Scenes for new Black Mirror season shot in Malaga

Scenes for the fourth season of the British television series Black Mirror were shot in parts of Malaga province last weekend.

The series focuses on the impact of technology on peoples lives, as well as its dangers and the alienation it can cause.

The latest season of this series will include scenes at the old provincial prison in Malaga and on the streets of Antequera in the sixth and final episode of the season entitled Black Museum, which is expected to be made available to watch on Netflix in the autumn.

Each episode in the season has its own storyline and its own cast and producer, and therefore the identity of the cast members involved remains unknown, with the producers wanting to avoid any spoilers being let out to the public.

What is known is that actress Jodie Foster will direct the ArkAngel episode, while USS Callister will be directed by Toby Haynes, who is most famous for his work in the famous BBC series Doctor Who and Sherlock.

It is also believed that the plot for Black Museum is inspired by American magician Penn Jillettes never-told story about his time in a Spanish welfare hospital in 1981, and how the language barrier prevented an initial diagnosis.

Jillette explained that he had met Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker to brainstorm ideas, and having told him his story, the concept of having doctors who could feel a patients pain and diagnose it accordingly emerged, and later led to the question, what would happen if one of these people who felt other peoples pain could become a pain addict?

Although the name was initially rejected by publishers and cinema producers alike, The Pain Addict, although not an episode in itself, will make up one of three stories that intertwine for the season finale.

Malagas old Cruz de Humilladero provincial prison will serve as an American prison, with the story set in a remote Las Vegas museum. Several scenes were shot in the interrogation rooms and also saw the use of intercoms, facilities which are still in place following the prisons closure in August 2009.

A car chase involving a vintage car was also shot last weekend on the streets of Antequera, after shooting had also taken place in the Tabernas desert in Almeria.

Around ten extras, who were selected a few weeks ago, were also involved in the casting.

This is not the first time the prison has been used as a set, with the 2014 film 321 Days in Michigan, directed by Malagas very own Enrique García, shot there as well as the documentary Drug Lord, from the same year.

The filming for Black Mirror will not be the last time this year that the .prisons facilities will be used by the entertainment industry, with English film director Ridley Scott expected to arrive in the summer to shoot his film The Cartel, which is based on the life of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán, the Mexican drug lord who was head of the criminal organisation Sinaloa Cartel.