'House of Cards' extends production hiatus and on-set investigation

Netflix and MRC Media will extend the production hiatus on House of Cards while evaluating the fallout from sexual assault allegations against Kevin Spacey. Cast and crew will now be paid for an additional two weeks of hiatus, with further updates on Dec. 8.

Netflix confirmed in October that House of Cards' sixth season would be its last, a plan that was in the works before Anthony Rapp shared the story of Spacey's advances upon him as a teenager. Spacey will be cut from the remainder of the season, but production is still investigating allegations of sexual misconduct on set.

"These last two months have tested and tried all of us in ways none of us could have foreseen," wrote Pauline Micelli, senior vice president of television business and legal affairs at MRC, in a letter. "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."