An arbitrator rules that the actor’s pattern of sexual harassment caused damage to MRC and flouted…An arbitrator rules that the actor’s pattern of sexual harassment caused damage to MRC and flouted contractual obligations.
“Netflix will not be involved with any further production of ‘House of Cards’ that includes Kevin Spacey,” the company said in a statement Friday night. Netflix said it will work with the show’s production company MRC to evaluate whether it will continue without him.
Netflix is said to be in very early stages of development of multiple ideas for a potential House of Cards spinoff following a Kevin Spacey sexual harassment claim and news that the upcoming sixth season will be the show’s last.
Exclusives
Though the decision to end the series was announced on Monday, the decision to pull the plug on the series was made several months ago, according to a person with knowledge of the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the decision.
Today sees the season three debut of the political drama that launched Netflix’s expansion into original programming two years ago. That was a risky bet that might have toppled the Internet video service had House of Cards flopped and squandered its estimated $100 million investment. Instead, the show was an immediate hit with viewers and critics, giving Netflix the financial clout and creative firepower to further transform how we watch and define “television.”
An internal bug put House of Cards‘ third season up on Netflix just long enough to freak out the entire Internet. It’s gone now.
The Netflix series is the first online show to receive a best drama nomination. The most Emmy nominations, 17, went to American Horror Story: Asylum. Close behind was Game of Thrones with 16 nods, while Saturday Night Live and the Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra earned 15 nominations each, including nods for stars Michael Douglas and Matt Damon.
‘Binge Viewing’ Won’t Be End Of Linear TV
After Netflix released the first season of House of Cards in its entirety Feb. 1, the concept of “binge viewing” — watching multiple episodes of a series in a single sitting — became a very hot topic. My team and I are tasked with addressing these trends because it always leads to the same question: Is this going to kill linear TV viewing? The short answer is no. And here’s why.
The new show is a bold attempt to remake the television landscape with the kind of prestige project cable channels like HBO, AMC and Showtime have used to define themselves. But House of Cards, produced by David Fincher and starring Kevin Spacey, won’t be on the dial of that refuge of quality dramas — cable television — but streamed online to laptops and beamed directly to flat-screens through set-top boxes and Internet-enabled devices.
After acquiring first-run rights to David Fincher’s House of Cards, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and CFO David Wells are trying to build a big audience for a well-produced serialized show.
Netflix today said it had acquired the North American rights to at least 26 episodes of House of Cards, instantly making the streaming movie service a player in premium television programming. The deal, first reported several days ago, astonished television industry executives because it effectively makes Netflix a network just like ABC or HBO. Netflix, in fact, outbid HBO for the rights to House of Cards, which is to be directed by David Fincher, the director of The Social Network, and will star Kevin Spacey.
Netflix Inc. is in advanced talks to distribute a forthcoming television series directed by David Fincher and starring Kevin Spacey, said people familiar with the talks. If such a deal were to come to fruition it would add a new competitor to the television industry by increasing the degree to which Netflix vies with premium cable channels like Time Warner Inc.’s HBO.
