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IMDb TV, Amazon's free, ad-supported streaming service, has confirmed an early season 2 renewal for its hit spy thriller series Alex Rider, from Eleventh Hour Films and Sony Pictures TV. The renewal, which had been expected, comes ahead of the series’ Season 1 premiere in the U.S., Canada, Italy and Latin America. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television-backed Eleventh Hour Films is gearing up to start shooting the second season of Anthony Horowitz's spy thriller Alex Rider from the start of next year. Sony is yet to officially confirm Season 2, but Deadline understands that the drama is slated to begin a 22-week shoot from January…

Amazon Prime Video and IMDb TV, Amazon's free streaming service, have unveiled their New York Comic Con lineup which includes virtual panels for Truth Seekers, Utopia, Alex Rider, The Boys, and Invincible. Everything will be streamed on Thursday, Oct. 8 starring at 2:15pm EST on NYCC's official YouTube channel. Truth S…

IMDb TV, Amazon’s free, ad-supported streaming service, has swooped for U.S. rights to Eleventh Hour Films and Sony Pictures Television’s young-adult espionage series Alex Rider. The adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's bestselling teen spy novels has also been picked up as an Amazon Prime Video original in Latin America…

EXCLUSIVE: Gaumont, the French production company behind Netflix shows Narcos and F Is For Family, is in the early stages of adapting Gaston Leroux’s iconic novel The Phantom Of The Opera into a six-part TV miniseries. The project is being led out of Gaumont’s UK unit, which is working with writer Anthony Horowitz to…

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Rider, Eleventh Hour Films' TV adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's best-selling teen spy novels, looks set for a second season. Deadline understands that Sony-backed Eleventh Hour is targeting a return to production later this year after the first season was picked up by Amazon in the UK, as well as a host…

Fresh from inking a deal to make Amazon the UK home of Alex Rider, Sony Pictures Television has agreed a bunch more international sales for its teen spy franchise. Sony-backed Eleventh Hour Films' TV adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's best-selling novels has been picked up by Nordic Entertainment Group’s Viaplay service…

Amazon has snapped up the UK rights to Alex Rider, Eleventh Hour Films’ TV adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s best-selling teen spy novels. The streamer will drop the first eight-part series on June 4, featuring Otto Farrant as Alex Rider, a British teenager who has unknowingly been trained as a spy since childhood. Alex…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony-owned Eleventh Hour Films is doubling down on development to broaden its slate following its investment by the Hollywood studio. The producer has scored developments with the BBC and ITV on a slew of book adaptations after Sony Pictures Television acquired a minority stake in the Foyle's War producer…

Alex Rider, the teen superspy series of novels that’s sold around 20M copies worldwide, is coming to the small screen in an eight-part series from Foyle's War producer Eleventh Hour Films and Sony Pictures Television, with the Hollywood studio using a new funding model to set up the drama before taking it out to…

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…