‘House of Cards’ Writers Rushing to Rewrite Season 6 After Kevin Spacey’s Exit (Report)

Showrunners Melissa James Gibson and Frank Pugliese are racing against the clock to come up with a conclusion for the series sans Frank Underwood, CNN reports

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Many projects in film and television have been hit by the growing wave of sexual harassment accusations in Hollywood, but none more so than Netflix’s “House of Cards,” which is reportedly now trying to quickly write a new ending after its lead star, Kevin Spacey, was booted by the studio.

According to a CNN report, the writers of Netflix’s first original TV series were forced to scrap plans for the show’s sixth season that had been in place for eight months after Spacey was accused of sexual harassment by actor Anthony Rapp, who said Spacey made advances on him when he was 14.

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