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Jensen Ackles to lead thriller series Countdown

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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. […]

The Boys get ready for season 4 with new posters

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With a little over a week to go until The Boys returns for its fourth season, Prime Video has shared three new posters for Emmy Award-winning superhero series featuring Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Joe Kessler), Karl Urban (Billy Butcher), Erin Moriarty (Starlight), Jack Quaid (Hughie Campbell), Tomer Capone (Frenchie), Laz Alonso (MM) and Karen Fukuhara (Kimiko). […]

We Were Liars casts Emily Alyn Lind, Esther McGregor and more

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Amazon’s upcoming series adaptation of E. Lockhart’s young adult mystery We Were Liars has cast its four main young leads. Per Deadline, Emily Alyn Lind (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), Esther McGregor (Baby Girl),  Joseph Zada (Total Control) and newcomer Shubham Maheshwari will star in series regular roles. Written by Lockhart in 2014, We Were Liars is “a tragic love story […]

Young Sherlock series in development with Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Guy Ritchie

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Guy Ritchie is returning to the world of Sherlock Holmes, though not in the much anticipated and delayed Sherlock Holmes 3. Rather, he will executive produce and direct Young Sherlock, a new mystery series ordered by Amazon Prime Video with Hero Fiennes Tiffin (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) starring as the young detective. The show is based on […]

Adria Arjona joins Prime Video’s Criminal adaptation

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Having received a series order back in January, Prime Video’s upcoming TV adaptation of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ hard-boiled crime comic Criminal has added Star Wars: Andor star Adria Arjona to its cast. Arjona – who will next be seen alongside Glen Powell in Richard Linklater’s Hit Man – joins the previously announced Richard Jenkins […]

Tom Bombadil debuts in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 images

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Having sat out not only Peter Jackson’s beloved adaptation but also Ralph Bakshi’s earlier animated take on The Lord of the Rings, one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most enigmatic characters is finally heading to the screen in the second season of Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and thanks to Vanity […]

Homelander packs a punch in Mortal Kombat 1 trailer

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Warner Bros. Games and NetherRealm Studios have released a brand new gameplay trailer (see below) for Mortal Kombat 1 showcasing the fighting skills of the upcoming guest fighter Homelander from Amazon’s The Boys.  Homelander will join the roster on 4th June for players who own the Kombat Pack and on 11th June for other gamers.   Homelander […]

My Lady Jane trailer reimagines the life of Lady Jane Grey

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Prime Video has released a poster and trailer for the alternate history fantasy series My Lady Jane. Based on Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand and Jodi Meadows’ bestselling novel of the same name, the series reimagines the life of Lady Jane Grey when, rather then being beheaded, finds herself crowned queen and living a life full […]

Nicolas Cage to play Spider-Man Noir in live-action Sony series for MGM+ and Prime Video

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Having been revealed back in February of last year that Sony was developing a live-action Spider-Man Noir series for Prime Video, it has now been announced that Nicolas Cage is set to portray the title character, reprising his voice role from the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Titled Noir, the show mark the first series […]

Prime Video mega-hit The Boys renewed for fifth season

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The Boys is one of the biggest modern-day superhero IPs, and if you thought they’d end now, you don’t know the power of Homelander. As part of Amazon’s first-ever upfront presentation, the series based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comic book has scored a fifth-season pickup at Prime Video. Showrunner Eric Kripke exclaims, “The […]