Sony Pictures Television and Eleventh Hour Films are gearing up to start the delayed production on season 2 of Anthony Horowitz’s spy thriller Alex Rider.
The second season had originally be set to begin production in Autumn 2020 but found itself caught up in the chaos of Coronavirus. Now the 22-week shoot is set to start early next year.
Whilst Sony is yet to officially confirm season 2, Deadline reports that the drama will shoot January 25 in Bristol, south-west England.
Alex Rider’s first season was fully financed by Sony Pictures Television’s International Production and Worldwide Distribution divisions. The series was later sold to Amazon’s ad-supported streaming service IMDb TV in the U.S. and Amazon Prime Video here in the UK.
The series is based on Anthony Horowitz’s book series of the same name. Rider, played by Otto Farrant, is a British teenager who has been trained as a spy since childhood.
In case you haven’t checked out the series yet you can read our review of season one here and watch a trailer in the player below:
Alex Rider stars Otto Farrant in the title role. Co-starring are Stephen Dillane as Alan Blunt, commander of The Department, a secret underworld offshoot of MI6, Vicky McClure as Mrs. Jones, Blunt’s second in command, Brenock O’Connor as Rider’s best friend Tom Harris, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ as Jack Starbright, Ace Bhattii as Crawley, Marli Siu as Kyra and Andrew Buchan as Ian Rider.
Anthony Horowitz, the author of the franchise, serves as an Executive Producer alongside Jill Green, Eve Gutierrez, series writer Guy Burt, and Andreas Prochaska, who also co-directed the series with Christopher Smith.
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