It starred a phenomenal cast of actors including Alex Pettyfer (noted for his roles in I Am Number Four, Beastly, and Magic Mike) as Alex Rider, Mickey Rourke (noted for his roles in Man on Fire, Iron Man 2 and The Expendables) as Darrius Sayle, Bill Nighy (noted for his roles in the Underworld franchise, The Pirates of the Carribean and Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy) as Alan Blunt, Sophie Okonedo (noted for her roles in The Secret Life of Bees, Christopher Robin and Doctor Who) as Mrs. This was the first big screen adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider series, and was intended to be a franchise, however it bombed at the box office and failed to recoup its budget. Stormbreaker (which was retitled as Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker in America) is a 2006 action spy movie, the screenplay was written by Anthony Horowitz, who I was lucky enough to interview a few years ago while at college, who also wrote the book ‘Stormbreaker’ on which the screenplay and movie was based on back in 2000.
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