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The third season of the American web television drama series House of Cards was commissioned on February 4, 2014. On December 1, 2014, Netflix announced that the season would be released in its entirety on February 27, 2015. The season was filmed from approximately June 12 through December 20, 2014.

Production

On February 4, 2014, Netflix announced it had renewed House of Cards for a third season of undisclosed length. Initially, Kevin Spacey stated that the show would again film in the Baltimore metropolitan area. By March, it was known that the desired film production tax incentives might not be approved by the Maryland Legislature. In response to a Netflix threat to move production if insufficient tax incentives were provided, the Maryland House of Delegates threatened to use eminent domain power to purchase, condemn or somehow seize any of their production team's sets, equipment and other property that remains in the state because the team had been the beneficiary of tens of millions of dollars in tax benefits. Netflix, which had received $26 million in tax benefits for the first two seasons was only offered a $4 million incentive for season 3 by Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, which resulted in Netflix delaying production and threatening to move production. By April 6 the Maryland General Assembly considered various methods to avail the tax incentives. However, the April 7 state budget only included a total of $15 million in tax incentives for filming, leaving a $3.5 million shortfall for House of Cards, which production company Media Rights Capital says may force them to move production. Baltimore Sun longtime television critic David Zurawik felt that the $3.5 million would not keep House of Cards from returning to resume production in the area. As of April 11, some predicted that no matter what happens the season 3 release date would be delayed. On April 25, a deal was reached to leave the 2015 fiscal year budget with the $3.5 million shortfall, but to allow the producers to collect the $11.5 million unallocated filming credit that remained in the 2014 fiscal year budget.

On May 19, a May 19–21 casting call was posted in the Baltimore Sun for an NSA Director as well as senators, reporters, military colonels, emergency room doctors and a few other roles with projected shooting availability: June 12 – July 15, 2014. On June 3, an announcement for a June 7 casting call for extras and day players was made. On July 3, the show was denied filming access to the Security Council chamber at the Headquarters of the United Nations by Russia through its representative Mikael Agasandyan despite encouragement from Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon. A similar request by Alfred Hitchcock was denied for the 1959 movie North by Northwest. However, for the 2004 Nicole Kidman-Sean Penn film The Interpreter, the initial denial was overturned. Russia questioned the propriety of filming in the chambers and felt that the room should be kept available for normal uses.

For a third consecutive season, the show filmed episodes at the offices of The Baltimore Sun, which in prior seasons served as the setting for the fictional Washington Herald. Among the municipalities filmed in for the season were Havre de Grace, Maryland and Aberdeen, Maryland. On August 9, filming of a fictional motorcade at the National Mall caused road closures on Pennsylvania Avenue, Constitution Avenue and Independence Avenue. The same week, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina of the band Pussy Riot were on set and confirmed to be in the cast for season 3. On October 6, filming occurred at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. Other DC filming occurred at George Washington University and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. In October 2014, two recurring roles were cast; Kim Dickens in an unspecified role, and Jenna Stern as an ambassador at the United Nations. Elizabeth Norment, who played Frank's secretary Nancy Kaufberger, died on October 13.

On December 1, 2014, Netflix announced that the third season would be available on February 27, 2015. The season finale was planned to be filmed in Northern New Mexico areas in and around Santa Fe and Las Vegas, New Mexico in December 2014. On December 20, 2014, creator Beau Willimon tweeted that principal photography for the season had completed that day. On February 11, 2015, 10 episodes from the third season became accidentally available on Netflix for approximately 25 minutes due to "a bug in the system"; however were quickly removed.

Episodes

Agnieszka Holland will direct two episodes.

References

1. O'Connell, Michael (February 4, 2014). "Netflix Renews 'House of Cards' for Season 3". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
2. Zurawik, David (February 4, 2014). "Spacey to Sun: 'House of Cards' will be back for Season 3". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
3. Kaltenbach, Chris (March 18, 2014). "Now D.C. wants to horn in on Baltimore's 'House of Cards' action". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
4. Berger, Judson (March 28, 2014). "Maryland pulls an Underwood on 'House of Cards' – with vote to seize property if cast leaves state". Fox News. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
5. Johnson, Jenna (March 27, 2014). "Maryland delegates threaten to seize 'House of Cards' property if filming leaves the state". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
6. ^ Cox, Erin (April 8, 2014). "How the 'House of Cards' film tax credit shrank". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
7. Cohn, Meredith (April 6, 2014). "Arts funding diverted to help keep film industry in Maryland". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
8. Wheeler, Timothy B. and David Zurawik (April 8, 2014). "Tax breaks for 'House of Cards' fall short". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
9. Zurawik, David (April 11, 2014). "5 things to know about 'House of Cards': Md. legislators and moving out of state". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
10. Campbell, Jon (April 11, 2014). "House of Cards Season 3 Release Date: Netflix Premiere Date Likely Delayed Until Mid-2015 After Maryland Tax Law Fails". Christian Post. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
11. Zurawik, David (April 25, 2014). "Maryland and 'House of Cards' reach deal to keep series in state". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
12. Wheeler, Timothy B. and David Zurawik (April 25, 2014). "'House of Cards' to stay in Maryland". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
13. Johnson, Jenna (April 25, 2014). "'House of Cards' producers reach deal on tax incentives with Maryland, will remain there". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
14. Zurawik, David (May 19, 2014). "'House of Cards' looking for NSA director, senators, reporters". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
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19. Zurawik, David (July 22, 2014). "'House of Cards' back in house of 'Sun' on Calvert Street". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
20. Zumer, Bryna (November 5, 2014). "'House of Cards' to film again in Havre de Grace on Thursday, Friday". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
21. Najarro, Ileana (August 9, 2014). "Roads closed for 'House of Cards' filming on the Mall". Washington Post. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
22. Whitney, Erin (August 11, 2014). "Pussy Riot Will Reportedly Appear On 'House Of Cards' Season 3". The Huffington Post. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
23. Andrews, Helena (October 7, 2014). "The 'House of Cards' crew spotted filming in D.C. yesterday". Washington Post. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
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27. Brascia, Lorenza (October 13, 2014). "'House of Cards' actress Elizabeth Norment dies". CNN. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
28. Sifferlin, Alexandra (December 1, 2014). "House of Cards Announces Its Return Via 'Special Message From White House'". Time. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
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External links

• Official website
• House of Cards at IMDb

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