Spy universe

New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI) “Pathaan” marks the beginning of a new phase for Yash Raj Films and its writer Shridhar Raghavan says their hope is to create a fun spy universe with characters old and new. Raghavan is the mentor writer for the proposed spy universe, which was launched with the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer. “Pathaan”, directed by Siddharth Anand, is having a golden run at the box office with Rs 888 crore gross worldwide since its release on January 25. The writer credited YRF head Aditya Chopra for conceptualising the universe that will see characters from Salman Khan-starrer “Tiger” franchise, Hrithik Roshan-led “War” and “Pathaan” crossover. Salman already had a much-hyped cameo in “Pathaan”, whereas Roshan’s Kabir found a mention. “Adi sir asked me to work on it and help design it. Our intention is to take the characters that we have already created and have further adventures with them. In these adventures, there will be a bit of crossover. Every now and then you will find these crossovers happening,” Raghavan told PTI in a virtual interview. “There will also be newer characters being introduced. Characters who we have seen in other films of ours, who you may think, ‘ok but something happened to this character’, but their story is not over yet. There are different tracks and plans,” he added. Raghavan has written the screenplay for the high octane spy thriller on a story by Anand. Abbas Tyrewala has penned the dialogues. He has also finished working on “Tiger 3” and ...

Richard Madden admits he was "frightened" after investigating the level of espionage technology that exists in the world today. His new show Citadel takes the spy game up a notch, with futuristic elements added to challenge the spies played by Madden and Priyanka Chopra. Citadel is the new grand-scale Prime Video series from filmmakers the Russo brothers. The big budget affair sees two members of the spy network, named Citadel, lose all memories of ever being a spy, until the villainous Manticore reemerges with world domination in mind. Priyanka Chopra, Richard Madden and Stanley Tucci all star in the gadget-heavy spy triller "Citadel." The new show from the Russo brothers arrives on Prime Video on April 28, 2023. Amazon Studios Newsweek spoke to Madden, Chopra, Joe and Anthony Russo, Stanley Tucci, producer Angela Russo-Otstot and showrunner David Weil to gather intel on Prime Video's latest offering. 'Disturbing' Spy Research Episode 1 of Citadel opens with 12 of the most intense minutes ever put to screen. Madden's Mason Kane and Chopra's Nadia Sinh must fight their way through the carriages of a high-speed train, but ultimately their mission ends in failure, setting up the rest of the season. As the series develops, more high-tech spy gear is introduced, but the cast and crew made sure to do their research on real world espionage to ground Citadel in reality. "I quite like researching the gadgets and things. Back in the '50s they had pinhole cameras already back then. ...

New Delhi: Before the release of 'Pathaan', YRF hit a masterstroke by announcing the onset of the 'Spy Universe'. YRF's cinematic spy universe comprises of Salman Khan's 'Tiger' franchise, Hrithik Roshan's 'War' and the latest addition was Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan'. The announcement generated enormous excitement amongst movie buffs and the coming together of Superstars Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Shah Rukh Khan seemed inevitable. The release of Pathaan on January 25th 2022 had audience thoroughly entertained with the characters of Salman's Avinash Singh Rathore aka Tiger and Shah Rukh's Pathaan deliver an action packed punch. However, the makers made sure to tease the viewers by keeping alive the mystique of Hrithik Roshan's Kabir from War (2019) with several references to his character. The intelligent use of the background score from Hrithik's much loved entry scene in War too was featured in Pathaan - Tiger's action scene. Sources share, "It is a well thought strategy by the makers of the Spy Universe as they recaptured the popularity of Hrithik Roshan's character from War in the marketing of Pathaan. Regular Television telecasts of War were scheduled too, post the release of Pathaan. Further, releasing Pathaan on the same OTT platform that streams War is yet another strategy to keep the audience intrigued by the Spy universe. War continues to grab the audiences attention on TV while there is a spike in OTT streams for War due to the curiosity generated by Pathaan ...