‘Citadel is quite Extraordinary,’ says Citadel’s Spymaster – David Weil on making a global franchise for Prime Vid eo
Making waves all over the world, Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Stanley Tucci, and Lesley Manville sta rrer Citadel is all set to premiere on Prime Video this week. From Amazon Studios, and Russo Brothers’ AGBO, C itadel, is an unprecedented approach to storytelling, that marks the beginning of a thrilling spy universe that will be ingeniously interconnected with the Indian and Italian instalments.
In shaping this intense spy thriller into a global phenomenon, showrunner Davi d Weil, who is popularly known f or having created the Amazon Original series- Hunters, has been instrumental, and rightly given the title of bein g Citadel’s ’C reative Spymaster’. His nuanced methodology, expertise in storytelling, and commitment, make him the perfect collaborator to work alongside.
Commenting on his unique moniker of Citadel’s ’Creative Spym ast er’, David Weil, showrunner and executive pr oducer says, “What’s so beautiful and am bitious about this entire spy-verse that we’re cr eating, is that we’re do ing it in tandem with partners all around the world. We have announced the India ser ies and the Italy series. And we get to work with these incredible writers, filmmakers, actors, and producers, trul y from all around the world, and build this entire stor y together. So, it becomes this tapestry told in different lan guages th rough different cult ures in a very authentic way. It’s not just a West ern point of view that we’re viewi ng the story through. But we’re rea lly doing something original. And really holding hands and building th is at th e same time with our fellow creat ors and producers. It’s quite extraordinary.”
Created by Russo Brothers’ AGBO and showrunner David Weil, the 6-episode series will premiere the first two episodes on April 28 fol lowed by one episode launching weekly through May 26. The global series will stream ac ross 240 countries and territories in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, along with many other in ternational languages.
