Showtime has released the official trailer for season six of its Emmy and Golden Globe-winning hit drama seriesHomeland, which will premiere on Sunday, January 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Back on U.S. soil, this season focuses on the aftermath of aU.S. presidential electionand the transition between election day and the inauguration for a president-elect, played by acclaimed stage and screen actressElizabeth Marvel. Guest stars this season includeHill Harper(Limitless),Robert Knepper(Prison Break),Patrick Sabongui(The Flash),Jake Weber(Medium) andDominic Fumusa(Nurse Jackie).
Currently in production in New York,Homelandstars Emmy, Screen Actors Guild(R) and Golden Globe Award winnerClaire Danes, Emmy nomineeRupert Friend,Elizabeth Marvel, Oscar winner and Emmy nomineeF. Murray Abrahamand Emmy and Tony Award winnerMandy Patinkin. After she thwarted aterrorist attackin Berlin, season six picks up several months later and finds Carrie Mathison ([Claire Danes}) living in Brooklyn, New York. She has begun working at a foundation whose efforts are to provide aid to Muslims living in the U.S.
Season six will tackle the after effects of the U.S. presidential election, with the entire season taking place betweenelection dayand the inauguration. It’s a strange, transitional time in the halls of government filled with anxiety and different competing interests, where a very fragile and complex transfer of power takes place between the outgoing president and the incoming president-elect. Produced by Fox 21 Television Studios,Homelandwas developed for American television byAlex GansaandHoward Gordon, and is based on the original Israeli series Prisoners of War byGideon Raff.
This season brings the show back to the United States, after spending the last two seasons abroad. The fourth season was shot in South Africa, while Homeland Season 5 was filmed in Berlin. While the show will return to the United States this season,Alex Gansarevealed in a recent interview that he hopes to shoot one of the two final seasons, preferably the eighth andfinal season, in Isreal. This would bring theShowtimeTV series full circle, since it was adapted from the Israeli seriesPrisoners of War.
