'House Of Cards' Season 5 Air Date & News: Finale All Set As Spinoff Plans Take Off? Kevin Spacey Out?

Netflix renewed "House of Cards" for Season 5 early this year, but talks are that it could very well be its final season after showrunner Beau Willimon has departed the series. However, a spinoff to the series could take off, but it might not include Kevin Spacey. Will fans embrace this idea?

Speaking with Express, Michael Dobbs, one of the show's executive producer and the writer of the novel from which "House of Cards" is based, confirmed that a spinoff to the Netflix drama is possible. He said that "House of Cards" is a "hell of a brand," which has existed successfully as a novel, a British and American TV series for the last 30 years. It could very well continue with more stories.

Dobbs, who used to serve in politics in the U.K., is working double time with the new showrunners of "House of Cards" Season 5, following the exit of Willimon. The show is expected to return in early 2017, as per its usual time schedule, thus it has been keeping Dobbs busy to actually begin working on the spinoff.

However, he's not completely shutting down the idea. "It is a global brand, so the question arises: what do we do with a global brand?" he told Express.

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However, should the spinoff happen, it's unclear if Kevin Spacey could become part of the show, too. The latest on the scuttlebutt is that his character, Frank Underwood, might not even survive "House of Cards" Season 5.

Speculations are that President Underwood will be murdered in the upcoming season of "House of Cards" by no less than his wife, Claire Underwood, as Parent Herald previously reported. Claire breaking the fourth wall in the final episode of Season 4 was supposedly a clue to the next season, per a fan speculation on Reddit. That used to be Frank's own thing in the series, but now Claire is also part of it.