{"id":5079476,"date":"2023-04-21T14:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T18:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=5079476"},"modified":"2023-04-21T14:45:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T18:45:55","slug":"citadel-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/citadel-show-5079476\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Citadel&#8217;: Everything To Know About Priyanka Chopra&#8217;s Spy Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Prime Video&#8217;s new spy series has an all-star cast and an action-packed story. Here&#8217;s what you need to know about &#8216;Citadel.&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Citadel\u00a0<\/em>is an upcoming spy series on Prime Video.<\/li>\n<li>Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden star in the show.<\/li>\n<li><em>Citadel\u00a0<\/em>premieres April 28, 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><em>Citadel\u00a0<\/em>is going to be one of the biggest shows of 2023. The spy thriller series coming to Prime Video stars <strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/priyanka-chopra\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Priyanka Chopra Jonas<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/richard-madden\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><strong>Richard Madden<\/strong><\/a>. It is the second most expensive television series ever made, with a reported budget of around $300 million. The <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O0JG6V-12ac&#038;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&#038;feature=emb_title\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >trailers<\/a> for\u00a0<em>Citadel\u00a0<\/em>tease all the action that fans will witness when they watch the show. From the release date to the cast, here&#8217;s everything you need to know about\u00a0<i>Citadel<\/i>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5079485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5079485\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5079485\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CitadelCitadel-Priyanka-Chopra-Series-embed-1.jpg?resize=620%2C343\" alt=\"Priyanka Chopra\" width=\"620\" height=\"343\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5079485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Priyanka Chopra in &#8216;Citadel&#8217; (Photo: Amazon Studios)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><em>Citadel\u00a0<\/em>Release Date<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\"><em>Citadel\u00a0<\/em>will premiere Friday, April 28, with the first two episodes. Episodes will be released weekly, until the finale on May 26. Season 1 of\u00a0<em>Citadel\u00a0<\/em>will feature six episodes.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Citadel\u00a0<\/em>Trailers<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O0JG6V-12ac?version=3&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">The <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O0JG6V-12ac\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >first official trailer<\/a> for\u00a0<em>Citadel\u00a0<\/em>was released March 6. Richard Madden&#8217;s character, Mason Kane, says he lost his memories in an accident and can only remember a fellow spy, Nadia Sinh, played by Priyanka Chopra. They both start working for Citadel, described by <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/stanley-tucci-wife-4495285\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><strong>Stanley Tucci<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s character, Bernard Orlick, as &#8220;a spy agency loyal to no nation.&#8221; Mason and Nadia become engulfed in a global espionage adventure.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">The <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V4urrj-jT-k\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >second trailer<\/a>, released March 30, shows more of Mason and Nadia&#8217;s dynamic. They form a sexual relationship but there&#8217;s still trust issues between them. It&#8217;s also revealed that Mason and Nadia&#8217;s memories were erased 8 years ago after a Citadel agent betrayed the agency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V4urrj-jT-k?version=3&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h2><em>Citadel\u00a0<\/em>Cast &amp; Crew<\/h2>\n<h3>Cast<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden star in\u00a0<em>Citadel\u00a0<\/em>as spy agents Nadia Sinh and Mason Kane, respectively. Priyanka&#8217;s biggest TV role before this was the ABC thriller series\u00a0<em>Quantico<\/em>. Richard is best known for playing Robb Stark in <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/game-of-thrones-cast-where-are-they-now-photos-4066719\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><em>Game of Thrones<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Stanley Tucci plays Citadel associate Bernard Orlick. The cast also includes <strong>Leslie Manville<\/strong> as Dahlia Archer, <strong>Osy Ikhile<\/strong> as Carter Spence, <strong>Ashleigh Cummings<\/strong> as\u00a0Abby Conroy, <strong>Roland M\u00f8ller<\/strong> as\u00a0Anders Silje, and <strong>Caoilinn Springall<\/strong> as\u00a0Hendrix Conroy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5079487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5079487\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5079487\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CitadelCitadel-Priyanka-Chopra-Series-embed-3.jpg?resize=620%2C413\" alt=\"Stanley