House of Cards season 6 filming delayed again, cast and crew told to leave for other work if they need to

'We want you to know that we will certainly understand if crew members need to find other work in the interim, which will prevent them from re-joining us'

Production on House of Cards' sixth and final season has been postponed once more, with cast and crew being told they will not be needed until at least 8 December.

In a letter sent to them, Media Rights Capital SVP of television business and legal affairs, Pauline Micelli expresses a hope that production will resume following this date, but says that the company will "certainly understand if crew members need to find other work in the interim, which will prevent them from re-joining us".

Micelli alludes to the production being "bigger than just one person", suggesting a hope that the Netflix show's final season will not be scrapped entirely because of allegations levied exclusively against its lead actor, Kevin Spacey.

Read the letter, obtained by Deadline, in full:

"Dear Cast and Crew,

As we move into the holidays, we want to express our appreciation for all of the meaningful messages of support we have received from you and want to update all of our loyal cast and crew on our progress and where things currently stand.

We continue to work with Netflix with the hope of resuming production soon. As we continue these discussions, we have determined together that the crew will be paid for an additional two week hiatus – beginning on November 27th and continuing through December 8th.

In addition to the writers, there will be a small contingency of office/accounting staff who will remain in the production office on a continuous basis. Our hope is that the entire crew will be able to reconvene when production resumes, but we want you to know that we will certainly understand if crew members need to find other work in the interim, which will prevent them from re-joining us. We sincerely appreciate all you have done.

Cast and other union members who are not actively working will be paid in accordance with applicable union guidelines through this period and we will be reaching out directly to your representatives to work through the details; we will get to everyone as quickly as possible and appreciate all of your patience here.

These last two months have tested and tried all of us in ways none of us could have foreseen. The one thing we have learned throughout this process is that this production is bigger than just one person and we could not be more proud to be associated with one of the most loyal and talented production cast and crews in this business.

We will provide an additional update by 12/8/17.

Thank you all.

Pauline Micelli"