published In 2000, by Anthony Horowitz in the UK with “Stormbreaker”, the first volume of his series about the Teenage spy Alex Rider. In this year, appears with “Nightshade” is the thirteenth title. Hardly a number of young readers so popular, there are also the James Bond in the West pocket format as a computer game and for Nintendo. On Riders fan page adventure a download Small for the entry into the world of a special Department of the British foreign secret MI6: professional spies, the the teen teaches the meaning of Fear. Because Alex has brains, but is also clever, and he holds, in contrast to the friendship of the value. In the heart, he is a guy that likes to go to school, old age usual mischief making and otherwise chilling around and want to hang. Unfortunately, however, world conspiracies come to him again and again in between.
in 2006, there was a “Stormbreaker”film, which flopped in spite of an impressive cast. Alex Pettyfer played the young hero as Sportass, in the other main roles, you saw Mickey Rourke and Damian Lewis as a super villain, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Fry and Robbie Coltrane (Prime Minister) as the Good. In “Stormbreaker” the death of the uncle of the orphans, Alex under suspicious circumstances – he was always on speed restrictions, what makes a deadly car accident for the students highly suspicious. After Alex comes to the intelligence of the people on the track. Uncle Ian Rider worked not as a slide in a Bank, but was on a secret Mission for her Majesty is engaged. In “Stormbreaker” threatened soon a deadly super-virus, humanity. Spread it over the school computer. A scheduled Film for the sequel to “The Gemini project” did not materialize at that time.
Amazon Prime has done well with the eight-part series, a new “Alex Rider”project. The horizontal Tell the youth series is also much better than for a movie. The title character was made older and updated. Twenty years ago, Alex was fourteen, in the series he should be sixteen plus. The James Bond-master spy-utensils will not be there anymore; here is life, like in the real Teens, all with the Smartphone made. Mega athletic, Alex is still smart, but not super smart, friendly, polite, at the beginning, like with his school uniform, adherent, but a little bit naughty and most importantly – sympathetic. Otto Farrant, with charm and moral determination as a boy-next-door, the self-zeal süchtigste fathers with their teenage daughters alone would allow.
