{"id":127688,"date":"2017-10-31T04:11:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T08:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=127688"},"modified":"2017-10-31T04:11:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T08:11:28","slug":"netflix-exploring-house-of-cards-spinoff-amid-spacey-flap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/31\/netflix-exploring-house-of-cards-spinoff-amid-spacey-flap\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix exploring &#8216;House of Cards&#8217; spinoff amid Spacey flap"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_99012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99012\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/12314119_10153118055776883_2998554558145971602_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99012\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/12314119_10153118055776883_2998554558145971602_n.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Spacey has been picked to host this year's Tony Awards, putting the award-winning star of \u201cHouse of Cards\u201d in the unenviable position of steering a telecast surely facing a post-\u201dHamilton\u201d hangover. (Photo: Kevin Spacey\/Facebook)\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/12314119_10153118055776883_2998554558145971602_n.jpg 540w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/12314119_10153118055776883_2998554558145971602_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/12314119_10153118055776883_2998554558145971602_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Kevin Spacey\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KevinSpacey\/photos\/a.440352101882.256123.11177446882\/10153118055776883\/?type=1&amp;amp;theater\">(Photo:<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KevinSpacey\/photos\/a.440352101882.256123.11177446882\/10153118055776883\/?type=1&amp;amp;theater\">Kevin Spacey\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; Netflix is exploring a \u201cHouse of Cards\u201d spinoff as the show&#8217;s final season nears amid controversy surrounding star Kevin Spacey.<\/p>\n<p>The streaming channel, which reportedly is weighing different concepts for the spinoff, said Monday that the upcoming sixth season will be the last for \u201cHouse of Cards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of the Emmy-winning political satire&#8217;s end came amid fallout from Spacey&#8217;s alleged sexual advances toward a 14-year-old actor in the 1980s. But Netflix had already decided to end the show and was pursuing a spinoff.<\/p>\n<p>Spacey has apologized for the incident which he said he doesn&#8217;t recall but would have stemmed from \u201cdrunken behaviour.\u201d He also spoke publicly for the first time about being gay.<\/p>\n<p>The final \u201cHouse of Cards\u201d episodes are in production, with a release date yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; Netflix is exploring a \u201cHouse of Cards\u201d spinoff as the show&#8217;s final season nears amid controversy surrounding &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":99012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[30514,18120,2438],"class_list":["post-127688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-house-of-cards","tag-kevin-spacey","tag-netflix","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}