Guy Burt: Alex Rider's Screenwriter Shares Behind-the-Scenes Spy Secrets
When the legendary British author Anthony Horowitz asked Guy Burt to adapt his Alex Rider novels for the IMDb TV series, Burt couldn’t refuse.
“Both my kids were fans of the Alex Rider books,” said Alex Rider screenwriter Guy Burt. “So when Anthony said, ‘Would you be interested?’ I jumped at it because I knew him. I’d worked with him before, and I had fans in the family.”
For those who don’t know, the Alex Rider novels—starting with Stormbreaker in 2000—are some of the most successful series of young adult espionage books of all time. With more than a dozen novels so far the Alex Rider collection has sold an incredible 19 million copies.
The books are now also the basis for the acclaimed IMDb TV series. Alex Rider Season One, based on Point Blank, dropped in 2020 and Alex Rider Season Two, based on Eagle Strike, followed in 2021.
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