Citadel, the high-stakes sci-fi thriller starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden, has been renewed for a second season. In a tweet, Amazon Prime Video confirmed that Joe Russo — one-half of the present’s govt producing duo, the Russo Brothers — will solely direct the whole second season. David Weil will resume showrunning duties on the collection, which in keeping with Amazon is its fourth most-watched present worldwide. Clearly, the $300 million (about Rs. 2,482) crore price range for six episodes has paid off in viewership numbers, making it the second-most costly collection in tv historical past, after The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy from the identical studio.
“Citadel is a very world phenomenon,” Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios stated in a ready assertion (by way of Selection). “Our objective was all the time to create a brand new franchise rooted in unique IP that might develop Prime Video’s worldwide viewers. This present has drawn an outsized variety of new worldwide clients to Prime Video.” Along with greenlighting season 2, she additionally confirmed that Citadel’s premiere episode is now accessible to observe free of charge globally, with no Prime membership. In fact, customers will nonetheless be required to register to their Amazon accounts.
The interconnect world collection comes from the Russo Brothers’ AGBO banner, via which the Avengers: Infinity Struggle and Endgame administrators have been experimenting with dramas and action-packed affairs reminiscent of Netflix’s The Grey Man. The primary season of Citadel was primarily directed by Newton Thomas Sigel and Jessica Yu, although the Russos took upon some duties on unspecified episodes.
Citadel is finest described as ‘an expansive and groundbreaking world occasion collection’, with regional spin-offs set in India, Italy, Brazil, France, and Mexico. The aforementioned US model follows Chopra Jonas and Madden as former elite brokers, who after having their recollections worn out, rebuild their lives underneath new identities. That’s, till a former Citadel colleague tracks and summons them again into the drive to assist take down the Manticore, a strong crime syndicate.
The Indian spin-off model of the Citadel franchise was greenlit in December, with Varun Dhawan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu main — presumably as a pair of spies. Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.Okay. (Raj and DK) — finest recognized for The Household Man — function showrunners, writers, and administrators on the present. Sita R. Menon (Go Goa Gone) has co-written Citadel India. An Italian-language manufacturing headlined by Matilda De Angelis (The Undoing) can be within the works at Amazon Studios.
At the moment, there is no such thing as a launch window for Citadel season 2. All six episodes of the primary season at the moment are accessible to stream on Prime Video.
