News for Anthony Horowitz fans

I've just been reading the latest news on the Anthony Horowitz news blog. Anthony's currently in the process of moving house (this close to Christmas ?!), but he tells us that he's currently 35,000 words into Snakehead, the next Alex Rider novel - and the better news is that it won't be the last, there will be at least one more after this one - Yay !

Sadly, the US release of the Stormbreaker movie didn't really happen, so we may have to wait a while for Point Blanc to be made. It's a shame, because it did really well in the UK - $15 milllion is a lot for an independently made British movie !

And for fans of the "Power of Five" (also called "The Gatekeepers" in the US) series, the third book, Nightrise will be out in the UK (at least) in April 2007.

Stormbreaker: The movie

My detailed comments on this film are over on the Scholar's Blog Spoiler Zone in case anyone hasn't yet seen the movie but intends to do so and doesn't want to know anything about it beforehand !

I enjoyed it rather a lot ! Some excellent stunts and special effects, and I felt Alex Pettyfer did a good job of playing Alex Rider - it's just a shame he won't be working on the next film; since Alex Rider is still 14 and Alex Pettyfer is now 16, they will replace the actor in a rather Bondesque manner !