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Ark Angel The sixth Alex Rider story is finished and has just been received by Walker Books. According to editor Jane Winterbotham, the new book is even better than Scorpia and has more action than any Alex Rider book so far. The story? This time Alex finds himself involved with multi-billionaire, Nikolei Drevin who is in charge of the Ark Angel project…a hotel in outer space. But Drevin is being threatened by a sinister group of eco-terrorists who call themselves Force Three and whose leader, Kaspar, has a head tattooed to resemble the planet Earth. When Force Three attempt to kidnap Nikolei's fourteen-year-old son, Paul, they accidentally snatch Alex instead and from that moment Alex finds himself drawn into a war which could lead to the destruction of an entire American city. The story goes from London to Oxfordshire to New York and then to the Caribbean island of Flamingo Bay. Watch out for ARK ANGEL - it's being published in April 2005. The film of Stormbreaker Still no hard news here. The film is being produced by Samuelson productions, based in London. The same production company also made THE GATHERING (see below). The film is going to cost around £20m to make - and apparently all the money is “in the bag”! Anthony wrote the screenplay last year. There are lots of things that have had to be changed from the book…even the gadgets aren't quite the same and Smithers is actually discovered working in the toy department at Hamleys. There's also a whole new section that has Alex saving his entire regiment when he's sent for training with the SAS. Casting for the film could begin at any time. And for all those ambitious teens who think they could be the first Alex Rider - remember that Anthony won't be the one who casts the part. That'll be the director…and he has yet to be announced. Other news Anthony will be trying to visit more schools next year although it's best to plan ahead. There just isn't enough time in the year for everything. He has already agreed to a 4-day visit in France in March and he's got book tours of America and Japan pencilled in. The Killing Joke, Anthony's first adult novel, comes out in paperback next spring. He's about to start work on a second adult novel, a whodunit with the title - “The Magpie Murders”. More about that soon… |
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All content © 2006 Anthony Horowitz . All rights reserved.
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