Convention - NYCC 2020 : Alex Rider panel

By Mulder, 08 october 2020

Author and executive producer Anthony Horowitz (Foyle’s War) and series star Otto Farrant (Salmon Fishing in Yemen) were present at a Q&A discussion to preview this coming of age spy-thriller series, based on the best-selling, global phenomenon book franchise, prior to its November 13th premiere on IMDb TV, Amazon’s free streaming service.

Alex Rider, the first Original drama series from IMDb TV, Amazon’s free streaming service, is a coming of age spy-thriller series based on the best-selling, global phenomenon book franchise written by Anthony Horowitz, which has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.

The series follows Alex Rider, a London based teenager who has unknowingly been trained since childhood for the dangerous world of espionage. Pressured to help investigate his uncle’s death, and how it connects to the assassination of two high-profile billionaires, Alex reluctantly assumes a new identity and goes undercover in a remote boarding school called Point Blanc. Isolated far above the snowline in the French Alps, Point Blanc claims to set the troubled teenage children of the ultra-rich back onto the right track. As Alex digs deeper, he discovers the students are in fact the subjects of a disturbing plan which Alex will have to risk his life to stop. The season is based on the second book in the franchise, Point Blank.

All episodes will be released on November 13, 2020 on IMDb TV.

Synopsis :
London teenager Alex Rider is recruited by the Department of Special Operations, a subdivision of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), to infiltrate a controversial corrective academy for the wayward offspring of the ultra-rich.

Alex Rider
Created by Guy Burt
Based on Alex Rider novels by Anthony Horowitz
Directed by Andreas Prochaska, Christopher Smith
Starring Otto Farrant, Stephen Dillane, Vicky McClure, Andrew Buchan, Brenock O'Connor, Ronk? Adékolu?jo, Liam Garrigan, Ace Bhatti, Thomas Levin, Haluk Bilginer, Howard Charles, Nyasha Hatendi, Ana Ularu, Marli Siu
Opening theme "The World Is Mine by Samm Henshaw
Composer : Raffertie
Executive producers : Eve Gutierrez, Jill Green, Anthony Horowitz, Guy Burt, Paula Cuddy, Nicole Finnan, Wayne Garvie
Producers : Mat Chaplin Angie Daniell (co-producer)
Cinematography : Ben Wheeler
Editors : Richard Smither, Ben Whitehead
Production company(s) Eleventh Hour Films
Distributor : Sony Pictures Television
Original network : Prime Video, IMDb TV
Running time : 43–45 minutes