Prime Video is beefing up the cast for its crime drama Countdown.
Violett Bean, Uli Latukefu and Elliot Knight have joined the series, which comes from creator Derek Haas (Chicago Fire, FBI: International). They join a cast that also includes Jensen Ackles, Jessica Camacho and Eric Dane.
Ordered to series in June, Countdown centers on LAPD officer Mark Meachum (Ackles), who — after a broad-daylight murder — is brought into a secret task force with agents from a host of law enforcement agencies. A more sinister plot then comes into focus as the task force must put aside competing agendas to save an entire city.
Beane (Death and Other Details, God Friended Me) will play Evan Shepherd, a tech-savvy recent graduate of the FBI Academy who’s eager to learn how to operate inside the task force. Latukefu (Young Rock, MaXXXine) will play Lucas Finau, a veteran of the LAPD’s Gangs and Narcotics division. Knight (The Boys, Life Sentence) plays Keyonte Bell, a third-generation FBI agent who is well-versed in terrorist threats.
Amazon MGM Studios and Ackles’ Chaos Machine Productions (which he co-heads with wife Danneel Ackles) are producing Countdown. Haas, who has an overall deal at MGM Studios, is the executive producer and showrunner.
Beane is repped by Gersh, Venture and Goodman Genow. Latukefu is with Artists First, RGM Artists and Sloane Offer. Knight is repped by Artists First and Ziffren Brittenham.
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