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gotta love how in the books, Eva Stellenbosch is described as an awful, ugly woman and in the series its the most beautiful woman ever and the stylists obviously tried really hard to make her unattractive

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Alex Rider (2020)

Season 01, Episodes 07 "Incursion" & 08 "Truth"

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Alex Rider -  Prime Video  -  June 4, 2020 - Present

Action Adventure (16 episodes to date)

Running Time:  60 minutes

Stars:

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.

Ace Bhatti as John Crawley

Thomas Levin as Yassen Gregorovitch

Haluk Bilginer as Dr Hugo Greif

Howard Charles as Wolf

Nyasha Hatendi as Smithers

Ana Ularu as Eva Stellenbosch

Marli Siu as Kyra Vashenko-Chao

Simon Shepherd as Sir David Friend,

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More random thoughts on the new Alex Rider series, episodes 2-4. Spoilers below, even if you know the books.

Episode 2 Pretty sure the lighting in the Department’s office wouldn’t meet workplace regulation levels. Did Blunt take the description “shadowy organisation” wayyy too literally?

The one thing I’m not liking about this series is Tom’s expanded role. He grates. And why is he always wearing that grotty hat indoors?

Why is this guy meeting Alex in the chemistry lab? Don’t they have any offices in this school?

This kidnapping loses a lot of the tension if you already know Howard Charles is playing Wolf. Although I do like the way they’ve immediately captured Alex’s tendency when faced with lethal threat to say the thing most likely to make someone want to shoot him.

Is Alex withstanding torture by singing showtunes?

Handy paperclip. I did wonder if they’d offered it to him to see if he *would* use it to try and escape, but no, turns out the whole of K Unit should just be fired.

Smithers?? Ok, I confess didn’t see that coming, with the name Daniels I was assumed he was Fox.

“Who’s the boy?” Er, you know exactly who he is Wolf, you had the files on his uncle and his friends?

I like that Crawley is so thick that he has a second go at picking up the holographic book that his hand just went right through.

I was wondering how they were going to get Yassen into 7 episodes of a book he’s technically not in, turns out here it’s by having him randomly break into people’s flats just to say hi.

“I’ll make sure we take care of you.” Wilby’s going to die, isn’t he?

Hah! Alex’s fake identity has got Boris Johnson’s middle names.

Episode 3 Least favourite episode, having now watched it all the way through, mostly because there’s no Yassen in it, but also because fuck-all happens.

Why doesn’t Alex just say he fell off his bike? Which was, technically, how he got the injury anyway.

Mrs Jones has got really weird delivery. It’s like she’s stage acting rather than telly acting or something.

They definitely should have gone with piercing his ear.

So they’ve given Alex an extreme and appearance-altering haircut which...looks identical to the one he had before.

Smithers is a massive troll. I’m kind’ve sad they’ve done away with most of the gadgets from the book though.

Should I call you daddy? Yeah, let’s not go there, eh?

I know this is meant to be a strange and awkward meal, but god that food looks nice.

Ah, Fiona Friend. The first of the terrible names. I was wondering why they hadn’t gone with Sabina Pleasure for Ayisha, but I’ve just realised she technically wasn’t in the first book, just the film. I’m liking Fiona though. Is that bad?

Having loved Ana Ularu as West in Emerald City, I confess I thought she was a weird choice for Stellenbosch, but I was wrong, she absolutely nails it.

Episode 4 Never mind the vodka, they should just have given Stellenbosch a weird fetish for drinking mouthwash.

Is Wilby arranging to meet Yassen in some kind of niche gentlemen’s sauna?

Yeah, not sure I like the nickname Stellenbitch in the mouths of boys, even if she is a terrible person.  

I must confess, I’ve always pronounced Dr Greif’s name as ‘grief’ not ‘gryfe’.

“Who’s Jack? Why were you washing up?” Solid commitment to Alex’s complete inability to ever remember an alias here.

Wilby’s flat gets broken into so often he might as well leave the door open.

I still can’t work out why Sasha wants to kiss Alex. Although I suppose there’s fuck all else to do up a mountain. Did they set up the Ayisha thing earlier just so he didn’t look awkwardly racist?

Unexpected Yassen in the stabbing area. Not the first time Wilby’s had something stuck in him in the gentlemen’s sauna I’m guessing, although possibly not what he was hoping for.

Ah, I see it’s time for Alex’s somehow regular ‘getting stripped naked’ ordeal.

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Alex Rider TV series cast

Snake - Rebecca Scroggs

Eagle - Ky Discala

Fox - Ben Peel

Wolf - Howard Charles

Alex Rider - Otto Farrant

Eva Stellenbosch - Ana Ularu

Dr Grief - Haluk Bilginer

James - Earl Cave

Smithers - Nyasha Hatendi

John Crawley - Ace Bhatti

Vicky McClure - Mrs Jones

Alan Blunt - Stephen Dillane

Ian Rider - Andrew Buchan

Jack Starbright - Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo

Tom -  Brenock O’Connor

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Alex Rider: Trailer Arrives for Sony Teen Spy TV Series

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Anthony Horowitz’s teen spy novel franchise, Alex Rider, is coming to television.

