As "House of Cards" executive producer Beau Willimon said last week that he's done writing the show's hotly anticipated Season 2, he did two things: first, dismiss rumors that the show would only last for two seasons, and second, ignite a new hailstorm of speculation about when the second season would finally air. Willimon uploaded in a Twitter post a sketch he had made which showed Kevin Spacey dressed in a suit and tie, the usual apparel of his character Frank Underwood, and holding a sign that reads "Okay, one more. Open for Business", along with a thought bubble saying, "At least until December...".
The executive producer also provided a caption to the photo, however, which advised fans of the show to "read between the signs (of progress)". Despite the obscurity of the caption, fans have seized upon it as evidence that the mention of the month of "December" is not a reference to the government shutdown which was ongoing at the time of Willimon's post, but rather an indication of when "House of Cards" might be returning for a second season. But for the time being, the premiere date for Season 2 remains unconfirmed.
According to iDigitalTimes, the initial rumors about the second season of "House of Cards" being the show's last took root when co-executive producer Rick Cleveland said at the Vancouver Film Festival that both Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright are movie people, not television stars, and that as such they likely wouldn't be sticking around for all that long. "House of Cards' is only going to go a second season and I think that's it," he said then. "Kevin Spacey likes to do movies and Robin Wright likes to do movies." Willimon tweeted not long after in August that he, for one, hoped to write more seasons of the wildly successful show. And it emerged recently that Cleveland was fired from the show after the first season.
Gold Derby writes that the show's crew are busy filming the finale for their second season in Baltimore, after having begun production on it in April. Executive producer David Fincher, who directed the series' first two episodes - netting himself an Emmy in the process - won't be returning. Instead, Kevin Spacey himself is going to be lend a hand in direction, as well as the beloved Jodie Foster, who previously directed the original prison drama "Orange is the New Black".
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