Those paused Citadel spinoffs, Citadel: Honey Bunny and Citadel: Diana, are now officially canceled.
Instead, the second seasons for each of those shows will just “be woven into the upcoming second season of the mothership series Citadel,” Amazon MGM Studios’ head of TV Vernon Sanders said on Wednesday.
The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news that Citadel season two was being pushed and its spinoffs were placed on hold. At the time, THR was told by two sources that Amazon MGM executives were unhappy with what they saw for season two of the OG Citadel.
Citadel hails from Joe and Anthony Russo’s AGBO, though it was Jennifer Salke’s idea. It was the recently-ousted Salke who first approached the Russo Bros. with the idea to create an expansive, expensive globe-trotting spy franchise — Amazon’s version of James Bond. But now Amazon has control over the actual James Bond, and it no longer has Jen Salke.
“Having successfully traversed India and Italy, storylines from both Citadel: Honey Bunny and Citadel: Diana will be woven into the upcoming second season of the mothership series Citadel. While these successful and widely enjoyed international chapters will not continue as individual series, Season 2 of Citadel will be our most exhilarating yet,” Sanders said in full. “With high-stakes storytelling, new additions to our amazing cast and bold, cinematic ambition, the new season will deepen the emotional journeys of Nadia, Mason, and Orlick against the relentless force that is Manticore. We’re excited to share what’s next when Citadel Season 2 premieres globally in Q2 of 2026.”
The logline for Citadel Season 2 reads: “One month after the events of the first season, we find our Citadel spies underground, as they’re being hunted by Manticore agents around the world. They’re pulled out of hiding to join forces with a new team of unconventional spies when Manticore’s Brazilian billionaire Paulo Braga threatens to unleash a cataclysmic piece of technology, built by Citadel’s own Bernard Orlick, into the world.”
Citadel was intended to be a flagship series for Prime Video with numerous adaptations made in local languages. But it never happened, and now it looks like it never will.
Citadel has been a troubled series from the very beginnings. Reshoots, two competing cuts and crew defections on the first season added $75 million to the already $160 million budget. At the time, the show became the second most-expensive series ever made, only falling behind fellow Amazon title Rings of Power, the Lord of the Rings TV series. Nonetheless, it was renewed for a second season ahead of the first season’s April 2023 premiere.
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