Overview

• Netflix will remove its last two interactive specials, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend, from the platform on May 12, 2025.
• The decision concludes Netflix's interactive storytelling initiative, which began in 2017 with titles like Puss in Book and gained acclaim for Bandersnatch in 2018.
• Netflix executives have described the interactive technology as having 'served its purpose' but now being too limiting for future innovation as the company shifts focus to gaming.
• Bandersnatch, a groundbreaking Black Mirror episode with multiple endings, starred Fionn Whitehead and Will Poulter and inspired a recent pseudo-sequel in the show's seventh season.
• Future availability of interactive specials on other platforms is unlikely due to their reliance on proprietary Netflix technology.