Production House of Cards (season 2)

1 production

1.1 writing
1.2 filming
1.3 post-production

production
writing

showrunner beau willimon drew inspiration book lyndon johnson (pictured).

in interviews during writing , filming of season 2 showrunner beau willimon said had drawn inspiration series variety of sources including robert caro s years of lyndon johnson , jeremy larner s nobody knows. lyndon b. johnson repeated source themes , issues. willimon commented on fictional world of politics show represented: s rough-and-tumble game whenever power involved—people s ambitions, desires, competitive spirit push them play outside rules. willimon noted don t think topping things ... evolution of character not game of one-upmanship. change. souls vast , opportunity explore ways in characters contradict , evolve vast , season 2 provided opportunity expand world , more explore characters .

spacey viewed continuing portray underwood second season continuing learning process. there don t know francis, m learning ... ve thought profession closest of actor being detective ... given clues writers, clues re aware of , not. lay them out , try make them come alive character s complex , surprising, maybe . gerald mcraney spoke expanded role saying whereas in season 1 challenge playing character, raymond tusk, in having learn mandarin , in season 2 character has become don t know color hat s wearing .

filming

netflix had ordered 2 seasons of 13 episodes when made original commitment series in 2011. according governor of maryland martin o malley, production of first season brought $140 million in form of 2,200 jobs , transactions 1,800 vendors baltimore metropolitan area economy , maryland general assembly expanded film production tax credit season 2 have similar impact on course of 150 days of filming. first season, second season largely filmed in baltimore area. although production publicized being in baltimore, season 1 had based production in harford county, maryland, , season 2 had production office in edgewood , joppa sound stage. april 27, 2013 white house correspondents dinner spoofed house of cards maryland set prior beginning of filming of season 2. filming began on monday april 29, 2013, few weeks later in year season 1 had started. on may 14, o malley visited set publicize success of tax incentives.

during spring , summer 2013, show hosted several large casting calls of had on 1000 hopefuls. on june 13, crews began preparing state house filming on june 17 , 18. maryland state house not available rent producers made donations various organizations. show filmed in annapolis @ maryland house of delegates , wife of house speaker michael e. busch, cynthia, cast extra. played united states senator set depicted united states senate chamber. scenes used part of chapter 16 (season 2, episode 3). on july 24, show announced film @ baltimore county circuit courthouses in towson, maryland on july 31. filming occurred @ location on august 7.

there controversy regarding filming @ national mall in washington, d.c.

on august 3, house of cards going film presidential motorcade @ national mall in washington, d.c. @ 3 pm. however, chief of police cathy l. lanier of metropolitan police department of district of columbia (mpd) revoked permits morning. mpd spokesperson explained metropolitan police department not lead agency on presidential motorcades , did not want portray ourselves such . result, production crews did last minute filming of desired scenes in baltimore. next day, mayor of district of columbia vincent gray stated there confusion on role mpd play in filming. spokesperson office stated mpd not going rent out extras film ... s mpd s decision focused on. re not going actors. on october 2, issues resolved , motorcade filmed planned without mpd personnel actively participate in filming .

in august, several areas in harford county used filming season 2, including areas in bel air , edgewood. havre de grace had been used in season 1 depict underwood s home district in south carolina. liriodendron mansion scene of filming on august 12 , 13. bel air police paid $1550 august 13 duties @ filming location.

although there reports filming largely completed october 1, willimon tweeted on date had finished writing season finale. willimon , others tweeted filming completed on november 8. following week, house of cards workers got involved in typhoon haiyan relief efforts.

according october 10 story in huffington post, executive producer rick cleveland stated believed season 2 final season because both spacey , wright prefer act in movies in television. however, willimon remained optimistic show continue. baltimore sun reporter, david zurawik contested journalistic process of huffington post report because says modi wiczyk, ceo of media rights capital, company produces house of cards, told him shocked if there wasn t [a season 3, 4 , 5] . few weeks later, netflix s chief content officer ted sarandos confirmed netflix had earnest interest in continuing house of cards beyond second season.

post-production

on december 4, 2013, netflix announced 13-episode season released in entirety on february 14, 2014. along scheduling announcement, netflix confirmed francis (now vice president) , claire continue ruthless rise power threats mount on fronts . after season 1 received 4 nominations 71st golden globe awards on december 12, season 2 trailer released on december 13. however, first official full trailer released on january 6.

willimon has stated in conception of second season, put lot of thought doors open in seasons 3 , beyond ... didn t want paint ourselves corner in second season. on february 4, 2014, netflix announced had renewed web series season 3 of undisclosed length. in may 2014, season became 1 of first netflix streaming offerings available in 4k video format.