EXCLUSIVE: One day after finding its Alex Rider, Sony Pictures Television has rounded out the full cast for its adaptation of the teen superspy drama. Game of Thrones star Brenock O'Connor and Stephen Dillane are starring alongside Doctor Who's Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo, Broadchurch's Andrew Buchan and Line of Duty's Vicky Mc…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony has found its Alex Rider – Mrs Wilson star Otto Farrant has been chosen to front the small-screen reboot of the teen superspy. Farrant, who played Nigel Wilson in the Ruth Wilson-fronted PBS Masterpiece and BBC drama, will play the eponymous character in the series, which is being produced by Sony Pictu…

Das Boot director Andreas Prochaska has signed on to helm the television adaptation of Alex Rider for Sony. The director, who was behind the camera for the Sky drama that was recently picked up by Hulu, will direct and exec produce the first four episodes of the teen superspy drama. The show is heading to the small…

Teen superspy Alex Rider is heading to the small screen after Sony's international production and distribution divisions teamed up to greenlight an eight-episode series. Sony Pictures Television's International Production and Worldwide Distribution divisions have teamed up together for the first time to pick up an…

Busy UK-based indie Eleventh Hour Films has optioned the screen rights to Anthony Horowitz's bestselling Alex Rider novels. BAFTA winner Guy Burt is attached to script a large-scale family series based on the YA books that chart the adventures of a reluctant teenage super-spy on his missions to save the world. The…