Alex Rider is a British spy thriller streaming television programme based on the novel series of the same name by Anthony Horowitz. Adapted by Guy Burt, it stars Otto Farrant as the eponymous character, who is recruited by a subdivision of MI6 as a teenage spy. The eight-episode first season, based on Point Blanc, premiered on Amazon Prime Video in the United Kingdom on 4 June 2020. On 10 November 2020, the series was officially renewed for a second season and will adapt the Alex Rider book Eagle Strike.
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Alex Rider is a British spy thriller streaming television programme based on the novel series of the same name by Anthony Horowitz. Adapted by Guy Burt, it stars Otto Farrant as the eponymous character, who is recruited by a subdivision of MI6 as a teenage spy. The show is jointly produced by Eleventh Hour Films and Sony Pictures Television, and is the second screen adaptation of the novels, following the 2006 feature film version of the first novel, Stormbreaker. The eight-episode first season, based on Point Blanc, premiered on Amazon Prime Video in the United Kingdom on 4 June 2020. On 10 November 2020, the series was officially renewed for a second season and will adapt the Alex Rider book Eagle Strike. The series received generally positive reviews, with some critics describing it as an improvement over the film adaptation of Stormbreaker, and described the lead actor as a ‘James Bond’ The second season will begin its 22 weeks of production in January 2021 in Bristol, England.
The first season was produced over six months, beginning in March 2019. Filming locations included London and, for the French Alps scenes, around Sinaia in Prahova County, Romania. In late September 2019, the first teaser trailer was released. The show premiered on Prime in Canada, Italy, and Latin America and on Amazon’s IMDb TV in the U.S. In New Zealand, the television series is distributed by TVNZ On Demand. The website’s consensus reads, \”Alex Rider’s first season takes a minute to find it’s footing, but once it does it proves a solid entry into the espionage game that the whole family can enjoy\”
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