Prime Video today announced that production of the Italian Chapter of the Universe has officially started in Italy Citadel, the groundbreaking global event series of Prime Video and AGBO by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo. Prime Video has also confirmed that Matilda De Angelis will star in the as-yet-untitled Italian Original series, alongside the cast consisting of Lorenzo Cervasio, Maurizio Lombardi, Thekla Reuten, Julia Piaton, Filippo Nigro and Bernhard Schütz. The new Local Original spy series, the first local production in the Citadel franchise, will be available exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
This new futuristic Original series, produced in Italy, is directed by Arnaldo Catinari (Suburra) and written by Alessandro Fabbri – who also plays the role of lead writer – Ilaria Bernardini, Laura Colella, Gianluca Bernardini and Giordana Mari. Gina Gardini is the showrunner and produces the series along with Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz and Giovanni Stabilini for Cattleya, the production company of acclaimed international hits such as Gomorrah, Zero Zero Zero and Suburra. Emanuele Savoini is co-executive producer.
We are very pleased that production of the Italian chapter of the groundbreaking Citadel universe has started in Italy. We are also proud to welcome Matilda De Angelis and the entire cast of this extraordinary project to Prime Video. Working with these talents and AGBO from the Russo brothers is really exciting.
says James Farrell, VP International, Amazon Studios.
We are delighted to partner with Cattleya and some of Italy’s most respected production and creative teams to raise the bar of our local productions with this exciting and ambitious project. We are pleased to know that Italy is leading the way with the first local Original in AGBO’s visionary franchise. The Italian Original series is going to be an epic event and we can’t wait to share it with our Prime Video viewers in Italy and around the world.
added Nicole Morganti, head of Italian Originals, Amazon Studios.
Amazon and the Citadel franchise have given AGBO the extraordinary opportunity to partner with the best talent from around the world, and Italy is no exception. As big Cattleya fans as we are, we have been offered a front row seat for their outstanding work and leadership, and it has been a real pleasure. David Weil and I are honored to partner with Gina, Alessandro, all the writers and the talented cast of this incredible series.
said Angela Russo-Otstot, AGBO president of creative and executive producer.
Citadel is a very ambitious and challenging project and it is a great privilege to be a part of it. The Italian series belongs to a genre, action-adventure-fantastic, which has never been tried in Italy and is also unprecedented for us. A fascinating universe, that of Citadel, into which our story fits with its own creative and stylistic peculiarities. We are happy to make this journey together with Amazon Studios and all the talents involved: Citadel is new energy for us and, in our opinion, also for the Italian series.
added Riccardo Tozzi, founder and chairman of Cattleya.
The series is co-produced by Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini, Gina Gardini of Cattleya and Amazon Studios, with Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Mike Larocca, Angela Russo-Ostot, Scott Nemes and David Weil of AGBO overseeing the production of the Italian original and all series in the Citadel universe internationally. Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg are executive producers for Midnight Radio of the Italian original and all series in the Citadel universe internationally.
As previously announced, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Richard Madden and Stanley Tucci are part of the cast of the first series to be available in the Citadel universe, from the Russo brothers’ AGBO. Additional Citadel productions in several languages are in the works, including the already confirmed Original Indian series developed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK
Italian actress and singer Matilda De Angelis made her television debut in 2015 with the hit series Everything can happen. Most recently, she starred in the costume drama series Leonardo and established herself internationally in Susanne Bier’s limited television series The Undoing, co-starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. For this role, Matilda won the Nastro d’Argento Grandi Series for International Performance of the Year in 2021. That same year, she also won her first David Di Donatello as Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film The Incredible History of the Island of Roses. Previously, Matilda received the prestigious European Film Promotion (EFP) Shooting Star (2018). Also among the upcoming projects are the two feature films Rapiniamo il Duce and Across The River and Into The Trees, directed by Paula Ortiz.
Source: Lega Nerd
