time, we head to Cologne and its surroundings, where a charming family is about to experience their worst nightmare, which emerges in the guise of domestic help developed in the 1970s.
Cassandra, a new science fiction series that should please fans of Black Mirror sur Netflix
When Samira (played by German actress Mina Tander) and her family move into Germany’s first smart home, which has been vacant for over 50 years, she is far from suspecting the terrible secrets this home holds. As the official synopsis reveals, their arrival in the house will wake up Cassandra, an electronic housekeeper who has remained out of service since the death of the house’s former residents. Designed to make the daily lives of its users easier, it will instead make that of its new masters hell. His mission? “Use every resource at her disposal to ensure she is never alone again“, writes Netflix in a statement that is enigmatic to say the least, but whose Machiavellian purpose is understandable.
Cassandra will be released in February 2025 on Netflix
Netflix will put the series online Cassandra on February 6, 2025. Judging by the synopsis, Cassandra has many similarities with certain science fiction titles already offered by the American firm. According to the What’s on Netflix website, the series is a clever mix of Smart House, Her, Ex Machinafilms that all feature disturbing artificial intelligence. On a literary level, it would also be close to the dystopian short story I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by the American writer Harlan Ellison. A resemblance to the feature film Generation Proteus (Demon Seed in original version), released in 1977, was also mentioned. And if you are fans of the genre, discover our top of the best science fiction series to watch.
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