'Homeland' Season 5 News, Update: Premiere Date Announced Via Promo Poster
Fans of the hit TV drama series "Homeland" can now start marking their calendars as the premiere date for the show's upcoming fifth season has been announced.
An image poster for the new installment of the series reveals a premiere airing date of Oct. 4, 2015.
The critically-acclaimed espionage thriller from Showtime will be the first U.S. TV series to shoot an entire season outside the country. It was previously reported that the whole cast and crew has to fly over to Berlin, Germany to film the season.
Casting reports from TV Line indicated that the new chapter will see a slew of newcomers who are signed up for series regular positions. The three new cast members include Miranda Otto. The "Lord of the Rings" actress will play the character of Allison Carr, "the current Berlin Chief of Station, who's working directly under Saul (Mandy Patinkin)."
Otto is joined by Sebastian Koch as Otto During, "a German philantrophist and Carrie's (Claire Danes) boss" and Sarah Sokolovic as an "American journalist in Berlin who works the foundation where Carrie and Jonas are employed."
Entertainment Weekly meanwhile revealed earlier that the new season will see the series pick up three years after the Season 4 events.
"Struggling to reconcile her guilt and disillusionment with years of working on the front lines in the 'war on terror,' Carrie finds herself in a self-imposed exile in Berlin, estranged from the CIA and working for a private security firm," the site wrote.