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The Alex Rider YA literary franchise is about to step into the realm of television.

Back in July 2018, U.K.-based indie company Eleventh Hour Films received a major boost to its spec project from Sony Pictures Television, having landed the rights to bring British author (and creator of TV series Foyle's War,) Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider books to the small screen.

The television project will manifest as an eight-episode offering on a network/platform to be determined, adapting the second book in Horowitz’s novel series, Point Blanc.

Alex Rider TV Series Trailer

Check out the first teaser trailer for the Alex Rider TV series!

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Alex Rider TV Series Cast

Otto Farrant (pictured in the title image,) will star as the titular teen spy, Alex Rider, winning the role in the culmination of a wide star search, reports Deadline. It’s a major step up for Farrant, who recently appeared opposite Ruth Wilson in the BBC One miniseries, Mrs. Wilson, having banked small screen roles on Marcella, War & Peace, Silk and The White Queen, as well as child roles in films such as The Great Ghost Rescue and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

As Farrant expresses in a statement:

“I couldn’t be more excited to play such an iconic character as Alex Rider. I loved the books growing up and it is an honour to be able to step into his shoes and give the fans the fresh and thrilling adaptation the series deserves.”

Director Andreas Prochaska adds:

“We met a lot of people for the role of Alex Rider, but when Otto entered the room, there was something magical about him. He has the perfect combination of youth and skilfulness, innocence and professionalism, to bring this iconic character to the screen.”

It didn’t take long for a subsequent announcement of Alex Rider’s supporting cast members. Notably including some alumni from HBO’s Game of Thrones, they consist of the following, as also reported by Deadline:

Brenock O’Connor (Game of Thrones – Olly) will play Tom, described as Alex Rider’s "jovial best friend.”

Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo (Doctor Who) will play Alex’s housekeeper, Jack Starbright.

Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch) will play Ian Rider, Alex’s “detached uncle and reluctant guardian. Unbeknownst to Alex, Ian has been relentlessly training him since childhood and preparing him for the threatening world of espionage.”

Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones – Stannis Baratheon) will play Alan Blunt, commander of The Department, “a secret underworld offshoot of MI6, where Ian Rider spent his life as a field agent. Blunt entraps the unsuspecting Alex to work as an undercover agent at academy Point Blanc.”

Vicky McClure (Line of Duty) plays Blunt’s second-in-command, Mrs. Jones, who seeks to keep Alex from danger where possible. She is aided by colleagues John Crawley (Bohemian Rhapsody’s Ace Bhatti) and Smithers (Casual’s Nyasha Hatendi).

Point Blanc – which carries the public façade of correcting the unruly behavior of its teen students – secretly trains super spies. The school characters consist of the following:

Marli Siu (The Sopranos) as Kyra, who hacked the Tokyo stock exchange for millions.

Earl Cave (The End of the F**king World) as James, who shot his private tutor with an air rifle.

Additional players include:

Katrin Vankova (Snatch) as Laura, Nathan Clarke (Tyrant) as Arrash, Talitha Wing (The Feed) as Sasha.

Haluk Bilginer (Halloweeen) plays Dr. Greif, the Academy’s corrupt principal.

Ana Ularu (Siberia) plays Eva Stellenbosh, Greif’s manipulative deputy.

Alex Rider TV Series Details

Andreas Prochaska serves as director and executive producer for the Alex Rider TV series. The Austrian helmer, Prochaska, recently directed the upcoming TV miniseries, Das Boot, a new small-screen sequel to director Wolfgang Peterson’s acclaimed breakout film, 1981 WWII submarine drama Das Boot. Prochaska also fielded TV runs with Anatomy of Evil, Maximilian and Four Women and a Funeral, as well as the 2014 German-Western, The Dark Valley.

Prochaska works off the written word of BAFTA-winning screenwriter Guy Burt (The Bletchley Circle, The Borgias), who was tapped at the project’s outset to pen the script. They will be joined by original author Horowitz himself, who will executive-produce.

As Prochaska expressed in a 2018 statement:

"Within the first few pages of reading Guy Burt's compelling scripts for the series I was hooked. Guy has taken Anthony’s brilliant, well-loved character and created a bold and unique concept, a coming-of-age story set in the clandestine world of spies sure to excite fans and newcomers alike."

