At Amazon they did not have enough that ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ was the most expensive television series in history, as Prime Video is also going to be the home of the second. I mean ‘Citadel’new work of the Russian Brothers (‘Avengers: Endgame’) which is now launching its first images and which already has a release date: the April 28, 2023.
spies without memory
‘Citadel’ is a science fiction thriller which follows the story of a group of spies around the entire planet who work for an agency with no ties to any country in a group. A mysterious organization destroys the Citadel and two agents will meet to try to find out what happened and who they are. And it is that their memory was erased years ago and they have been leading normal lives for years without knowing that they are elite spies.
Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas play those two agents whose memory has been erased, while stanley tucci, recently seen in the wonderful ‘From Within’, gives life to an old colleague of his in the Citadel who contacts them to bring down this mysterious enemy organization. For his part, lesley manville (‘One of us’).
Created by the Russo with Patrick Moran, the filming of ‘Citadel’ has been most international, since it has passed through the United States, the United Kingdom, Morocco and Spain. All this to shape a series that will consist of just 6 episodes but that has cost at least 235 million dollars – Initially an investment of 160 million was planned and then the cost skyrocketed.
By the way, ‘Citadel’ was born with the aim of being the basis for spin offs located in different countries of the world, to the point that the series located in Italy has already been filmed and the version in Indiana is currently being recorded.