‘Homeland’ season 3 set to begin production, will be filming in Raliegh North Carolina

Filming of the Emmy Award-winning Showtime original series Homeland will come to downtown Raleigh this week.

Production will film scenes the third season of Homeland on June 3-4. Filming will include the Supreme Court building, Historic North Carolina State Capitol building and grounds.

Claire Danes Showtime Homeland photo The Charlotte Observer reports they filmed a scene in their newsroom this week.

The writer noted that: “The extras look just like us!” my co-worker scoffed. “They’re supposed to be a better version of us. Like a Jennifer Aniston-type to play ME. Why can’t we just be the extras?”

There was some star struck newscasters as star Claire Danes filmed her scene.

The Homeland season 3 plot will open “during the aftermath of the horrific terror attack that decimated the U.S. intelligence apparatus, and prompted a global manhunt for the world’s most wanted terrorist – Nick Brody (Damian Lewis). As Carrie (Claire Danes) and Saul (Mandy Patinkin) begin to pick up the pieces of their shattered professional and personal lives, they are swept up in the political and media firestorm surrounding the terror attack and the subsequent search for Brody’s whereabout.”

Starring Claire Danes, Damian Lewis and Mandy Patinkin, Homeland is predominantly filmed in and around Charlotte.

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