The teen spy-centered novel series of Anthony Horowitz is represented by 11 novels (with one set for 2019,) an array of supplementary short stories and, most notably, the 2006 film, Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker, starring Alex Pettyfer as the hero, joined by a cast consisting of names like Ewan McGregor, Mickey Rourke, Sarah Bolger, Andy Serkis, Stephen Fry, Alicia Silverstone, Robbie Coltrane, Damian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo. However, the film was widely panned as derivative and was anemic upon arrival at the box office, earning just $677,646 in the U.S., totaling $23.9 million worldwide.

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The first novel – on which the film was based – in 2000’s Stormbreaker sets the eponymous protagonist’s origin story, in which the death of Alex's uncle/adoptive father (secretly an MI6 agent,) leads him to becoming a ward of his uncle’s employers, a military academy that secretly trains young agents, eventually tackling the threat of super-computer Stormbreaker. By contrast, 2001’s Point Blanc – which the series will adapt – sees Alex investigating mysterious deaths in a prep school for the offspring of powerful figures.  

An earlier Alex Rider television project was planned by the U.K.’s ITV, but subsequently halted. Eleventh Hour's new television adaptation will be fully funded by Sony Pictures Television, which will search for a broadcasting platform and handle international production under Wayne Garvie and worldwide distribution under Keith Le Goy. As the duo of Sony suits express in a joint statement:

“We identified Alex Rider some time ago as we were looking for the right project to take this leap, and we’re thrilled it has come together as our very first spec series.”

We will keep you updated on the Alex Rider television series project as things develop!

Joseph Baxter is a contributor for Den of Geek and Syfy Wire. You can find his work here. Follow him on Twitter @josbaxter.

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Alex Rider (2020)

Season 01, Episodes 05 "Secrets" & 06 "Escape"

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Alex Rider (2020)

Season 01, Episodes 03 "Friends" & 04 "Deep Cover"

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Guía de series: Estrenos y regresos de junio 2020

Que esta nueva forma de vivir no nos impida ver nuevas series que podríamos recordar para siempre. Grandes estrenos nos esperan durante los próximos treinta días.

¡Feliz junio!

Leyenda:

Verde: series nuevas.

Negro: regresos de otras series.

Naranja: miniseries o series documentales.

Amarillo: tv movies, documentales, especiales o pilotos.

Morado: season finales.

Púrpura: midseason finales.

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Calendario de series

1 de junio: 

Royalties (1T) en Quibi

Almost Paradise (1T finale) en WGN America

2 de junio: 

Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story (2T) en USA Network

Fuller House (5bT y última completa) en Netflix

Legends of Tomorrow (5T finale) en The CW

3 de junio: 

En casa y Collective en HBO

Spelling the Dream en Netflix

4 de junio: 

Alex Rider (1T completa) en Amazon UK

Vagrant Queen (1T finale) en Syfy

5 de junio: 

Trackers (1T) en Cinemax

El presidente (1T completa) en Amazon

13 Reasons Why (4T y última completa), The Last Days of American Crime en Netflix

Dear... en Apple TV+

The Other One (1T) en BBC One

7 de junio: I May Destroy You (1T) en HBO

8 de junio: L.A.'s Finest (2T) en Spectrum

10 de junio: 

Curon (1T completa) y Lenox Hill en Netflix

What We Do in the Shadows (2T finale) en FX

11 de junio: 

The Bold Type (4bT) en Freeform

Man with a Plan (series finale) en CBS

Brassic (2T finale) en Sky One

We Hunt Together (1T finale) en Alibi

12 de junio:

Crossing Swords (1T) en Hulu

Artemis Fowl en Disney+

The Woods (1T completa), F is for Family (4T completa) y Da 5 Bloods en Netflix

13 de junio: Alexa & Katie (3bT y última completa) en Netflix

14 de junio: 

Marcella (3T completa) en Netflix

Helter Skelter en Epix

15 de junio: Barkskins en National Geographic

17 de junio: 

Mr. Iglesias (2T completa) en Netflix

One Day at a Time (especial animado) en Pop

18 de junio: 

The Order (2T completa) en Netflix

Mira lo que has hecho (3T y última) en Movistar+

19 de junio: 

The Politician (2T completa), Coisa Mais Linda (2T completa), Lost Bullet, Feel the Beat y Wasp Network en Netflix

Love, Victor (1T completa) en Hulu

Desaparecidos (1T completa) en Amazon

21 de junio:

Perry Mason (1T) en HBO

The Chi (3T) en Showtime

NOS4A2 (2T) en AMC

Yellowstone (3T) en Paramount

22 de junio: The Luminaries (1T) en HBO España

23 de junio: Greenleaf (5T y última) en OWN

24 de junio: Nobody Knows I'm Here en Netflix

25 de junio: 

Doom Patrol (2T) en DC Universe

Search Party (3T) y Adventure Time: Distant Lands en HBO Max

The Twilight Zone (2T completa) en CBS All Access

26 de junio: Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga en Netflix

28 de junio: I'll Be Gone in the Dark en HBO

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Estrenos de series

Royalties (Quibi)

Pierce (Darren Criss; Glee, American Crime Story) y Sara (Kether Donohue, You're the Worst) escriben canciones por encargo. El dúo está detrás de las sintonías y canciones más conocidas y gracias a ellos conoceremos el desconocido mundo de los compositores. Con John Stamos (Full House, Scream Queens), Georgia King (Vice Principals, The New Normal) y Tony Revolori (Servant).

