Political drama «house of cards» marked a new era in the creation of the original series and showed that such projects require a lot of money. But now her time was coming to an end.
Netflix announced the closure of its popular series, completing its sixth season, which is currently under active work. Last season, in which the main role will play Kevin spacey and Robin Wright, will include 13 episodes. It is expected to be released in 2018.
The official reason for the closure of the show called scandalthat erupted around spacey this summer. Actor and Executive producer of the show accused of sexual harassment towards minors. Spacey himself has apologized for «inappropriate behavior in a drunken state» and revealed to the world his sexual orientation. However, this has not led to a positive resolution of the problem.
«House of cards» has become one of the most recognizable TV series Netflix. It is an adaptation of a British series based on the novel by Michael Dobbs. The first two seasons cost the company approximately $ 100 million. Work on the project began in 2011, before streaming movies and gained its current popularity. The series premiere took place in 2013, and the show immediately caused a furore, due to its quality and stellar cast. And even years later, «house of cards» a real leader Netflix, earning 46 nominations for an Emmy and winning 6 of them. In addition, the series was awarded a Peabody award and two Golden globes.
The closing «house of cards» had just to change the strategy of Netflix for «the LP show». More recently, the company quickly covered the drama The Get Down and Sense8, as well as Comedy Girlboss, not allowing them to grow to a fabulously expensive sizes. While Netflix continues to hold some of his masterpieces like Stranger Things, The Crown, 13 Reasons Why, Dear White People and GLOW that have been recognized as unprecedented hits on the level of cultural impact.
