But it feels like a reasonable eight-episode set-up for a fun series. And as for the series itself? It's fine! The decision was made to double down on exposition for this reintroduction to Alex Rider and his undercover world, which leads to long stretches of narrative clunkiness. The new TV series bearing the teenage spy's name premieres on Friday on Amazon's IMDb TV platform and it has already been renewed for a second season, meaning that audiences can feel some liberty to get invested. The feature adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's well-liked espionage saga failed to make back even a modest budget and earned reviews that, at best, called the star-studded - Ewan McGregor! Damian Lewis! Alicia Silverstone! Mickey Rourke! Bill Nighy! - movie 'forgettable.' Welcome to the streaming revolution, Alex Rider. By almost any standard, 2006's Stormbreaker (or Alex Rider: Stormbreaker in the United States) was a disaster. His Dark Materials is chugging along at HBO and the BBC, Chronicles of Narnia has had a TV series in development at Netflix for a while and, after failing on the big screen, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events was reconceived at Netflix to general acclaim. "As it does with all things entertainment, TV has been picking up the slack. Get ready, agents □ pic.twitter."Hollywood accounting ledgers are packed with presumptive film franchises that, owing to fickle audiences (and cinematic flaws), barely started ( Eragon, The Golden Compass) or never finished ( The Chronicles of Narnia, Divergent)," says Daniel Fienberg. Finally free of the manipulative Alan Blunt and his Department, Alex embarks on a personal mission to destroy Scorpia once and for all, little realizing the journey will reveal his ties to both organizations run deeper than he ever thought possible. The story will pick up with the teenage spy on the trail of his greatest enemy: the elusive criminal network known as Scorpia. Season 1 of Alex Rider was based on the second book, 'Point Blanc,' while Season 2 was based on the fourth, 'Eagle Strike.' Season 3 will be adapted from 'Scorpia,' the fifth novel in the series. There, he utilizes skills he didn't know he had to become an extraordinary spy. There was talk last year that the show would be returning, but today marks the first official confirmation.īased on the novel series of the same name, the show follows a seemingly typical teenager who gets enlisted to work for a subdivision of MI6 known as the Department. The news comes over a year after the British thriller aired its sophomore run on streaming service IMDb TV, which has since been renamed to Amazon Freevee. Amazon announced today that Alex Rider is coming back for a third season.
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