Escrita y producida por Darren Criss junto a los hermanos Nick y Matt Lang, creadores de StarKid. Dirigida por Amy Heckerling (Clueless, The Carrie Diaries). Diez episodios.

Estreno: 1 de junio

Alex Rider (Amazon UK)

Adaptación de las novelas de Anthony Horowitz, trata sobre un adolescente de Londres (Otto Farrant; War & Peace, Mrs. Wilson) que ha sido entrenado desde pequeño en el peligroso mundo del espionaje. En la primera temporada, adaptación de 'Point Blanc' (2001), entra de incógnito a un internado para investigar la muerte de su tío y qué conexión existe con el asesinato de dos multimillonarios. Con Vicky McClure (Line of Duty, This Is England), Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones, The Tunnell), Brenock O'Connor (Game of Thrones, Living the Dream), Ronke Adekoluejo (Christopher Robin), Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch, The Honourable Woman), Ace Bhatti (Three Girls, No Offence), Nyasha Hatendi (Casual, Black Earth Rising), Marli Siu (Anna and the Apocalypse), Earl Cave (Born to Kill), Katrin Vankova (Snatch), Nathan Clarke (Tyrant), Talitha Wing (The Feed), Haluk Bilginer (Halloween, New Blood) y Ana Ularu (Emerald City).

Escrita por Guy Burt (Riviera, The Bletchley Circle) y dirigida por Andreas Prochaska (Das Boot, Kommissar Rex) y Christopher Smith (Curfew, Creep). Producida por Horowitz. Ocho episodios.

Estreno: 4 de junio Estreno: Septiembre en Movistar+

Trackers (Cinemax)

Thriller basado en la novela de Deon Meyer (2010) que cruza tres historias en Ciudad del Cabo, Sudáfrica en una violenta conspiración que une crimen organizado, diamantes de contrabando, seguridad estatal, rinocerontes negros, la CIA y un plan terrorista internacional. Protagonizado por James Gracie (Madiba, The Wrong Mans), Rolanda Marais (High Rollers) y Ed Stoppard (Knightfall, The Frankenstein Chronicles).

Dirigida por Jyri Kähönen (Bordertown). Seis episodios.

Estreno: 5 de junio

Estreno en España: 6 de junio en HBO España

The Other One (BBC One)

Comedia sobre dos chicas llamadas Catherine Walcott, hermanas que no tenían ni idea de que la otra existía hasta que su padre muere. Con Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley, Downton Abbey), Rebecca Front (Humans, War & Peace), Ellie White (Inside No. 9, The Windsors), Lauren Socha (Misfits, Catastrophe) y Amit Shah (Stag, W1A).

Creada por Holly Walsh (Motherland) y Pippa Brown (Psychobitches). Seis episodios.

Estreno: 5 de junio

I May Destroy You (HBO)

Tras ser agredida sexualmente en un bar, la vida de Arabella (Michaela Coel; Chewing Gum, Black Earth Rising) cambia de forma irreversible y se ve obligada a reevaluar su carrera y la relación con sus amigos y su familia en un viaje de autodescubrimiento. Completan el reparto Weruche Opia (Bad Education, Inside No. 9), Paapa Essiedu (Gangs of London, Kiri), Harriet Webb (White Gold, Scarborough), Ellie James (Giri/Haji), Franc Ashman (Prime Suspect 1973), Karan Gill (Flesh and Blood), Natalie Walter (Horrible Histories) y Samson Ajewole.

Creada y dirigida por Michaela Coel (Chewing Gum). Doce episodios.

Estreno: 7 de junio Estreno en España: 8 de junio en HBO España

Curon (Netflix)

Tras diecisiete años fuera a causa de un acontecimiento trágico, una mujer vuelve con sus hijos a su aparentemente tranquilo pueblo natal, pero pronto desaparece. Durante la búsqueda, los mellizos deberán lidiar con un siniestro legado que maldice a la familia cada vez que repican las campanas de la iglesia. Con Valeria Bilello (Sense8, Lejos de ti), Luca Lionello (The Passion of the Christ, Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi) y Federico Russo (Don Matteo, I Cesaroni).

Escrita por Ezio Abbate (Suburra, Devils) y dirigida por Fabio Mollo (Tutto può succedere, Come Quando Fuori Piove). Siete episodios.

