'House Of Cards' will return with Robin Wright as lead

House Of Cards' finale is now set to focus on the character of Claire Underwood played by Robin Wright. Photo: AFP

The sixth and final season of House Of Cards – the hit Netflix series thrown into crisis by sexual assault allegations against Kevin Spacey – is to resume production early next year without its star. (Spoiler alert) The show's finale is now set to focus on the character of Claire Underwood – played by Robin Wright (pic) – who, having succeeded her husband as president at the end of season five, looked directly at the camera, declaring "My turn."

Netflix put the award-winning political thriller series on hold in response to the slew of allegations against Spacey, a two-time Oscar winner accused of attempting to rape a teenage boy and of a pattern of harassment towards younger, male colleagues – including on the set of House Of Cards. Season Six, which was scheduled to air in 2018, will count just eight episodes instead of the regular 13 made for previous instalments of the hit show, in which Spacey plays a corrupt US congressman who eventually becomes president.