Samantha and Varun Dhawan won’t be returning for an additional thrilling journey, as Amazon has formally pulled the plug on their Worldwide Emmy Award-nominated collection ‘Citadel: Honey Bunny’. The collection, that was a world spinoff of the Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden-led ‘Citadel’, has formally been cancelled after one season, together with the Italian spinoff, ‘Citadel: Diana’.
Deadline broke the information, almost a month after the portal first claimed that Citadel Season two has been delayed to 2026. The choice is reportedly a part of a strategic shift within the streaming big’s world plans that can now see each storylines being built-in into the upcoming Season 2 of the flagship Citadel collection.
In a press release reported by the portal, Vernon Sanders, Head of Tv at Amazon MGM Studios mentioned, “Having efficiently traversed India and Italy, storylines from each Citadel: Honey Bunny and Citadel: Diana can be woven into the upcoming second season of the mothership collection.”
He additionally admitted that whereas the collection has been profitable, the “worldwide chapters won’t proceed as particular person collection.”
Citadel: Honey Bunny, starring Samantha and Varun, and Citadel: Diana, that includes Matilda De Angelis, premiered in December and September 2024, respectively. Though each obtained robust responses of their native markets, they failed to interrupt out globally, resulting in uncertainty about the way forward for the collection that might result in spin-offs of in numerous different nations.
The studio additionally confirmed that Citadel is presently in post-production, and could have a world premiere slated for the second quarter of 2026, thus arriving almost three years after the debut of Season 1 in April 2023.
Based on the platform, the second season will deepen the emotional arcs of Nadia (Priyanka Chopra), Mason (Richard Madden), and Orlick (Stanley Tucci), as they confront the rising menace of the shadowy organisation Manticore. The season guarantees high-stakes motion, daring cinematic storytelling, and new solid additions to raise the espionage saga.
