THQ Inc. has nabbed exclusive worldwide video game rights to the upcoming teen spy movie, Stormbreaker, based on the best-selling book series by Anthony Horowitz. Boasting a cast that includes Ewan McGregor (Robots, Valiant), Mickey Rourke (Sin City), Alicia Silverstone (Batman and Robin, Clueless) Bill Nighy (Underworld, Underworld: Evolution), Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings, King Kong) and Robbie Coltrane (the Harry Potter films), Stormbreaker is slated to arrive in theaters this summer.
With more than nine million books sold to date, Horowitz’s Alex Rider saga is the latest in a string of young adult lit franchises to be scooped up by Hollywood and Silicon Valley. The video games, developed by Altron for Nintendo DS and Razorback Developments for Game Bo Advance, are due in stores worldwide with the release of the feature film. Entertainment Film Distributors will release it in the U.K. on July 21, followed by a U.S. release by The Weinstein Co. on August 18. Local distributors will handle the pic in other parts of the world.
Directed by Geoffrey Sax from a screenplay by Anthony Horowitz, the Stormbreaker movie is based on the first novel in the series and stars newcomer Alex Pettyfer as parachuting, scuba diving 14-year-old action spy Alex Rider. The film is being produced by brothers Marc and Peter Samuelson of Samuelson Prods., whose producing credits include Arlington Road, Wilde, Revenge of the Nerds and Tom & Viv. They also served as exec producers on the new Johnny Depp perieod piece, The Libertine.
In the handheld games, players will take on the role of Alex Rider, who must out-spy, outwit and out-cool evil forces in third-person stealth gameplay. Through Fast-paced racing action, intense fighting and gadget-based mini-games, players will relive defining moments from the movie as they strive to become the ultimate spy.
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