Season 4 of 'Homeland' to shoot in South Africa this summer

LOS ANGELES, April 21 (UPI) -- Season 4 of the drama series Homeland is to begin production in Cape Town, South Africa, in mid-June, Showtime announced.

The latest season, which is to premiere this fall, will find Claire Danes' bi-polar CIA officer character, Carrie Mathison, assigned to "one of the most volatile and dangerous CIA stations in the Middle East where she is back on the front lines in the war on terror," the cable network said in a news release.

"We've been so lucky to work with one of the best crews in the business for the last three seasons in Charlotte," Homeland show-runner and executive producer Alex Gansa said in a statement. "We knew going into Season 4 that we would need to move the production overseas to tell the story of Carrie returning to the Middle East as chief of station. We are thrilled to have found a new home in Cape Town and look forward to getting Season 4 production off the ground."

The Emmy- and Golden Globe award-winning show co-stars Mandy Patinkin, Rupert Friend and Nazanin Boniadi.