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Trailer for Prime Video action series Countdown starring Jensen Ackles

May 29, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its premiere on Prime Video next month, the streamer has released a trailer for the upcoming action series Countdown. Starring Jensen Ackles, Eric Dane, Jessica Camacho, Violett Beane, Elliot Knight, and Uli Latukefu, the series follows an LAPD detective as he is recruited to by a secret task force to investigate the murder […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: Amazon, Countdown, Elliot Knight, Eric Dane, Jensen Ackles, Jessica Camacho, Prime Video, Uli Latukefu, Violett Beane

First-look images from Prime Video’s Countdown starring Jensen Ackles

April 30, 2025 by Ricky Church

Amazon has released the first batch of images for its new thriller series Countdown. Starring Supernatural and The Boys‘ Jensen Ackles, the series sees Ackles, Eric Dane (Euphoria) and Jessica Camacho (Watchmen) as members of an elite team investigating the murder of a Homeland Security agent. Created by One Chicago and FBI creator Derek Haas, Countdown begins “when an officer with the Department […]

Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television Tagged With: Amazon MGM, Countdown, Derek Haas, Elliot Knight, Eric Dane, Jensen Ackles, Jessica Camacho, Uli Latukefu, Violett Beane

Jensen Ackles to lead thriller series Countdown

June 7, 2024 by Ricky Church

Supernatural veteran Jensel Ackles has landed a new series over at Prime Video. Ackles will lead the thriller Countdown from One Chicago creator Derek Haas. Countdown follows “a suspicious murder in broad daylight, which leads to LAPD officer Mark Meachum (Ackles) being recruited to join a secret task force of undercover agents from all branches of law enforcement to investigate. […]

Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon MGM, Countdown, Derek Haas, Jensen Ackles, Prime Video

5 Guilty Pleasure UK Daytime TV Shows

September 18, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

Daytime TV gets a lot of bad press, but the often laughably absurd and wonderfully bizarre programmes are a secret indulgence of many. These mid-afternoon shows were normally reserved as a rare treat for a dubious sick day off work, school or uni and remained a staple pastime of the elderly and unemployed. However, with […]

Filed Under: Special Features Tagged With: come dine with me, Countdown, deal or no deal, Friends, judge rinder

Movie Review – Countdown (2019)

October 26, 2019 by Matt Rodgers

Countdown, 2019. Directed by Justin Dec Starring Elizabeth Lail, Jordan Calloway, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Peter Facinelli, Dillon Lane, Tichina Arnold, Annie Winters, P.J. Byrne, Valente Rodriguez, and Matt Letscher. SYNOPSIS: When a nurse (Elizabeth Lail) downloads a buzzy app that’s meant to predict your exact time of death, it warns her that she only has […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Annie Winters, Countdown, Dillon Lane, Elizabeth Lail, jordan calloway, Justin Dec, P.J. Byrne, Peter Facinelli, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Tichina Arnold, Valente Rodriguez

Trailer for horror Countdown features a killer new app

September 14, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

STX Films has debuted the first trailer, a poster and images for the upcoming horror-thriller Countdown ahead of its release next month. Written and directed by Justin Dec, the film stars Elizabeth Lail as a young nurse who must find a way to save her own life when she finds out she has three days […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Countdown, Elizabeth Lail, jordan calloway, Justin Dec, P.J. Byrne, Peter Facinelli, Talitha Bateman, Tichina Arnold

Dean Devlin says Stargate reboot cancelled, will make directorial debut with Countdown

November 18, 2016 by Ricky Church

It was only a few months ago that producer Dean Devlin spoke enthusiastically about rebooting the Stargate franchise with a trilogy directed by original director Roland Emmerich, even going so far as to hire Independence Day: Resurgence‘s writers to pen the script last year. Now, however, the Stargate reboot has been cancelled. Speaking to Empire, Devlin said “It looked good […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Ricky Church Tagged With: Countdown, Dean Devlin, Independence Day Resurgence, Roland Emmerich, Stargate

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