In the wake of allegations of sexual harassment against star and exec producer Kevin Spacey, production is set to resume on the sixth and final season of House of Cards, producer Media Rights Capital has revealed in a statement:
Dear Cast and Crew,
As we move into the holidays, we want to express our appreciation for all of the meaningful messages of support we have received from you and want to update all of our loyal cast and crew on our progress and where things currently stand.
We continue to work with Netflix with the hope of resuming production soon. As we continue these discussions, we have determined together that the crew will be paid for an additional two week hiatus – beginning on November 27th and continuing through December 8th.
In addition to the writers, there will be a small contingency of office/accounting staff who will remain in the production office on a continuous basis. Our hope is that the entire crew will be able to reconvene when production resumes, but we want you to know that we will certainly understand if crew members need to find other work in the interim, which will prevent them from re-joining us. We sincerely appreciate all you have done.
Cast and other union members who are not actively working will be paid in accordance with applicable union guidelines through this period and we will be reaching out directly to your representatives to work through the details; we will get to everyone as quickly as possible and appreciate all of your patience here.
These last two months have tested and tried all of us in ways none of us could have foreseen. The one thing we have learned throughout this process is that this production is bigger than just one person and we could not be more proud to be associated with one of the most loyal and talented production cast and crews in this business.
We will provide an additional update by 12/8/17.
Are you pleased the sixth season looks set to complete? Hoping Kevin Spacey is written out of the final episodes, or hoping for his return?
Dave says
Nothing like trial by media, social or otherwise. I suppose Netflix don’t want anything to do with previous 5 successful seasons, so maybe they’ll consider giving profits from them to charity. When Spacey convicted then chuck it out, thought ruling principle of law was “Innocent until proven Guilty”, not “Guilty until proven Innocent”.
Amadeo says
Until is is proven guilty he must continues in the show.
If he, finnally, is proven guilty, he (by contract) should give all his salary and benefits to a fund for victimes of sexual crimes as community punishment, independently of the legal punishment.
Rose says
He has not been proven guilty. I like him in his role!!
Gittle says
Without Kevin Spacey, cut the show. Don’t want to see it. He is the show. Other’s, including our President of the USA have done worse and get a slap on the wrist. Why are people coming out of the woodwork after all these years to make such allegations?
If he is guilty, I hope he will give a sincere apology to those offended, donate money to a charity related to sexual misconduct and move on with his career. If the bath water is dirty, remember not to throw out the baby with the bath water. My friends and I love Kevin and support him. Gittle