'Alex Rider' Season 2: 5 things to know about IMDb TV's British teen spy series
Breakout spy Alex Rider has to save the world again. Otto Farrant will be back as the titular teenage MI6 agent in Season 2 of 'Alex Rider'. The latest installment follows Alex, still fresh from the events of Point Blanc, attempts to get his life back on track, only to be pulled back in for another mission. And this time, he's up against a tech-billionaire, Damian Cray. The upcoming season will be adapting the fourth book in the series by Anthony Horowitz.
Titled 'Eagle Strike' and published in 2003, the book follows popstar Damian Cray as he hopes to decimate the world's drug-making countries by hijacking the United States nuclear arsenal. Suspicious, Alex takes Cray without the help of MI6. The criminal mastermind releases a state-of-the-art games console called the 'Gameslayer.' with its first game, 'Feathered Serpent'. However, there is more than what meets the eye.
'Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker' starring Alex Pettyfer, Mickey Rourke, and Damian Lewis bombed quite spectacularly when it was released in 2006. The backlash that followed overshadowed all the efforts that went into making the film. Even more stinging was the fact that author Anthony Horowitz labeled it as one of his disappointments. The books were, and are, still a smashing success. Alex Rider's journey as the teen spy working for the Special Operations Division of the MI6 was supposed to end after 10 books. It didn't. He was back in action again in 'Nightshade', a novel that was released earlier this year.
And 14 years after the 'Stormbreaker' debacle, Alex Rider was brought back to life on the small screen. Ahead of the latest release, we look at five things to know about the new season.
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Release Date
'Alex Rider' Season 2 releases on December 3 on IMDb TV and comprises eight episodes.
What is Season 2 of the teenage spy series all about?
The official synopsis reads: "In Season Two, Alex is still reeling from the traumatic events at Point Blanc, and desperately wants to return to a normal life. But when his new friend Sabina’s father, journalist Ed Pleasance, is attacked by Yassen Gregorovich, the man who may have killed his uncle, Alex reluctantly finds himself drawn back into the world of international espionage."
"Cut loose from his one-time allies within shadowy MI6 division The Department, Alex discovers a link between Ed, a dangerous hacker known as Smoking Mirror, and tech billionaire Damian Cray. With the help of his guardian Jack and trusted friend Tom, Alex must unravel a sinister political plot with global repercussions, the answer to which may be locked within Cray’s latest product, the global phenomenon video game 'Feathered Serpent.' This season is based on the fourth book in the franchise, 'Eagle Strike.'"
Who stars in 'Alex Rider' Season 2?
Along with Farrant and Toby Stephens, who plays Cray, the series cast also includes Stephen Dillane as Alan Blunt, Vicky McClure as Mrs. Jones, Brenock O’Connor as Tom Harris, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ as Jack Starbright, Marli Siu as Kyra, Rakie Ayola as Jo Byrne, and Charithra Chandran as Sabina Pleasance.
Showrunner
The show is produced and written by Guy Burt, who also serves as executive producer with Horowitz alongside Jill Green and Eve Gutierrez.
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