House of Cards Season 6 Begins Production, Without Kevin Spacey

Production on the political drama series started up again on Wednesday, with two new actors announced by Netflix. Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear have joined the cast of House of Cards in advance of its sixth season.

Following accusations of harassment and sexual assault leveled against Kevin Spacey — who led the cast as disgraced former President of the United States — Frank Underwood, progress on season six was suspended in October. Completed episodes were deleted and production started over.

Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Jayne Atkinson, Boris McGiver, Patricia Clarkson, Constance Zimmer, Derek Cecil and Campbell Scott return for this sixth and final eight-episode season, which will focus on Robin Wright’s character, Frank’s wife and serving US President Claire Underwood. A broadcast date has not yet been announced by Netflix, though season six could still arrive before 2018’s end.

Diane Lane has been acclaimed for her performances in 2002 thriller Unfaithful, Under the Tuscan Sun and Cinema Verite. She has appeared in three Superman-oriented movies part of the DC Extended Universe franchise — Man of Steel, Batman v Superman and Justice League. While Lane received an Oscar nomination for Unfaithful, Greg Kinnear’s nod came for 1997 romcom As Good as It Gets. He played John F. Kennedy in Canadian-American miniseries The Kennedys and was nominated for an Emmy following his guest starring role in a season three episode of Modern Family.