'House of Cards' Season 4 Is Coming

Netflix has renewed "House of Cards" starring Kevin Spacey for a fourth season.

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In what could be called the biggest no-brainer in the history of entertainment, Netflix will bring back power-hungry President Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) with a fourth season of House of Cards

The streaming service will start shooting Season 4 of the original series this summer and plans to release the new episodes in 2016, Variety reports. 

The Emmy-winning series is massively popular and has even been credited with helping raise the price of Netflix stock. Though Netflix doesn't release viewership numbers, ever, Season 3 has been seen by an estimated five to eight million people.

Spacey got a reported raise from $5 million to $9 million when he signed on for Season 3. There was no word on if his contract was renegotiated again for Season 4, but we're pretty sure Netflix would pay the dude whatever he wanted to keep this thing going. 

 

 

 

 

Netflix is bringing back original series “House of Cards” — continuing Frank Underwood’s diabolical schemes — for a fourth season.

The series, starring Kevin Spacey as President Underwood and Robin Wright as his plotting wife, will return with all-new episodes in 2016. “House of Cards” is produced by Media Rights Capital.

Netflix said the fourth season of “House of Cards” is set to begin production this summer.

The series’ cast for season three, in addition to Spacey and Wright, included Michael Kelly, Mahershala Ali, Jayne Atkinson, Nathan Darrow, Molly Parker, Elizabeth Marvel, Derek Cecil, Jimmi Simpson, Paul Sparks, Kim Dickens, Lars Mikkelsen, Benito Martinez and Rachel Brosnahan.

The hour-long drama — Netflix’s highest-profile original series — is sased on the BBC miniseries of the same name. “House of Cards” is executive produced by David Fincher, Beau Willimon, Joshua Donen, Eric Roth, Kevin Spacey, Dana Brunetti, Andrew Davies and Michael Dobbs. The series is produced by Donen/Fincher/Roth and Trigger Street Productions, Inc. in association with Media Rights Capital for Netflix.

Spacey won a 2015 Golden Globe award for best TV drama actor for “House of Cards,” while Wright won a 2013 Globe for best actress in a TV drama for the show.

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