Alex Rider is a 14-year-old orphan who has been unwittingly trained all his life by his uncle with the skills to become a secret agent -- scuba diving, mountaineering, martial arts and so on. When his guardian, an MI6 agent, is killed, Rider learns the truth and finds himself forced against his will to take on a dangerous .. Read more
| Starring | Mickey Rourke, Alicia Silverstone, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy |
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| Director | Geoffrey Sax |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Family |
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Hollywood heavyweights and up-and-coming stars attended the world premiere of Stormbreaker in London last night. Fans turned up in their droves to see film stars such as Ewan McGregor, Mickey Rourke, Alicia Silverstone and Bill Nighy in Leicester Square. However it was new British actor Alex Pettyfer who caused the biggest sensation. The 16-year-old, who beat 500 rivals to land the role of teenage spy Alex Rider in the first film adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's series of bestselling children's Read more
A 15-year-old British schoolboy has been chosen to play the role of Alex Rider in the Hollywood film Stormbreaker, the most sought-after teenage role since Harry Potter. Alex Pettyfer will play the teenage spy in the film derived from the books written by Alex Horowitz. He will line-up alongside some of the film industry's biggest names, such as Star Wars actor Ewan McGregor and Sin City's Mickey Rourke. Love Actually star Bill Nighy, Alicia Silverstone of Clueless fame and Hotel Rwanda's... Read more
With a wave of hype surrounding the imminent launch of Casino Royale at the cinemas, a younger secret agent will be making his way to the small screen this week. Stormbreaker, featuring promising British actor Alex Pettyfer as teenage espionage expert Alex Rider, has been released on November 13th 2006. A wealth of on-screen talent features in the film, as Pettyfer is joined by Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Andy Serkis, Damian Lewis, Stephen Fry, Alicia Silverstone, Mickey Rourke and Damian Lewis. Read more