Ahead of premiere, the Russo brothers' Citadel gets a second season for bad behavior
Beset by ballooning budgets, reshoots, and a creative overhaul, the Russo Brothers' latest international super spy story premieres on April 28
Before it can officially become the second most expensive series ever or even premiere, Joe and Anthony Russo’s $200-million globe-trotting, super spy show is getting a second season at Prime Video. Announced in 2018, as the Russos began making massively budgeted direct-to-streaming spy movies, Citadel is an international series with spin-offs in different countries worldwide. Then, like Russos’ Avengers sequels, these different Citadel franchises would come together for a CGI blowout, presumably on a flying aircraft carrier.
The first season premieres on April 28 and is on track to become the second most expensive show ever, behind Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power. However, unlike Rings, the costs weren’t paying for rights or creating Númenor. Instead, the money reportedly went into extensive reshoots and creative differences between Joe Russo and the show’s original showrunner Josh Applebaum, who left the show last December. After his exit, the show underwent a creative overhaul, bringing a new showrunner David Weil from Amazon’s Hunters.