THE long-awaited next season of “Black Mirror” finally has a premiere date.

The fifth cycle of Charlie Brooker’s sci-fi anthology will release June 5 on Netflix, the streaming giant revealed Wednesday along with a trailer. Though recent “Black Mirror” seasons have comprised six stand-alone episodes, the fifth season has been trimmed down to three. The episode titles also have yet to be released.

The announcement from Netflix teases three stories and “one future we should have seen coming.” And the high-octane trailer weaves together the stories in such an action-packed and artful way that, as is typical to any “Black Mirror” teaser, viewers will certainly be left wanting more.

The cast for Season 5 includes Anthony Mackie, Miley Cyrus, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topher Grace, Damson Idris, Andrew Scott, Nicole Beharie, Pom Klementieff, Angourie Rice, Madison Davenport and Ludi Lin.

All of the actors can be spotted in the trailer, which hints that the episodes will be tackling technology’s impact on marriage, self-esteem, fame, social media and mental health. The first look at the season reveals an Alexa-like doll from the future, a cellphone-induced assault and a VR escape for Cyrus. “Love, privacy, connection, sex, family, work and afterlife” are the words that flash among the clips.

“Black Mirror” is an Emmy-winning anthology series that taps into the collective unease with the modern world through often-unsettling tales that explore techno-paranoia. The acclaimed series is created and written by Brooker, who executive-produces with Annabel Jones.

The fourth season of “Black Mirror” released in late 2017. One year later, Brooker and Jones released Netflix’s first interactive film with the “Black Mirror” stand-alone event “Bandersnatch” in late 2018. The complex two-year process to bring “Bandersnatch” to life delayed the release of Season 5 and the pair have stayed relatively mum about what they have in store for the new stories in the franchise.

All of the episodes in the “Black Mirror” franchise are stand-alones that live within a larger universe, thanks to connecting Easter eggs for discerning viewers. “Bandersnatch,” though it was billed as a stand-alone film, continued that trend, even serving as a prequel to the entire universe by revealing the backstory to Tuckersoft, the company responsible for much of the technology seen across the series.(SD-Agencies)