The series, originally scheduled for release this year, is moved to 2019 to allow the Veep lead actress to follow her cancer treatment.
According to actor Matt Walsh, the seventh and final season is expected to go into production in August, once lead actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus recovers after her treatment. As a result, the series will not resume until next year. The actress, who has won the Emmy for Best Actress in a Comedy Series 6 times in a row, announced a year ago that she had breast cancer.
Last night, Veep won a trophy for best performance by a cast in a comedy series at the Screen Actors Guild Award. According to the producers, 4 scripts are already written, and they want to "make the best season possible". The president of HBO programs recently announced: "They have a big season planned. They introduced it to us, and it's really funny. When Julia [Louis-Dreyfus] is ready to come back we will shoot, I'm not sure if a date has been set, but we expect her to feel good enough for her return."
