AGBO’s Joe Russo will direct all episodes of “Citadel” Season 2, making him the latest filmmaker to tackle an entire season in one go. Prime Video announced the news with the confirmation of what has been known for a few months: “Citadel” is returning for a second season. Executive producer David Weil is also returning as showrunner.
“AGBO is thrilled to begin this next phase of the detective story with Jane, Vernon and the entire Amazon team,” executive producers Anthony and Joe Russo said in a statement. “The innovative storytelling of ‘Citadel’ has paved the way for an incredible, worldwide collaboration with creatives in front of and behind the camera.”
Russo joins the ranks of Steven Soderbergh (“The Nick”), Sam Esmail (“Mr. Robot”) and Bill Hader (“Barry”), the latest to direct an entire season of TV solo. And he’ll be doing so without his brother Anthony Russo, with whom he directed such feature films as “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers Endgame” and the upcoming Netflix sci-fi feature “The Electric State.”
This is far from Russo’s first stint in TV, though, as the brothers initially served as lead directors on shows like “Arrested Development” and “Community” before joining the Marvel universe with “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” I made my bones.
“Citadel”, starring Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Leslie Manville and Stanley Tucci, premieres its first season on May 26. It is the streamer’s second most watched new original series outside the US and the fourth most watched series worldwide. Amazon is touting it as a massive international hit.
“‘Citadel’ is a truly global phenomenon,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon and MGM Studios. “Our goal was always to create a new franchise rooted in original IP that would grow Prime Video’s international audience. The show has attracted a large number of new international subscribers to Prime Video. Its massive worldwide first-time audience is a testament to the remarkable vision of Joe and Anthony Russo, the incredible talents of Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Leslie Manville and Stanley Tucci, and the tireless work of the creative teams, cast and crew.
In addition to the Russo brothers, showrunners David Weil, AGBO’s Mike Larocca, Angela Russo-Otstott, and Scott Nemes and Midnight Radio’s Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, and Scott Rosenberg, and Newton Thomas Siegel and Patrick Moran serve as executive producers. work in ,
“citadel” is the start of a global franchise, with subsequent series traveling around the world with interconnected stories. Each “Citadel” series is locally created, produced and filmed in the area. The series starring Matilda De Angelis, Varun Dhawan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu is already running in Italy and India respectively.
In conjunction with the renewal announcement, the first episode of “Citadel” will be available to stream without a subscription on both Prime Video and the ad-supported service Amazon Freevee for one month beginning May 26 in the US and more than 240 countries and territories. May 26 to May 28 outside the US.
