The cast and crew of the House of Cards are now busy with the third season of the highly acclaimed TV series. The second season ended with Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) taking the seat as the 46th president of the United States. Viewers can expect House of Cards season 3 to open up more political intrigues and crafty manipulation in a struggle for power and prestige.

Even as early as Feb. 4, ten days before the premiere of the second season, Netflix already announced that the show has signed up for a third season. In July, The Baltimore Sun confirmed that the series will continue filming in their office. As in the previous two seasons, The Sun will pose as the setting for the fictional Washington Herald, and the production is expected to film in the location for the next few months.

Early in August, the National Mall was closed for a motorcade scene, which blocked Pennsylvania, Independence, and Constitution Avenues. That can only make the followers of the award-winning series wonder what's next for the ruthless Underwood as he schemes his way around the world of American politics.

There has also been speculation that the controversial Pussy Riot, a Russian feminist protest group, will be in season 3. Although this has yet to be confirmed, two members of the group said in May that they are interested in talking to the people behind the series – it seems that they want to learn how to do a political movie.

When asked by The Wall Street Journal if they are meeting with people from House of Cards, Maria Alyokhina said, "It's important for us to meet people who are doing political cinema in the U.S. because in Russia, it doesn't exist, and we want to know how it happens."

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova added, "It's not a question of what do they want, but what we want from them. And we want to learn how to do a political movie. This is our main agenda right now."

Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland (In Darkness, Rosemary's Baby) is also set to direct two episodes for season 3 which, according to The Hollywood Reporter, will be mid-season episodes.

The first two seasons premiered in February, and it's highly probable the House of Cards season 3 will be shown in the same month next year.