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Richard Madden is my odds-on favorite to be the next James Bond so I was a little disappointed to see him doing some kind of generic American accent here. Whatever, not sure I understand why Amazon is going all in on this unless they expect it to do extremely well outside of the U.S. viewing market. Citadel seems to me like a very expensive version of the new TV series True Lies on CBS.

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Amazon Nabs $35 Million in Tax Incentives, Will Move ‘Citadel’ to California

Amazon has been awarded $35.3 million in state tax incentives for TV production, including the largest amount ever granted by the state of California for a single film or TV season. Citadel, a big-budget spy thriller set to debut on April 28, was awarded $25 million to relocate to California from the U.K. for its second season with another "undisclosed" TV series receiving $10.3 million. The state offers incentives of 25% for TV shows that relocate from other states. If “Citadel” continues beyond a second season and stays in California, it will also automatically qualify for a 20% tax credit.

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Season 1 (6 episodes) of US version of Citadel will stream it's first two episodes on April 28, 2023 on Prime Video. Citadel, the TV Series and the Spy Agency, is a truly global franchise,  the US, Mexico, Italy, India, and Spain will all have their own Citadel TV Series adaptations with inter-connected story lines and events, even though the timelines might be different. Italy has finished production on its first season with Matilda De Angelis as lead actor. India is in production, with Varun Dhawan and Samantha Prabhu as lead actors.
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The Indian series main characters will have ties with Nadia Sinh. The US Citadel TV Series was filmed in Atlanta, Miami, London, Morocco, and Valencia, Spain and has already been renewed for a second season.

Eight years ago, Citadel, the independent global spy agency, created after the 1st World War, which was tasked to uphold the safety and security of all people, fell. It was destroyed by operatives of Manticore, a world-dominating shadow organization formed to manipulate global events in service of a controlling power known as “the families”, a powerful syndicate manipulating the world from the shadows. Manticore's latest plot is to secure the access codes for all the nuclear weapons of every nation on the planet. 

After Citadel fell, from Manticore's deadly attack, Citadel's elite agents were wiped of their memories. With Citadel out the way, Manticore rose to fill the void. And it’s now up to a former Citadel operative, Bernard Orlick, to reform the agency and stop Manticore from establishing a New World Order.

Two of Citadel's elite agents Mason Kane and Nadia Sinh, with erased memories, have remained off the radar for years, building new lives under new identities, unaware of their pasts. Then one night, Mason is tracked down by his former Citadel colleague, Bernard Orlick, who is in desperate need of Mason's help and restores some of his memories. Mason then 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 story might be a little confusing as it jumps between the past and the present without the characters aging.

US CAST

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Stanley Tucci as Bernard Orlick, a genius tech wizard and equally talented spy. This thirty year Citadel vetern is trying to prevent Manticore from establishing it's New World Order. 

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas was Nadia Sinh, daughter of a former Director of Citadel. Fierce, loyal, brilliant, intuitive, and competitive, she rose to the pinnacle of Citadel agents. Now she has been living a quiet life working in a restaurant.

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Richard Madden was Mason Kane, a top Citadel spy - driven, methodical, and unstoppable, before having his memory erased. Now he has been living a quiet life for 8 years as Kyle Conroy.

Ashleigh Cummings as Abby Conroy, Kyle's wife
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Caoilinn Springall as Hendrix Conroy, Kyle's daughter

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Lesley Manville as Dahlia Archer, the British Ambassador to the United States, whose loyalties may lie elsewhere. She is  sharp, calculating, highly cunning and ambitious, which makes her both a valuable asset and a formidable foe. Her influence throughout the world of espionage is as far-reaching as it is devastating.

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Roland Møller as Laszlo Milla, a former top Citadel agent, turned lead operative of Citadel’s rival intelligence agency, Manticore, Laszlo was incarcerated in a Citadel detention facility for years. All that time was spent stewing over the man responsible for his capture, Mason Kane. Now liberated, Laszlo sets his sights on getting revenge on Mason and bringing down Citadel once and for all.

Osy Ikhile as Carter Spence

Anders Silje and Davik Silje as two identical twins

Sara Martins

Leo Woodall

Grainne Good

Leo Ashizawa

Nikki Amuka-Bird

Susan Lynch

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12 hours ago, AnimeMania said:

‘Citadel’: Prime Video Confirms Season 2 of Global Spy Thriller With Joe Russo as Sole Director

Citadel is the second most-watched new original series (outside the U.S) on Prime Video behind “Rings of Power” and the fourth most-watched program on Prime Video worldwide. Joe Russo will personally direct all the episodes of the U.S. version of Citadel Season 2.

This part of the article succinctly explains why Season 1 was such a stinker

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The series...is the brainchild of Amazon and MGM Studios boss Jennifer Salke...

“‘Citadel’ is a truly global phenomenon,” said Salke. “Our goal was always to create a new franchise rooted in original IP...

 

 

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Italian Chapter Of ‘Citadel’ Spyverse Franchise Gets Official Title, First-Look At Lead Matilda De Angelis

Citadel: Diana was locally created, produced, and filmed in Italy, with production wrapping earlier this year.

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Matilda de Angelis 
Lorenzo Cervasio
Maurizio Lombardi
Julia Piaton
Thekla Reuten
Daniele Paoloni
Bernhard Schütz
Filippo Nigro

I am not sure if the episodes should be placed in this thread or a new thread.

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Quote from article: "Citadel is the second most-watched new original series (outside the U.S) on Prime Video behind “Rings of Power” and the fourth most-watched program on Prime Video worldwide. "

^that is some highly specific self-praise. "It was the #1 show in the USA .. of shows from Amazon Prime Video .. of shows that were named 'Citadel'.. "

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13 hours ago, AnimeMania said:

I am not sure if the episodes should be placed in this thread or a new thread.

I think it makes sense to keep the news and announcements together here but when the various international versions are actually released, a separate thread for them is better.

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Amazon Had 2 Versions of ‘Citadel.’ It Chose the Russo Cut

There were two cuts of the series, one from writers Josh Appelbaum and Bryan Oh and another semi-secret one from Joe and Anthony Russo.

Prime Video chose the Russo version.

There was originally a love story between Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden and other plot points that were removed resulting in half of the series having to be re-filmed at an additional cost of 80 million dollars.

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Citadel: Diana    October 10, 2024      Prime Video        6 episodes

Set in a near-future Milan, Italy in 2030.

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Citadel: Honey Bunny       November 7, 2024      Prime Video

Set in 1990s India and tells a story about Honey Gambhir and Rahi "Bunny" Gambhir, the parents of Nadia Sinh (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) from Citadel. 

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