Tucci\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5079487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stanley Tucci in &#8216;Citadel&#8217; (Photo: Amazon Studios)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Crew<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\"><strong>David Weil\u00a0<\/strong>is the creator of <em>Citadel<\/em>. <strong>Anthony Russo<\/strong> and <strong>Joseph Russo<\/strong>, who directed several Marvel movies including <em>Avengers: Infinity War\u00a0<\/em>and<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2019\/04\/24\/avengers-endgame-review-marvel-movie\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  > <em>Avengers: Endgame<\/em><\/a>, are executive producers on the Prime Video show. Other executive producers include <strong>Mike Larocca, Angela Russo-Otstot<\/strong>,<strong> Scott Nemes, Josh Appelbaum, <\/strong><strong>Andr\u00e9 Nemec, <\/strong><strong>Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg, Newton Thomas Sigel<\/strong>, and<strong> Patrick Moran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is\u00a0<em>Citadel\u00a0<\/em>About?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5079486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5079486\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5079486\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CitadelCitadel-Priyanka-Chopra-Series-embed-2.jpg?resize=620%2C414\" alt=\"Citadel\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5079486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra in &#8216;Citadel&#8217; (Photo: Amazon Studios)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">Amazon&#8217;s <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.googleadservices.com\/pagead\/aclk?sa=L&#038;ai=DChcSEwjr2ui_zrv-AhVNDrMAHTfcA0AYABAAGgJ5bQ&#038;ae=2&#038;ohost=www.google.com&#038;cid=CAESbOD2o4P10Va4VsV7UpT5uj_wlJoPaZhsMNdOnXUdaqvSq0W6oJOwDMDpQe40NgJEdBCSdIfvISj1w4Lvgr7bw4nKjIhza-uutNuI1c5NB2R49hRDXAj6gL3egB6ESVPJIHWL_hARgrxdmxpJvg&#038;sig=AOD64_33g6sRj29ZEMQ9eIvUKPEyfUWZ9g&#038;q&#038;adurl&#038;ved=2ahUKEwjPvd-_zrv-AhUjFVkFHUbJAxsQ0Qx6BAgGEAE&#038;nis=8&#038;dct=1\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener nofollow\"  >official description<\/a> for the series reads, &#8220;Eight years ago, Citadel, an independent global spy agency, was destroyed by a new syndicate, Manticore. With their memories wiped, elite agents Mason Kane (Richard Madden) and Nadia Sinh (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) barely escaped with their lives. Eight years later, Mason\u2019s former colleague, Bernard Orlick (Stanley Tucci), asks for his help to prevent Manticore from establishing a new world order.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">Joseph Russo told <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.cbr.com\/citadel-priyanka-chopra-joe-russo-interview\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener nofollow\"  >Comic Book Resources<\/a> that <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/secret-invasion-4611823\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Marvel fans<\/a> should be excited for the thrilling action in\u00a0<em>Citadel<\/em>. &#8220;It&#8217;s really propulsive storytelling. There&#8217;s a lot of action in it, and there&#8217;s a lot of adventure in it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There are a lot of twists and turns. The ambition and the scale of it are massive &#8212; and MCU fans like immersive storytelling. My brother and I love immersive storytelling. I think what&#8217;s so ambitious about <em>Citadel <\/em>is [that] one, it&#8217;s an original story, built from the ground up. It&#8217;s not pre-existing; you have no idea what&#8217;s going to happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5079488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5079488\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5079488\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CitadelCitadel-Priyanka-Chopra-Series-embed-4.jpg?resize=620%2C259\" alt=\"Citadel\" width=\"620\" height=\"259\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5079488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden in &#8216;Citadel&#8217; (Photo: Amazon Studios)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">In that same interview, Priyanka said there are &#8220;lies, deceit, and betrayal&#8221; in her new series. &#8220;That&#8217;s very real to human relationships &#8212; we might like to have a utopian ideal of the fact that we have 100% faith and trust in every moment, but those things are tested in every day of everyone&#8217;s lives,&#8221; <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/nick-jonas\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><strong>Nick Jonas<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; wife said. &#8220;We took a lot of [influence] from real life. Every character is very entrenched in not just the shiny nature of the show but actually with what is happening to them &#8212; what their feelings are and what their choices are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\">Amazon is already on its way to making\u00a0<em>Citadel\u00a0<\/em>a global TV franchise. There will be spin-offs set in other countries with different languages. That includes the Indian series starring <strong>Varun Dhawan<\/strong> and <strong>Samantha Ruth Prabhu<\/strong>, and the Italian series starring <strong>Matilda de Angelis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Video&#8217;s new spy series has an all-star cast and an action-packed story. 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