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There was a time when Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) was everyone’s favorite choice to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond.
That boat may have sailed by now, but Madden will be playing a 007-style cop Citadelan upcoming Prime Video TV show that plans to be the next Bond or Bourne-esque movie franchise.
Set to release exclusively on Amazon’s streaming platform at the end of April, Citadel is billed as a high-stakes action spy thriller that has big ambitions to reinvent the espionage genre. How come? By being the first series in a Marvel-style TV universe that tells intersecting stories across multiple countries and continents.
Madden is joined by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (The Matrix Resurrections), Stanley Tucci (The hunger Games) and Lesley Manville (The crown) in the gripping espionage series directed by David Weil (Hunters, Invasion) and is the latest project from the Russo brothers’ production company AGBO.
In a press release, Amazon released a lengthy summary of the plot to acclimate the public Citadelthe overarching story.
“Eight years ago, Citadel fell,” read the synopsis. “The independent global spy agency – tasked with maintaining the safety and security of all people – was destroyed by agents of Manticore, a powerful syndicate that manipulates the world from the shadows.
“With the fall of Citadel, the memories of elite operatives Mason Kane (Madden) and Nadia Sinh (Chopra Jonas) were erased as they narrowly escaped with their lives. Since then, they have remained hidden and built new lives under new identities, oblivious to their past, until one night Mason is tracked down by his former Citadel colleague, Bernard Orlick (Stanley Tucci), who desperately needs his help to stop Manticore from establishing a new world order.
Mason searches for his former partner, Nadia, and the two spies embark on a mission that takes them across the globe in an attempt to stop Manticore, as they grapple with a relationship built on secrets, lies, and a dangerous but immortal Love.”
Citadel will debut on Prime Video on Friday, April 28 with a two-episode premiere. After that date, new episodes will follow every Friday until the season finale on May 26.
The teaser before the actual teaser
First-look images are all well and good, but what about real images? Well, an official teaser trailer will be released tomorrow (March 1) – but there’s a way to get a brief exclusive look at the show in action ahead of the trailer reveal.
Interested? Read on to find out how to access it.
First you need to scan the QR code in the image above. You’ll find it in the top left of the screen, above and to the left of Nadia Sinh’s name. Click on the link that appears on your smartphone screen and you go to Citadel‘s Instagram page.
From there, tap the message that appears to “connect to the mainframe” of the fictional Citadel network. It will take a while for the account to verify you. Once it is, you will be prompted to enter a password. The access code is also in the image above, next to the QR code. But to avoid trying to see what it is, we’ll help you: it’s TIER1.
Enter that and you’ll unlock a 13-second teaser, featuring a short voiceover from Stanley Tucci’s Bernard and some snippets of footage. It’s a good start, but we hope tomorrow’s trailer shows us even more spy-based action and suspense-fueled drama. If so, then expect Citadel to make its way onto our list of the best Prime Video shows as soon as it airs.
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