The first season of the web television series Alex Rider was released on June 4, 2020.
Based on the novel series of the same name by Anthony Horowitz, and adapted by Guy Burt, it stars Otto Farrant as the eponymous character, who is recruited by a subdivision of MI6 as a teenage spy to infiltrate places that others are unable to. The series is jointly produced by Eleventh Hour Films and Sony Pictures Television.
Premise
Largely covering the events of Point Blanc, Alex Rider is coerced into working for MI6 to investigate mysterious deaths, all the while trying to figure out who murdered his uncle Ian Rider.
Cast and characters
- Otto Farrant as Alex Rider
- Stephen Dillane as Alan Blunt
- Vicky McClure as Mrs. Jones
- Andrew Buchan as Ian Rider
- Brenock O'Connor as Tom Harris
- Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo as Jack Starbright
- Liam Garrigan as Martin Wilby