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THE COUNTDOWN TO COUNTDOWN IS ON!
Jensen’s new show Countdown will premiere with three episodes dropping globally on Prime Video on Wednesday 25 June at 11pm PT. Check your app for the time where you live.
Here are a couple of sneak peeks!
This interview with the cast is a great intro to know the team!
· The cast describes each other’s characters
The Late Show
Last night Jensen got to appear on The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon. Jimmy teased Jensen’s with some of his modelling work from when he was a kid (thank goodness he didn’t have the brick pants or topless twink cowboy shots!) and Jensen talked The Boys and filming with Jared and Misha, and of course Countdown. One thing I loved was the great affection with which he talked about conventions. Danneel and JJ were there to watch as well.
You can watch the whole segment here.
Reviews
There are already some spoiler free reviews of the show out which are very positive. Lots of comparison to TV shows like 24 and The A-Team and 80s/90s action movies like Die Hard.
“Jensen Ackles had that Lethal Weapon’s Martin Riggs vibe”
“fresh, surprising storytelling”
“incredible action sequences and explosive effects”
“each actor knows how to make their character feel genuine and believable”
“peak Dad TV”
“perfect summer TV show”
“a badass adrenaline-fueled action-packed crime thriller that’s intensely pulse pounding”
“pushing its core concepts to new, wildly unwieldy heights”
Read more:
Supernatural fans are going to love Jensen Ackles’ new thriller series for one surprising reason by CBR
Jensen Ackles assembles a wildly entertaining taskforce by Collider
Amazon’s High Octane Thriller by TVLine
Countdown review by IGN
Countdown is going to be your new favourite show this summer by Nerds and Beyond
Jensen Ackles leads an action series that tries to shake up the procedural formula by JoBlo
Why Have 1 Jack Bauer when you can have 5? By Screen Rant
Hollywood Premiere
Roll out the red carpet! The Countdown stars and friends attended a screening and afterparty to launch the show in Hollywood on 18 June.
These are some of the many interviews with the cast:
Interview with the cast by Black Girl Nerds
Jensen on whether he’ll appear on the One Tree Hill reboot with Danneel
Jessica Camacho and Violett Beane talk about battling a telepathic gorilla The Flash with TVLine
Jensen and Eric talk about the show with Yardbarker
Jensen and Eric talk about the show with Big Gold Belt Media
Uli and Elliott on Last Call Podcast
Merch
Looks like we will be getting Funkos for both Jensen and Eric’s characters!
More info…
Check out our Countdown section on the SuperWiki for on-going coverage. Let me know if you’d like to be involved in updating the site with Countdown updates.
You can also follow @UpdateCountdown on Twitter and @update_countdown on Instagram
And in other news…
It was lovely to see fans celebrate the tenth anniversary of Always Keep Fighting with Jared at Purgatory Con
At Purgatory Con and the recent Dutch Comic Con, we got some updates on Jared’s other projects. He said he filmed for about three weeks for The Boys saying it was great fun. He and Gen are developing a movie for Netflix, and the rural medical drama being developed by Walker Showrunner Anna Fricke is still in development. He said he hoped they will start shooting by the end of 2025 or early 2026
Jensen will soon start filming his Soldier Boy show Vought Rising for 7-8 months, in Toronto and then hopefully will go on to film season 2 of Countdown if it gets picked up. He also has two other projects in development -- one with Amazon and one with Netflix.
At Dutch Comic Con we got a great photo of Misha with David Tennant that had me all nostalgic about 2015 and SuperWho!
Rob Benedict has two roles in the second season of the award winning BBC audio drama Central Intelligence.
· Rob talks about his roles on Central Intelligence
Finally, none of us would be here without Eric Kripke. This is a great interview with him as he reflects on his career so far.
cheers and carry on!
Jules