'Orange Is The New Black' updates: Litchfield getting more additions season four; no end to feud between Sofia and Gloria

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Season four of "Orange Is The New Black" is still less than a year away, but it seems that information about the upcoming season is slowly trickling in.

The cast has already been busy with filming for season four since mid-June and will finish by mid-October. They were recently spotted filming outdoor scenes in Rockland Children's Psych Center, located in upstate New York.

With more actors joining the upcoming season, it seems that Litchfield is about to get even more crowded.

New additions include Brad William Henke, Mike Houston and Kelly Karbacz, who will all be joining season four of "Orange Is The New Black" in recurring roles.

Details on Henke, Houston and Karbacz's roles are still being kept under wraps. The three actors join Shannon Esper and Jolene Purdy who have also been cast in recurring roles.

Among the new additions, only Esper has been confirmed to be playing a new inmate. Esper will be playing Alana, a timid inmate who will be "impossible to hate."

With more and more actors signing on for "Orange Is The New Black's" new season, there's bound to be some territorial and boundary issues. "[The overcrowding issues] are going to carry over to every nook and cranny in our prison, believe me when I tell you that," Kate Mulgrew, who plays Red, had said.

It seems that the upcoming season will be anything but peaceful.

The feuding also continues between Sofia and Gloria. The two had gotten into fights due to the actions of their teenaged sons. As tempers flared, Gloria began highlighting that Sofia is a transgender, which led to Sofia being attacked by other inmates.

Laverne Cox, who plays Sofia, admitted that she doesn't see the two reconciling any time soon. Cox admits that Gloria's character is remorseful for her actions but what she had done was "really, really bad."

Selenis Leyva, who plays Gloria, still hopes that the issue between them will be resolved. "It's not about a personal attack on each other. It's more about their children, and how they're desperately trying to hold onto some kind of control," Leyva said.

Nicky Nichols may also be returning for season four, after spending season three in a maximum security prison. Season four may delve into how Nichols changes after her time in maximum security, which could either be positive or negative.

"That kind of discipline sometimes brings out the best in people and sometimes brings out that much more anger and rebellion," Natasha Lyonne, who plays Nichols, said.

Hopefully, her time in maximum security may have given her the chance to reconcile with her problematic past, in order to be able to move on in the future.

"Orange Is The New Black" returns for season four in July 2016 on Netflix.

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