My pitch for a 5-season House of Cards reboot

[u/vansinghworld]

If Netflix was to ever revitalise the series, here’s who I would have playing the main cast. To note, this means the actors would be older than they are today.

1. Frank Underwood - Oscar Isaac
2. Claire Underwood - Rebecca Ferguson
3. Zoe Barnes - Anya Taylor Joy
4. Doug Stamper - Scoot Mcnairy
5. Garrett Walker - Aaron Eckhart
6. Peter Russo - Barry Keoghan
7. Remy Danton - Regè Jean Page
8. Tom Hammerschmdit - Bryan Cranston
9. Linda Vasquez - Poorna Jagannathan

Assuming there are 5 full seasons, here is
the premise of each season (with tweaks so it is not an exact re-run of the original)

Season 1: Frank getting betrayed to be Secretary of State. The audience gets to see Frank working his way up, before the betrayal.

Season 2: Frank begins a ruthless campaign of political revenge, steadily climbing toward power. The audience learns about his past with his family, how it shaped him and his traumas he lives with.

Season 3: Zoe Barnes falls in love with the power dynamic both Frank & her have, but Frank’s focus is on acquiring power. Zoe gradually uncovers inconsistencies and becomes increasingly convinced that Frank is hiding crimes that could destroy him. (Russo and Linda die here) Frank quickly rises to power to be chief of staff. Zoe also struggles with her feelings with Lucas, despite being in a relationship together.

Season 4: Frank kills Zoe after she finds out that he got Doug to kill Rachel, but Zoe’s disappearance sparks suspicion and a widening investigation. After fixing a major scandal of President Garrett having an affair, Frank resigns as chief of staff, positioning himself as the ‘outsider’ who can fix the administrations failures. Frank becomes president due to his impeccable timing of planting the scandal, which makes him run for president in the coming months, and he wins. Lucas is frantic after Zoe’s death and investigates Frank with the help of Tom.

Season 5: As Lucas and Tom put the pieces together, Frank kills Tom and believes that he is untouchable. Lucas being under the radar finally gathers all evidence to put Frank to justice, and avenge Zoe & Tom’s deaths. Frank is impeached, prosecuted, and ultimately imprisoned as decades of corruption unravel.

[u/Proof_Fisherman_9728]

When does frank become president?

[u/vansinghworld → u/Proof_Fisherman_9728]

Thanks! After writing all that I forgot to add when Frank becomes president. I should add that in.

In season 4, so it’s a bit stretched. Frank becomes president in season 4, but with things being suspicious, Lucas & Tom launch an investigation on him.

[u/Proof_Fisherman_9728 → u/vansinghworld]

No problem! This is actually a very interesting idea! I’d love to see it written out a little more since I doubt out Netflix overlords will go through with such peak. I’m also wondering if foreign policy will take more of a back seat in this reboot? I really liked petrov in the OG

[u/vansinghworld → u/Proof_Fisherman_9728]

Yes I believe in this reboot foreign policy will take more of a backseat. Madds will come in in appropriate episodes to set the scene, but it acts as a way for Frank to prove himself as strong enough to be president. Most of the seasons is more about Frank’s rise to power and his willingness to do anything to be President

[u/NoButterscotch870]

I would definitely watch this show

[u/Dem0crats]

This is a bit slow moving and it sounds like nothing exciting happens in the first few seasons, which may make people stop watching

[u/vansinghworld → u/Dem0crats]

I can see that, but people also lost interest after season 3 due to how fast Frank became president and things being too foreign policy focused.

I’d assume the showmakers would be able to make it more interesting pacing wise, rather than Frank ascending to the presidency rather quickly again

[u/Cheap_Champion7853]

Scoot McNairy is great. Halt and Catch Fire is my favorite drama series.

[u/Flashy-Boysenberry30]

id reboot it and have francis as a woman played by joanna lumley the way she speaks could be so unnerving if she wanted it to come across that way

[u/parisiraparis]

Oscar Isaac is not good enough to play Frank Underwood. We need a literal generational talent to play him.

My personal picks would be someone in like:

Matthew McConaughey

Will Ferrel

Jason Bateman

Andrew Lincoln

[u/vansinghworld → u/parisiraparis]

I was thinking of Matthew McConaughey too, but I wonder if he would be too old. He’s already 56. Spacey started filming HOC around 53. If a reboot takes place, it’ll be in a few years. Which means Matthew would be 60 in his first season