Netflix Suspends Next Season of "House of Cards" Until Further Notice

Trigger Warning: This article discusses sexual assault.

Yesterday, it was announced that, following allegations of sexual assault against the main actor and executive producer Kevin Spacey, Netflix would cancel their flagship series House of Cards after production of the sixth season wraps up. 

Netflix has since announced that production of Season Six will be suspended "until further notice" in light of the allegations levelled against Spacey, a key figure in the show.

Breaking: Production on Season 6 of HOUSE OF CARDS has been suspended "until further notice" in wake of Kevin Spacey allegations. pic.twitter.com/uXOm50ptjM

— Adam B. Vary (@adambvary) October 31, 2017

People are already speculating whether the final season will even make it to air due to the allegations.

So House of Cards is probably done https://t.co/e0ikRJpkta

— Isaac (@WorldofIsaac) October 31, 2017

Other fans of the show are calling for the show's producers to kill off Kevin Spacey's character, Francis Underwood, and continue the storyline with his wife, Claire. 

I think they should give serious consideration to keeping it on with Robin in the lead after Kevin's character is killed off.

— Fionna (@FionnaGlenanne) October 31, 2017

HoC doesn't need Spacey. Unless there is some specific wording in the contract, Francis can be easily killed off. Robin Wright can carry on

— Jason Gobel (@JGobel) October 31, 2017

Just kill Frank off the show and let Claire rule the world pic.twitter.com/qdVu3Tax3u

— rosechocglam (@rosechocglam) October 31, 2017

The allegations against Spacey came to light after Star Trek actor Anthony Rapp was interviewed by Buzzfeed News about an experience he had with Spacey in 1986 when Rapp was just 14 years old.

Spacey later responded on Twitter with an apology which received a lot of criticism after he decided to publicly come out while addressing the assault allegations.

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— Kevin Spacey (@KevinSpacey) October 30, 2017

The scandal follows groundbreaking allegations against disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein and subsequent movements like #MeToo, which aims to address the silencing of victims of sexual violence.

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Photo: Netflix