Somto BisinaCitadel has just been renewed for a second season on Prime Video, according to The Hollywood Reporter. This is ahead of the series’ April 28 premiere on the streaming network.
The action-packed science fiction series has been an expensive endeavour for the streaming service, and its pre-emptive renewal of the series for a second season certainly illustrates Amazon’s confidence in the series.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe series comes from the Russo Brothers, who have previously worked on such projects as Avengers: Infinity War. Citadel has been in the works since 2018 and was originally billed as a “multi-layered international event series” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The plan for the series includes a local language spin-off series in Spain, Mexico, the Italian Alps, and India. The first season’s budget originally sat at a whopping $160 million dollars, but re-shoots added $75 million to the total.
This drama has not scared Amazon away from renewing the series, however, even as the show has not yet premiered.
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Citadel stars Priyanka Chopra and Game of Thrones’ Richard Madden as Citadel agents Mason Kane and Nadia Sinh. The series centres on a defunct independent spy organization called Citadel. It explores the agents who worked for the agency in a previous life.
The series explores the agents in their new lives as they attempt to bring the group back from the dead, and a first look at this ambitious premise was shown in a recent trailer, as we previously reported.
There is a lot on the line for the series, as it is the second most expensive show ever made, just behind Prime Video’s other large-scale series project, The Rings of Power.
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