Priyanka Chopra and Prime Video released the first look at the upcoming high-stakes drama series Citadel on social media on Monday. The images feature Priyanka, in a gun-wielding action avatar, along with fellow actors Richard Madden, Stanley Tucci, and Lesley Manville.
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Citadel is created and produced by Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo. “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.
“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,” reads the logline of the series.
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The series also stars Lesley Manville as Dahlia Archer, Osy Ikhile as Carter Spence, Ashleigh Cummings as Abby Conroy, Roland Møller as Anders Silje and Davik Silje, Caoilinn Springall as Hendrix Conroy, and more.
Citadel is the debut of a landmark global franchise. With the main series based in the US and UK and local productions being made in Italy, Spain, India and Mexico. Arnaldo Catinari directs the Italian version which is headlined by Italian actor Matilda De Angelis. The Indian version is written, directed, and produced by The Family Man creators Raj and DK and is headlined by Varun Dhawan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Citadel and its subsequent series traverse the globe with interconnected stories.
The series is executive produced by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Mike Larocca, Angela Russo-Otstot, and Scott Nemes for AGBO, with David Weil serving as showrunner and executive producer. Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, and Scott Rosenberg serve as executive producers for Midnight Radio. Newton Thomas Sigel and Patrick Moran also serve as executive producers.
Citadel premieres on Prime Video on April 28 with two episodes, followed by a new episode released weekly every Friday through May 26