Estreno: 10 de junio Estreno en España: 10 de junio en Netflix España

Crossing Swords (Hulu)

Comedia de animación sobre un campesino bonachón que consigue convertirse en escudero del castillo real y descubre así que su amado reino está liderado por cachondos, ladrones y charlatanes. Con las voces de Nicholas Hoult (Skins, The Great), Luke Evans (The Alienist, Fast & Furious), Seth Green (The Italian Job, Robot Chicken), Tony Hale (Veep, Arrested Development), Wendi McClendon-Covey (The Goldbergs, Reno 911!), Breckin Meyer (Franklin & Bash, Robot Chicken), Adam Pally (Happy Endings, The Mindy Project), Tara Strong (The Fairly OddParents, Teen Titans Go!) y Alanna Ubach (Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, Hung). 

Creada por John Harvatine IV y Tom Root, del equipo creativo de Robot Chicken y SuperMansion. Diez episodios.

Estreno: 12 de junio

The Woods (Netflix)

Adaptación de la novela de Harlan Coben (2007) que cuenta la historia de un abogado de Varsovia (Grzegorz Damiecki; Pakt, Wataha), todavía afectado por la desaparición de su hermana hace veinticinco años en un campamento de verano, que investiga ahora la muerte de un chico en cuyo cuerpo aparecen pruebas de aquel caso.

Escrita por Agata Malesinska (Samo Zycie, Niania) y Wojciech Miloszewski (Swiety, Prokurator). Seis episodios.

Estreno: 12 de junio

Love, Victor (Hulu)

Ambientada en el universo de la novela y la película Love, Simon, y narrada por él (Nick Robinson), es un spin-off que nos presenta a Victor (Michael Cimino; Annabelle Comes Home, Training Day), un nuevo estudiante de Creekwood que pide consejo a Simon para sobrellevar su vida en casa y en el instituto. Completan el reparto Ana Ortiz (Devious Maids, Ugly Betty), James Martinez (One Day at a Time), Rachel Naomi Wilson (Rise, The Good Wife), Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill, Chicago PD), Isabella Ferreira (Orange Is the New Black), Mateo Fernandez, Johnny Sequoyah (Believe), Bebe Wood (The Real O'Neals, The New Normal), George Sear (Will, Into the Badlands), Anthony Turpel (The Bold and the Beautiful) y Mason Gooding (Booksmart). Escrita por Isaac Aptaker y Elizabeth Berger, showrunners de This Is Us. Diez episodios. Estreno: 19 de junio

Perry Mason (HBO)

Basada en el personaje de Erle Stanley Gardner, se centrará en una etapa anterior a la de sus novelas y la serie de CBS (1957-1966), en la que Perry (Matthew Rhys; The Americans, Brothers & Sisters), en 1932, se enfrenta como investigador privado, antes de convertirse en abogado, a un secuestro infantil relacionado con varios casos de corrupción institucional. Le acompañarán Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black, World Without End), John Lithgow (The Crown, 3rd Rock from the Sun), Chris Chalk (Gotham, The Newsroom), Shea Whigham (Homecoming, Boardwalk Empire), Juliet Rylance (The Knick, McMafia), Nate Corddry (Mom), Veronica Falcon (Queen of the South), Jefferson Mays (I Am the Night), Gayle Rankin (GLOW), Lili Taylor (Six Feet Under, American Crime) y Justin Kirk (Weeds, Kidding). Escrita por Ron Fitzgerald (Weeds, Westworld) y Rolin Jones (Weeds, Friday Night Lights) y dirigida por Timothy Van Patten (The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire) y Deniz Gamze Ergüven (The Handmaid's Tale, The First). Producida por Rhys y Robert Downey Jr. (The Judge, Dolittle). Ocho episodios. Estreno: 21 de junio Estreno: 22 de junio en HBO España

The Luminaries (BBC One)

Adaptación de la novela de Eleanor Catton (2013), una compleja y épica historia de amor llena de romance, magia, asesinatos y venganzas durante la fiebre del oro de Nueva Zelanda en 1866. Protagonizada por Eva Green (Penny Dreadful, Casino Royale), Eve Hewson (The Knick, This Must Be the Place), Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings, Into the Badlands), Himesh Patel (Yesterday, Damned), Ewen Leslie (The Cry, Top of the Lake), Yoson An (Mortal Engines), Erik Thomson (The Code, All Saints), Benedict Hardie (Secret City, Hacksaw Ridge) y Richard Te Are (The Dead Lands). Escrita por la propia Catton y dirigida por Claire McCarthy (Ophelia, Domina). Seis episodios. Estreno: Junio en BBC One Estreno en España: 22 de junio en HBO España

The Salisbury Poisonings (BBC One)

En 2018, en una pequeña comunidad inglesa, hubo una serie de envenenamientos por un agente nervioso desarrollado por la Unión Soviética. Este drama basado en hechos reales muestra cómo reaccionaron la gente corriente y los servicios públicos frente a esta emergencia nacional sin precedentes. Con Anne-Marie Duff (Shameless, His Dark Materials), Rafe Spall (The War of the Worlds, Roadies), Mark Addy (Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey), Annabel Scholey (The Split, Britannia), Johnny Harris (This Is England, Fortitude), MyAnna Buring (The Witcher, Ripper Street), Ron Cook (Mr. Selfridge, Chernobyl), Stella Gonet (Holby City, The Cry), Faye McKeever (Trollied, A Confession), Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat, New Blood) y Duncan Pow (Holby City, Flowers).

