Martin Carr reviews the second season of Alex Rider… When Amazon first decided to adapt Alex Rider, a character conjured up by writer Anthony Horowitz, audiences were sceptical to say the least. The movie version may have featured solid performances from Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor and Damian Lewis but never spawned a sequel. However, when […]
Alex Rider has been renewed for a second season
IMDB and Amazon Prime’s Alex Rider has been renewed for a second season of television. Earlier this year, a new TV adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider novels was brought to the UK on Amazon Prime. The series, made in conjunction with IMDB TV (now run by Amazon Studios), tells the tale of a teenage […]
TV Review – Alex Rider Season One
Martin Carr reviews the first season of Amazon’s Alex Rider… Fourteen years after Stormbreaker which briefly made a star of Alex Pettyfer and reminded people how good Damian Lewis might have been as Bond, comes this Amazon adaptation. Sporting no big names and featuring the involvement of author Anthony Horowitz, it carries a distinctly cutting […]
The Alex Rider TV series gets a new trailer
Sony Pictures has released a new trailer for Alex Rider, the upcoming action adventure series based on Anthony Horiwitz’s YA novels which sees Otto Farrant lead the cast as the titular teen spy, alongside a cast that includes Brenock O’Connor, Ronke Adekoleujo, Marli Siu, Stephen Dillane, Vicky McClure, Nyasha Hatendi, Thomas Levin, Andrew Buchan, and […]
First trailer and images for the Alex Rider TV series
The first trailer and promotional images have arrived online for Alex Rider, the new eight-part TV series based upon writer Anthony Horiwitz’s book series and starring Otto Farrant (Mrs. Wilson, War & Peace) as the teen spy alongside Brenock O’Connor (Game of Thrones), Vicky McClure (Line of Duty) and Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones). “I […]
Otto Farrant to play Alex Rider in new TV series
Sony Pictures Television and Eleventh Hour Films have found their Alex Rider for their upcoming eight part TV series, with Deadline revealing that Otto Farrant (Mrs. Wilson, The White Queen) has signed on to portray the teen superspy. The series has been written by BAFTA-winner Guy Burt (The Borgias, The Bletchley Circle) and is based […]
Alex Rider TV series finds a director
Earlier in the year, Sony and Eleventh Hour Films announced that they had acquired the rights to Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider book series, and had tapped BAFTA Award-winning writer Guy Burt (The Borgias) to script an eight-episode adaptation of the reluctant teen superspy’s second outing Point Blanc. Well, the project has now found itself a […]
Alex Rider heading to the small screen for Point Blanc
Variety is reporting that Anthony Horowitz’s teenage superspy Alex Rider is heading to the small screen with Sony and Eleventh Hour Films teaming up for a TV adaptation of Point Blanc, the second book in Horowitz’s book series. The eight-episode series has been scripted by BAFTA Award-winning screenwriter Guy Burt, and will “follow reluctant spy […]
Alex Rider is heading to the small screen
Variety is reporting that Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider is heading to the small screen, with Eleventh Hour Films and ITV tapping Guy Burt (Borgia) to develop a TV series based upon the teen super spy. The Alex Rider book series launched in 2000, and has went on to sell over 16 million copies worldwide. The […]
