BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF – Netflix is streaming for free the first episode of drama series House of Cards for one month, beginning February 1.
"The creative team in front of and behind the camera have delivered a riveting 13-chapter narrative that we're proud to present to Netflix members today," said Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix. "By offering the first episode for free, including to non-members, we are opening up this fascinating world for everyone to see and are confident they'll want more."
Current Netflix members are now able to watch the entire 13-episode first season of the drama series, in territories where Netflix is available – U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Latin America, Brazil and the Nordics.
From director David Fincher who directed the first two episodes; award-winning playwright and Academy Award nominated screenwriter Beau Willimon and Academy Award winner Eric House of Cards is based on the BBC miniseries of the same name. The political drama starring Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright and Kate Mara “slithers beneath the curtain and through the back halls of greed, sex, love and corruption in modern Washington D.C.”
House of Cards is executive produced by Fincher, Willimon, Joshua Donen, Eric Roth, Spacey, Dana Brunetti, Andrew Davies, Michael Dobbs and John Melfi. The one-hour drama is produced by Donen/Fincher/Roth and Trigger Street Productions, Inc. in association with Media Rights Capital for Netflix.
