Priyanka Chopra Jonas y3n28 Richard Madden Cast in Russo Brothers’ Amazon Series, Citadel

Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. will helm the Indian spin-off. f4j3f

By Akhil Arora | Updated: 15 January 2020 11:11 IST

Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Richard Madden Cast in Russo Brothers’ Amazon Series, Citadel

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Richard Madden

Highlights

Citadel is the name of the “global event multi-series”
Joe and Anthony Russo will direct multiple episodes
Mexican spin-off added to Indian, Italian local versions

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden have been cast in the lead of the Russo brothers' — best known for directing Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame — “global event multi-series”, which now has a title: Citadel. Amazon Prime Video made the announcement at the ongoing 2020 Television Critics Association press tour in California. Citadel will be followed by “multiple, connected local-language series” in India, Italy, and Mexico, the last of which was revealed Tuesday. The Family Man's Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. are working on the Indian spin-off with Amazon Studios as producer, which will co-produce the Italian one with ITV Studios' Cattleya.

Citadel was originally announced in July 2018 by added the Indian and Italian spin-offs and said there would be “two more [spin-offs] at least”, describing Citadel as “the first truly global television franchise”.

Parts of the new announcements — Chopra Jonas' involvement, and Raj & D.K. as showrunners — have been revealed previously, without the necessary context. In April 2019, during the promotional tour for showrunners for two more Amazon series. This is one of them, clearly.

Chopra Jonas is best known for her roles in the 2015 epic historical romance Bajirao Mastani, the 2014 boxing drama Mary Kom, the 2012 comedy-drama Barfi!, and the 2008 drama Fashion. She was last seen in the 2019 saccharine biopic The Sky Is Pink. Madden is best known for his three-season work in the HBO medieval fantasy series Disney live-action remake Cinderella. His most recent role was in the epic war film 1917, which releases January 17 in India.

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