Homeland season five to tackle Snowden, Putin and Isis

Being that the new season will take place in Germany, Nevins says Ukrainian politics and Russia’s president Vladimir Putin will to come into play in the fall premiere.

Season 5 tales place two years after the events in season 4, with Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) in a self-imposed exile in Berlin, estranged from the Central Intelligence Agency and working for a private security firm.

While speaking at 2015 summer TV press tour, Nevins offered up some new details on the forthcoming season, including that the show will delve into subjects and themes ranging from ISIS to Charle Hebdo.

“Homeland” might be tackling different subjects in Season 5, but Showtime head David Nevins says the new season “reinforces what has always made “Homeland” so riveting – the combination of deep characters, great storytelling and the exploration of America’s complicated role in a 21st-century world”. ” “The show proved last year its ability to have a new fresh story each season”.

Another public figure being brought into the story this season is NSA leaker Edward Snowden, which according to Nevins, was one of the noteable names added in an attempt of keeping the series fresh and to “resonate with people”.

Season five of Homeland is broadcast this October. Claire Danes’ Carrie Mathison has left the Central Intelligence Agency and is in Berlin, where privacy laws are very strict.

“The first episode’s going to really deal with Russian Federation, being right next to Russian Federation, what’s Putin up to?” What’s going on with the kind of tricky relationship there?

Ganza said it was too hard for the show to make the terrorist group’s lives “understandable” for viewers. It’s a show that reflect the world that we live in.