‘Alex Rider’: Sofia Helin, Shelley Conn, Kevin McNally & Jason Wong Join Season 3 Cast
Teen spy ‘Alex Rider‘ is returning for a 3rd Season on Amazon Freevee, and the streaming service has announced a string of new faces who will be joining the returning cast.
Produced by Eleventh Hour Films, ‘Alex Rider’ is a spy-thriller series based on the popular book franchise written by Anthony Horowitz, which has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. The series follows Alex (Otto Farrant), a London-based teenager who has unknowingly been trained since childhood for the dangerous world of espionage.
Adapted by Guy Burt from “Scorpia”, the fifth Alex Rider novel, Season 3 sets the teenage spy on the trail of his greatest enemy: the elusive criminal network known as Scorpia. Finally free of the manipulative Alan Blunt and his Department, Alex embarks on a personal mission to destroy Scorpia once and for all, little realising the journey will reveal his ties to both organisations run deeper than he ever thought possible.
Joining the cast this season is Sofia Helin (‘The Bridge’, ‘Atlantic Crossing’, ‘The Same Sky’, ‘Mystery Road’) as Julia Rothman, an enigmatic, rich widow who, unbeknownst to the world, is a highly secretive agent with Scorpia, the criminal organisation behind Alex Rider’s deadliest encounters; Shelley Conn (‘Bridgerton’, ‘Good Omens’, ‘Gen V’) as Laura Kellner, a ruthless and reckless politician who challenges the Department’s authority; Kevin McNally (‘The Crown’, ‘Das Boot’, the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ film series) as Max Grendel, a shrewd and calm senior council for Scorpia, with the outward appearance of a kind, European gentleman; and Jason Wong (‘Strangers’, ‘The Gentlemen’, the upcoming ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’) as Nile, a dangerous Scorpia assassin, devoted to Rothman.
Alongside Farrant, the returning cast includes Stephen Dillane, Vicky McClure, Brenock O’Connor, Ronk? Adék?lu??j??, and Marli Siu.
Anthony Horowitz serves as an executive producer alongside Eleventh Hour’s Jill Green and Eve Gutierrez, series writer Guy Burt, director Andreas Prochaska, and actor Otto Farrant. The series is distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Television.
‘Alex Rider‘ Season 3 is currently in production, but does not yet have a premiere date. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
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Alongside ‘Alex Rider’, you can find some great Original series such as ‘Leverage: Redemption‘, ‘Bosch: Legacy‘, and ‘Almost Paradise‘, together with a huge number of classic series and films such as ‘Parks and Recreation’, ‘Sanctuary’, ‘The West Wing’, ‘Donnie Darko’, ‘Hellraiser’, and much more! It is also going to be the new home for ‘Neighbours’ when the beloved soap returns later this year.
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