Rule the School, and Save the World. After the death of his uncle, the 14-year-old schoolboy Alex Rider is forced by the Special Operations Division of the UK's secret intelligence service, MI6, into a mission which will save millions of lives. starring Sarah Bolger, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Damian Lewis, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Sophie Okonedo, Alex Pettyfer, Missi Pyle, Andy Serkis, Alicia Silverstone, Ashley Walters, and Mickey Rourke. Geoffrey Sax directs from the screenplay by Anthony Horowitz; Based on his first installment of the Alex Rider novel series for Walker Books. Produced by Marc & Peter Samuelson, Steve Christian and Andreas Grosch; Executive Producers: Hilary Dugdale, Nigel Green, Horowitz and Andreas Schmio. a Samuelson Productions/VIP Medienfonds 4 production, with Rising Star, for Entertainment Film Distributors, Isle of Men Film and the UK Film Council. International Sales by Capitol Films • U.S. Distribution by The Weinstein Company, from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. U.S. Release: October 13, 2006