David Farnor | On 31, Mar 2023

“Can I trust you?” “Always.” That’s the sound of Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas heading to Amazon Prime Video this April, and a new trailer gives us a first look at them in action in Citadel.

The high-stakes drama is executive produced by the Russo Brothers’ AGBO and showrunner David Weil. Eight years ago, Citadel fell. The independent global spy agency — tasked to uphold the safety and security of all people – was destroyed by operatives of Manticore, a powerful syndicate manipulating the world from the shadows. With Citadel’s fall, elite agents Mason Kane (Richard Madden) and Nadia Sinh (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) had their memories wiped as they narrowly escaped with their lives. They’ve remained hidden ever since, building new lives under new identities, unaware of their pasts. Until one night, when Mason is tracked down by his former Citadel colleague, Bernard Orlick (Stanley Tucci), who desperately needs his help to prevent Manticore from establishing a new world order. Mason seeks out his former partner, Nadia, and the two spies embark on a mission that takes them around the world in an effort to stop Manticore, all while contending with a relationship built on secrets, lies, and a dangerous-yet-undying love.

The series premieres on 28th April, with two episodes arrive at once on Amazon Prime Video, followed by a new episode released weekly every Friday until the finale on 26th May.

Here’s the new video:

 

First look: Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Stanley Tucci star in Amazon’s Citadel

4th March 2023

Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Stanley Tucci and Lesley Manville are heading to Amazon Prime Video this April, and new images give us a first look at them in the spy series Citadel.

The high-stakes drama is executive produced by the Russo Brothers’ AGBO and showrunner David Weil. Eight years ago, Citadel fell. The independent global spy agency — tasked to uphold the safety and security of all people – was destroyed by operatives of Manticore, a powerful syndicate manipulating the world from the shadows. With Citadel’s fall, elite agents Mason Kane (Richard Madden) and Nadia Sinh (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) had their memories wiped as they narrowly escaped with their lives. They’ve remained hidden ever since, building new lives under new identities, unaware of their pasts. Until one night, when Mason is tracked down by his former Citadel colleague, Bernard Orlick (Stanley Tucci), who desperately needs his help to prevent Manticore from establishing a new world order. Mason seeks out his former partner, Nadia, and the two spies embark on a mission that takes them around the world in an effort to stop Manticore, all while contending with a relationship built on secrets, lies, and a dangerous-yet-undying love.

The cast also includes Lesley Manville as Dahlia Archer, Osy Ikhile as Carter Spence, Ashleigh Cummings as Abby Conroy, Roland Møller as Anders Silje and Davik Silje and Caoilinn Springall as Hendrix Conroy.

You can see them in action on 28th April, when two episodes arrive at once, followed by a new episode released weekly every Friday until the finale on 26th May.

 

Citadel: Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas to star in Russo brothers Amazon series

16th January 2020

Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas will star in Citadel, the new Amazon series from the Russo brothers.

Amazon Studios first announced it was teaming up with the Russos’ AGBO Studios back in 2018, teasing what it called “a radical global storytelling disruption”. Details remain thin on the ground, but their plan was to build a “large-scope, multi-layered international event series”, giving the Russo brothers the creative freedom to oversee an ambitious concept that will “redefine the boundaries of storytelling”.

What that looks like in practice is a string of localised series around the world with one “mothership” series to build layered world. Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden have been cast in the lead roles of the US series, the brothers announced at the TCA winter press tour yesterday.

Called Citadel, it will be accompanied by a series originating from Mexico and versions in Italy and India.

Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, and Scott Rosenberg of Midnight Radio will serve as writers and executive producers, with Patrick Moran and Mike Larocca joining Joe and Anthony Russo as executive producers.

The Italian series will be co-produced with Amazon Studios and Cattleya, and the Indian series will be developed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. and produced with Amazon Studios.

 

Amazon Studios teams with Russo brothers for “groundbreaking” global TV franchise

30th July 2018

Amazon Studios is teaming up with the Russo brothers for a new “groundbreaking” global TV franchise.

Revealing the news at this weekend’s Television Critics Association (TCA) Summer 2018 Press Tour, it marks the online giant’s commitment to CEO Jeff Bezos’ goal of finding the next Game of Thrones, or the new Stranger Things. Indeed, while Amazon Prime Video has enjoyed some awards success with its smaller scale series, it is yet to unleash the kind of breakout global hit that has defined Netflix’s most popular titles. Last year, Amazon indicated its change in focus with a gargantuan deal for the rights to The Lord of the Rings, with a new series based on JRR Tolkien’s novels currently in development. Now, Amazon is stepping up its ambitions once again – and there aren’t many better suited than the Russo brothers to do it.

Joe and Anthony Russo are big names in Hollywood at present, thanks to a skyrocketing career that has taken them from Welcome to Collinwood and You, Me and Dupree to Community and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The latter launched them into the MCU, bringing audiences flocking to multiplexes this year for the first of their two-part Avengers blockbuster Infinity War.

Amazon Studios is teaming up with the Russos’ AGBO Studios on what it calls “a radical global storytelling disruption”. Details are thin on the ground, but the plan is to build a “large-scope, multi-layered international event series”, giving the Russo brothers the creative freedom to oversee an ambitious concept that will “redefine the boundaries of storytelling”.

The plan is to start with a single series that will “ignite the creation of multiple original local language and local production series”, all forming part of a layered world.

“The Russo Brothers have impacted the pop culture barometer of creative excellence with their vision for both Avengers: Infinity War and Captain America: Civil War,” Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios, told the press. “They brought a level of scale and execution to those films that has raised the bar for audiences everywhere and we can’t wait for them to do the same for us on this project.”

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