![]() Horowitz is comfortable with Alex Rider changing whether it be in the TV show or in his books. That took 14 books for that to happen but in two seasons of the TV show Alex has already gotten there.” Take any young person, put them in danger, have them being shot at, have them see people being killed and seeing evil at close range and it is going to have an effect on you. It is true by the time you get to the later books you definitely have a kid who is quite damaged by what has happened to him. “I think therefore he is more affected by what happens in the TV series than what happens in the books which continue to be adventures. He is a 14-year-old in the books but in the series we very carefully don’t mention how old he is,” Horowitz says. “In the books, Alex doesn’t evolve quite as much as he does in the TV series because Otto Farrant, who plays him, is older than the character is in the book. Horowitz saw how he had slowly changed the character through the 14 books sped up to happen in two seasons of the TV show. ![]() One of the big changes between the books and the TV series is the evolution of the character. When his new friend Sabina’s father is attacked, Alex finds himself drawn back into the world of international espionage. Alex is still reeling from the traumatic events at Point Blanc and desperately wants to return to a normal life. The second season is based on the fourth book in the series, Eagle Strike. Alex Rider is a London-based teenager who has unknowingly been trained since childhood for the dangerous world of espionage. What Horowitz has helped create is a series based on his book franchise which has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. It helps that I have a good and close relationship with those making the show.” “The moment the script arrives in the producer’s hands, you have to trust the producers. What is going to come out the other side? You have lost control. “There is a sense of what are you going to do with it. Throughout season two, we have talked and talked about every episode,” Horowitz says. “Guy Burt (series creator) has done a tremendous job with the adaptations but I was always there working with him. ![]() Horowitz found the right way to have others adapt his work. The most recent adaptation has been the IMDb TV series “Alex Rider.” A second season dealing with the young spy will launch on Dec. ![]() The first came in 2006 when his first book in the long-running Young Adult book series featuring the character of Alex Rider was made into the feature film “Stormbreaker.” This relationship faces a crucial crossroads when the author agrees to sell the rights to the writing to a company that will adapt it into a film or TV series.Īnthony Horowitz has faced that moment a couple of times. An idea must be nurtured and cultivated until it grows into something that has a large appeal. ( KGET) - Writing is a very personal experience for an author. ![]()
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