House of Cards will be returning for its final season without star Kevin Spacey.

The drama series will resume production in early 2018 on an eight-episode sixth season that will star Robin Wright, Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos announced Monday morning.

"We are excited to bring closure to fans," he said, acknowledging the work of the production crew whose jobs have been up in the air after multiple people accused Spacey of sexual assault.

The decision finalized what has been expected ever since producer Media Rights Capital shut down production on the show in November following reports of sexual misconduct against Spacey, who plays Frank Underwood in the series. It was considered likely that Spacey would be written out of the show.

On Nov. 26, Media Rights Capital announced that it had extended its production hiatus for another two weeks until Dec. 8. Now it appears that the hiatus will continue until early next year. Netflix announced in November that the sixth season of House of Cards would be its last.

Monday's update — wildly speculated — follows the streaming giant's Nov. 3 decision to sever ties with Spacey following mounting allegations of sexual harassment against the actor. Sources at the time told THR that season six was almost entirely written before Star Trek actor Anthony Rapp went public Oct. 29 with allegations that Spacey made unwanted sexual advances toward him in 1986 — when Spacey was 26 and Rapp was 14. Production on the first two episodes had already been completed and a table read for episode three was on the schedule. The final season was originally supposed to run 13 episodes.

Writing Spacey out of House of Cards isn't a stretch. In the Michael Dobbs book that inspired the series, Frank's character dies. (Netflix also opted to scrap the feature Gore, starring Spacey.)

House of Cards was Netflix's first original series order. It debuted in 2013 to much acclaim and immediately put the streamer on the prestige TV map. In its first five seasons, it nabbed 46 Emmy nominations and six wins. The series counts David Fincher, Wright and Dana Brunetti as executive producers.

The decision to move forward without Spacey comes after director Ridley Scott, in a monumental move, removed the actor from his completed feature All the Money in the World within weeks of its theatrical debut. Christopher Plummer will take over Spacey's role as J. Paul Getty in the feature, which is due in theaters Dec. 22. Spacey also was removed from CBS' recently aired Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special.