‘Citadel’: Prime Video Confirms Season 2 With Joe Russo as Director

It’s (lastly) official: Prime Video has greenlit Season 2 of “Citadel,” with Joe Russo set to direct your entire season.

The primary season of the spy drama, which premiered in April, had a lot of administrators connected, together with Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Jessica Yu and Newton Thomas Sigel. On Season 2, nonetheless, will probably be solely Joe Russo on directing duties, with David Weil returning as showrunner.

Prime Video has additionally revealed that its big-budget authentic — which stars Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and options Lesley Manville and Stanley Tucci — is its second most-watched new authentic collection outdoors the U.S. behind “Rings of Energy” and its fourth most-watched program worldwide.

All episodes of Season 1 will land on Prime Video on Friday. In the meantime, the collection premiere will probably be made free to stream with out membership on each Prime Video and the ad-supported Freevee for a month within the U.S. and till Could 28 internationally.

The present follows a world spy company whose operatives, together with Madden’s Mason Kane and Chopra Jonas’ Nadia Sinh, should come out of hiding to take down a robust crime syndicate known as Manticore. The collection, which is the brainchild of Amazon and MGM Studios boss Jennifer Salke, was envisioned as an interconnected world franchise, with off-shoot collection made in Italy and India, starring Matilda De Angelis, Varun Dhawan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. The latter world collection at the moment are in manufacturing.

“‘Citadel’ is a very world phenomenon,” stated Salke. “Our objective was at all times to create a brand new franchise rooted in authentic IP that might develop Prime Video’s worldwide viewers. This present has drawn an outsize variety of new worldwide prospects to Prime Video. Its large worldwide debut viewers is a testomony to Joe and Anthony Russo’s exceptional imaginative and prescient, the unbelievable skills of Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Lesley Manville and Stanley Tucci, and the tireless work of the artistic groups, solid, and crew. Given the overwhelming variety of our prospects who’ve embraced this present, we’re not solely thrilled to share the premiere episode of ‘Citadel’globally with out membership, but additionally verify that the collection will return for a second season.”

Anthony Russo and Jos Russo added: “AGBO is thrilled to embark on this subsequent part of the spyverse with Jen, Vernon, and your entire group at Amazon. The revolutionary storytelling of ‘Citadel’ has paved the way in which for an unbelievable, worldwide collaboration with creatives in entrance of and behind the digicam.”

Regardless of its bold premise, nonetheless, “Citadel” has to this point acquired combined critiques from critics, who’ve remained cautious of its formulaic method to creating a world franchise à la “Squid Recreation” or “Cash Heist.” In her Selection assessment, Alison Herman wrote: “After ‘The Rings of Energy,’ Amazon is as soon as extra making an attempt to purchase a worldwide phenomenon with out the essential acumen to again it up. The The whole lot Retailer has gone mad, and ‘Citadel’ definitely can’t reserve it.”

Prime Video lately acquired $25 million in California tax incentives to relocate to the state from the U.Okay. The present is anticipated to pay $119 million in “certified” expenditures — which embrace below-the-line employees and California distributors — making it the most important present ever lured from out of state by the credit score.

From Amazon Studios and the Russo Brothers’ AGBO, “Citadel” is government produced by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Mike Larocca, Angela Russo-Otstot and Scott Nemes for AGBO, with Weil serving as showrunner and government producer. Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Jeff Pinkne, and Scott Rosenberg function government producers for Midnight Radio. Newton Thomas Sigel and Patrick Moran additionally function government producers.