Escrito por Adam Patterson y Declan Lawn y dirigido por Saul Dibb (Dublin Murders, The Duchess). Tres episodios.

Estreno: Aún sin fecha

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Alex Rider Lands U.S. Release Date on iMDb TV

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The Alex Rider YA literary franchise has stepped into the realm of television.

The series, a product of U.K.-based indie company Eleventh Hour Films, ITV and Sony Pictures Television, adapts the Alex Rider literary mythology of Anthony Horowitz, who’s also known as the creator of popular U.K.-based World War II-set crime-solver series Foyle’s War. Thus, after a successful home country debut back on June 4, 2020 on Amazon Prime Video U.K. (from which you can check out our spoiler-free review), Alex Rider landed a quick Season 2 renewal.

Now, Alex Rider, which manifests as an eight-episode TV adaptation of the second book in Horowitz’s novel series, Point Blanc, has finally found a distribution home in the U.S.

Alex Rider TV Series Release Date

Alex Rider is now set to premiere stateside on iMDB TV on November 13.

For those unfamiliar, iMDB TV is an ad-supported Amazon-owned U.S. streaming service branded under the vital web resource. As IMDb TV content chiefs Lauren Anderson and Ryan Pirozzi express of the pickup in a statement:

“With a 20-year literary history, the brand and iconic character of Alex Rider resonates with fans around the world. We couldn’t be happier to have IMDb TV as the exclusive U.S. home for this franchise and are excited to deliver customers a beautifully-executed, coming-of-age thriller featuring this dynamic ensemble cast.”

Franchise author and executive producer Anthony Horowitz also chimes in, stating:

“I’ve been thrilled by the response Alex Rider has received on Amazon Prime Video in the UK. Everyone agrees that Otto Farrant is the perfect Alex and that the show absolutely nails the book. It’s everything I could have hoped for and I’m optimistic that viewers in the U.S., Germany, Latin America and many other territories will agree.”

Indeed, the series will also premiere on Amazon Prime Video in Latin America, Australia, Germany and Austria, with the latter two marked for August 7.

Alex Rider TV Series Trailer

With the show’s U.S. premiere now set, you can check out iMDb TV’s Alex Rider trailer just below.

If that didn’t satiate you, here are the previous trailers promoting the show’s initial launch.

Alex Rider TV Series Story

As the official synopsis for the Alex Rider television series reads:

When Alex Rider learns that his Uncle Ian was killed in the line of duty as a British spy – and not a car accident like he’s been told – everything changes for this otherwise normal teen. Alex is soon approached by Alan Blunt, head of a top-secret offshoot of MI6 known as The Department, who reveals that he’s been unknowingly trained since childhood for the dangerous world of espionage. Pressured to leave his old life behind, Alex goes undercover to investigate the connection between the deaths of two billionaires and a remote boarding school called Point Blanc. Upon arrival, he discovers that the students are subjects in the megalomaniacal school director’s plan led to gain control of their families’ business empires. Aided by his classmate Kyra, best friend Tom, and his au pair Jack, Alex exposes the plot’s global network and begins his career as MI6’s youngest covert asset.

Alex Rider TV Series Cast

Otto Farrant (pictured in the title image,) stars as the titular teen spy, Alex Rider, having won the role after a wide star search, reported Deadline. It’s a major step up for Farrant, who recently appeared opposite Ruth Wilson in the BBC One miniseries, Mrs. Wilson, having banked small screen roles on Marcella, War & Peace, Silk and The White Queen, as well as child roles in films such as The Great Ghost Rescue and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

As Farrant expressed in a statement:

“I couldn’t be more excited to play such an iconic character as Alex Rider. I loved the books growing up and it is an honour to be able to step into his shoes and give the fans the fresh and thrilling adaptation the series deserves.”

Director Andreas Prochaska added:

“We met a lot of people for the role of Alex Rider, but when Otto entered the room, there was something magical about him. He has the perfect combination of youth and skilfulness, innocence and professionalism, to bring this iconic character to the screen.”

It didn’t take long for a subsequent announcement of Alex Rider’s supporting cast members. Notably including some alumni from HBO’s Game of Thrones, they consist of the following, as also reported by Deadline:

Brenock O’Connor (Game of Thrones – Olly) as Tom, described as Alex Rider’s “jovial best friend.”

Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo (Doctor Who) as Alex’s housekeeper, Jack Starbright.

Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch) as Ian Rider, Alex’s “detached uncle and reluctant guardian. Unbeknownst to Alex, Ian has been relentlessly training him since childhood and preparing him for the threatening world of espionage.”

Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones – Stannis Baratheon) as Alan Blunt, commander of The Department, “a secret underworld offshoot of MI6, where Ian Rider spent his life as a field agent. Blunt entraps the unsuspecting Alex to work as an undercover agent at academy Point Blanc.”

Vicky McClure (Line of Duty) as Blunt’s second-in-command, Mrs. Jones, who seeks to keep Alex from danger where possible. She is aided by colleagues John Crawley (Bohemian Rhapsody’s Ace Bhatti) and Smithers (Casual’s Nyasha Hatendi).

Point Blanc—which carries the public façade of correcting the unruly behavior of its teen students—secretly trains super spies. The school characters consist of the following:

Marli Siu (The Sopranos) as Kyra, who hacked the Tokyo stock exchange for millions.

Earl Cave (The End of the F**king World) as James, who shot his private tutor with an air rifle.

Additional players include:

Katrin Vankova (Snatch) as Laura, Nathan Clarke (Tyrant) as Arrash, Talitha Wing (The Feed) as Sasha.

Haluk Bilginer (Halloweeen) plays Dr. Greif, the Academy’s corrupt principal.

Ana Ularu (Siberia) plays Eva Stellenbosh, Greif’s manipulative deputy.

Alex Rider TV Series Details

Andreas Prochaska serves as director and executive producer for the Alex Rider TV series. The Austrian helmer, Prochaska, recently directed the upcoming TV miniseries, Das Boot, a new small-screen sequel to director Wolfgang Peterson’s acclaimed breakout film, 1981 WWII submarine drama Das Boot. Prochaska also fielded TV runs with Anatomy of Evil, Maximilian and Four Women and a Funeral, as well as the 2014 German-Western, The Dark Valley.

Prochaska works off the written word of BAFTA-winning screenwriter Guy Burt (The Bletchley Circle, The Borgias), who was tapped at the project’s outset to pen the script. They will be joined by original author Horowitz himself, who will executive-produce.

As Prochaska expressed in a 2018 statement:

“Within the first few pages of reading Guy Burt’s compelling scripts for the series I was hooked. Guy has taken Anthony’s brilliant, well-loved character and created a bold and unique concept, a coming-of-age story set in the clandestine world of spies sure to excite fans and newcomers alike.”

The teen spy-centered book series of Anthony Horowitz is represented by thirteen novels, an array of supplementary short stories and, notably, the 2006 film, Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker, starring Alex Pettyfer as the hero, joined by a cast consisting of names like Ewan McGregor, Mickey Rourke, Sarah Bolger, Andy Serkis, Stephen Fry, Alicia Silverstone, Robbie Coltrane, Damian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo. However, the film was widely panned as derivative and was anemic upon arrival at the box office, earning just $677,646 in the U.S., totaling $23.9 million worldwide.

The first novel—on which the film was based—in 2000’s Stormbreaker sets the eponymous protagonist’s origin story, in which the death of Alex’s uncle/adoptive father (secretly an MI6 agent,) leads him to becoming a ward of his uncle’s employers, a military academy that secretly trains young agents, eventually tackling the threat of super-computer Stormbreaker. By contrast, 2001’s Point Blanc—which the series will adapt—sees Alex investigating mysterious deaths in a prep school for the offspring of powerful figures.  

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Noticias de series de la semana: Más 'The Good Fight'

Renovaciones

CBS All Access ha renovado The Good Fight por una cuarta temporada

CBS ha renovado NCIS: LA por una undécima temporada

CBS ha renovado NCIS: New Orleans por una sexta temporada

The CW ha renovado The 100 por una séptima temporada

The CW ha renovado All American por una segunda temporada

The CW ha renovado Roswell, New Mexico por una segunda temporada

The CW ha renovado In the Dark por una segunda temporada

Cinemax ha renovado Warrior por una segunda temporada

Cancelaciones

Netflix ha cancelado Santa Clarita Diet tras su tercera temporada

TBS ha cancelado Wrecked tras su tercera temporada

truTV ha cancelado Those Who Can't tras su tercera temporada

Noticias cortas

Laine Neil (Patty) será regular en la segunda temporada de Strange Angel.

Amber Midthunder (Rosa) será regular en la segunda temporada de Roswell, New Mexico.

Incorporaciones y fichajes

Shannen Doherty (Brenda) también estará en 90210.

Harry Lloyd (Game of Thrones, Counterpart) será Bernard Marx en Brave New World.

