What is Citadel on Amazon Prime Video about?

Mason Kane lives a quiet family life with no memory of his days as a secret agent for Citadel, an independent global spy agency. The former spy (played by Richard Madden) and his partner Nadia Sinh (played by Priyanka Chopra Jonas) were presumed dead eight years prior when they were ambushed by operatives of a powerful syndicate called Manticore. Citadel follows the two spies as they’re dragged back into the world of espionage to stop Manticore while fighting to restore their own memories.

How much did each episode of Citadel cost?

Each episode of Amazon’s Citadel cost a whopping $50 million. That’s right: $50m per episode. Game of Thrones reached $15m per episode in its final season and Strange Things is only shelling out $30m. Even the MCU and Star Wars offerings on Disney+ fall between $10m and $25m per episode. The only series that cost more per episode than Citadel is another Amazon Original series, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, at an insane $58m per episode.

Why was Citadel so expensive to make?

There’s a reason Citadel cost a pretty penny: it’s not meant to be a one-and-done series. Though $300m sounds like an insane amount of money for 6 episodes, Amazon aims to turn Citadel into a long-term franchise, with multiple seasons and spin-offs planned.

Will there be a season two of Citadel?

No longer classified: season two of Citadel was renewed in March 2023, a month before it premiered on Amazon Prime Video.

Does the train from Citadel exist?

Nope! But as with so many of fiction’s wonderful worlds, the Italian train mission in Citadel’s opening scene was inspired by the GoldenPass trains in Switzerland. The Golden Pass Railway follows a three-hour route from Montreux to Lucerne, offering indescribable views of central Switzerland.

The Citadel filming locations in Europe and how to see them by train

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