House of Cards Season 3 air date announced by ‘White House’

4:30 PM EST 12/22/2014 by Kara Michelle, Celebeat Reporter

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In a Twitter post captioned "A special message from the White House," it was announced that the third season of Netflix's House of Cards, will be available for streaming in its entirety on February 27, 2015. The announcement came with a 12-second long teaser video trailer showing the drama'scentral character, politician Frank Underwood, who was seen last season winning the US Presidency, and his wife Claire walking up steps of Air Force One.

Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood and Robin Wright as his wife Claire will of course be back for House of Cards Season 3, along with regulars Mahershala Ali, Sebastian Arcelus, Kristen Connolly, Nathan Darrow, Michel Gil, Sakina Jeffrey, Gerald McRaney, Molly Parker, Corey Stoll, Constance Zimmer, Jayne Atkinson, Gil Birmingham, Reg Cathey, Derek Cecil, Kathleen Chalfant, Terry Chen, Curtis Cook, Ben Daniels, Joanna Going, Jeremy Holm, Sandrine Holt, Kevin Kilner, Mozhan Malno, Benito Martinez, Boris MacGiver, Lance Nichols, Samuel Page, Larry Pine, Al Sapienza, Kate Lyn Sheil, Jimmi Simpson, Libby Woodbridge, Dan Ziskie, and Reed Birney. According to TVLine, Jenna Stern and Kim Dickens have also been added to the cast. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, the two members of the Russian feminist punk rock protest group Pussy Riot who were jailed for a staged performance inside Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior, will be also seen in Season 3 of House of Cards.

Shooting for the show's third season begun in June and wrapped up December 19. For the third consecutive time, the House of Cards episodes got to be filmed in locations within Maryland, including at the offices of the Baltimore Sun which serves as setting for the fictional 'Washington Herald' featured prominently in the show. The Season 3 finale was reportedly filmed in Northern New Mexico areas in and around Santa Fe and Las Vegas.

Netflix's House of Cards is an adaptation of a BBC mini-series of the same name which concluded after three seasons upon the death of Frank Underwood's counterpart in the UK storyline. However, in what could possibly be House of Cards Season 3 spoiler, executive producer Rick Cleveland reportedly said that as long as lead actors Spacey and Wright agree to continue reprising their roles, then Netflix will continue the series.Spacey in turn, according to NY Daily News, reportedly told E! News in a recent interview that producers Beau Willimon and David Fincher have a "desire to see just how dark that well is and how deep does it go. We have miles to go before we sleep."

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