Laura Donnelly (Outlander, The Fall) protagonizará The Nevers. Será Amalia True, una heroína impulsiva y emocionalmente dañada que rechaza a la sociedad victoriana, moriría por la causa y mataría por una copa.

Sara Gilbert (The Big Bang Theory, Roseanne) será recurrente en la tercera temporada de Atypical como Judd, profesora de ética en la universidad.

Katherine Kelly (Happy Valley, Cheat), Howard Charles (The Widow, The Musketeers) y Amy Nuttall (Downton Abbey) se unen a la segunda temporada de Liar.

Isaiah Washington (Grey's Anatomy, The 100) será recurrente en P-Valley como Tydell Ruffin, el nuevo alcalde de Chucalissa City.

Rosemarie DeWitt (United States of Tara, Olive Kitteridge) se une como regular a Little Fires Everywhere. Será Linda McCullough, amiga de Elena (Reese Witherspoon).

Christian Cooke (Ordeal by Innocence, Witches of East End) y James Bloor (Dunkirk) protagonizarán Barkskins junto a David Thewlis. Serán René Sel y Charles Duquet, dos inmigrantes que trabajarán para Monsier Claude Trepagny (Thewlis).

Anna Maxwell Martin (The Bletchley Circle, Motherland) será Patricia Carmichael, detective anticorrupción, en los dos últimos episodios de la quinta temporada de Line of Duty.

Jake Lacy (I'm Dying Up Here, Girls) se une como regular a High Fidelity. Será Clyde, un recién llegado a Nueva York al que no le interesa la música pero llama la atención a Rob (Zoë Kravitz).

Jeanine Serralles (Hot Summer Nights) se une a Utopia como regular. Será Colleen, marido de Michael Stearns (Rainn Wilson).

Edward Holcroft (Wolf Hall, London Spy), Charlotte Hope (Game of Thrones, The Spanish Princess), Craig Parkinson (Misfits, Line of Duty), Niamh Walsh (Jamestown, Holby City), Kevin Guthrie (The Terror), James Harkness (The Victim), Gerard Kearns (The Last Kindgom, Shameless UK), Joncie Elmore (Downton Abbey), Sam Keeley, Daniel Ings (The Crown, Lovesick), Kate Dickie (Game of Thrones, The Cry), Henry Lloyd Hughes (Indian Summers, Les Misérables), Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders, Wolf Hall), Ben Batt (Scott & Bailey, Shameless UK), Sylvestra Le Touzel (The Crown, Utopia), Harry Michell y Anthony Andrews (The Syndicate, Brideshead Revisited) protagonizarán The English Game.

Otto Farrant (War & Peace, Mrs. Wilson) protagonizará Alex Rider. Le acompañarán Vicky McClure (Line of Duty, This Is England), Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones, The Tunnell), Brenock O'Connor (Game of Thrones, Living the Dream), Ronke Adekoluejo (Christopher Robin), Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch, The Honourable Woman), Ace Bhatti (Three Girls, No Offence), Nyasha Hatendi (Casual, Black Earth Rising), Marli Siu (Anna and the Apocalypse), Earl Cave (Born to Kill), Katrin Vankova (Snatch), Nathan Clarke (Tyrant), Talitha Wing (The Feed), Haluk Bilginer (Halloween, New Blood) y Ana Ularu (Emerald City).

Bechir Sylvain (Grace and Frankie, Chicago PD) será recurrente en la tercera temporada de Claws como EJ, exnovio de Jennifer (Jenn Lyon).

Meg Steedle (Code Black, I'm Dying Up Here) será recurrente en la tercera temporada de Mr. Mercedes como Danielle Sweeney, novia de Morris (Gabriel Ebert).

Pósters

   Nuevas series

HBO ha encargado Avenue 5, comedia de turismo espacial ambientada cuarenta años en el futuro, cuando la humanidad puede viajar por el Sistema Solar. Protagonizada por Hugh Laurie (House M.D., The Night Manager), Josh Gad (The Comedians, Frozen), Zach Woods (The Office, Silicon Valley), Nikki Amuka-Bird (Luther, Quarry), Rebecca Front (Humans, The Wrong Mans), Lenora Crichlow (Being Human, Flaked), Suzy Nakamura (Go On, Dr. Ken) y Ethan Phillips (Star Trek: Voyager, Girls). Creada y producida por Armando Iannucci (Veep).

Fechas

What/If llega a Netflix el 24 de mayo

La tercera temporada de Designated Survivor llega a Netflix el 7 de junio

El estreno de la segunda temporada de Pose en FX se retrasa del 9 al 11 de junio

Mr. Iglesias llega a Netflix el 21 de junio

Pennyworth se estrena en Epix el 28 de julio

Tráilers y promos

What/If

Deadwood: The Movie

Lucifer - Temporada 4

Pennyworth

Swamp Thing

Catch-22

Years and Years