Disney's Artemis Fowl
Disney owns the rights to a number of different IP’s including a number of independent properties. Among those is apparently the Artemis Fowl series. This series of novels sits at 8 novels total and it is meant for young adults, so Disney has a lot to work with. ‘Artemis Fowl’ the movie is taking advantage of the large amount of source content and is based off of the first two novels of the series. Before the film even releases, it seems like there will most likely be sequels.
Based off of the novels by Eoin Colfer, the story of ‘Artemis Fowl’ follows the titular character, a 12-year-old genius. A descendant from a line of career criminals, Artemis Fowl must search for his father after his disappearance. Soon, he finds himself in a fight against a race of powerful underground fairies. In a world of magic, where almost everything wants to kill him, can the young criminal mastermind find his father and somehow manage to outwit those that wish him harm? Those who have read the novels might know the answer, but everyone else can still go and see the movie to find out.
‘Artemis Fowl’ stars Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad, Tamara Smart, Nonso Anozie, Colin Farrell, and Judi Dench. The film is being directed by Kenneth Branagh, who is well known for both his acting and directing with two of his most recent films, ‘All Is True’ and ‘Murder on the Orient Express.’ The movie is produced by both Branagh and Judy Hofflund. The screenplay for the film was written by Conor McPherson and Hamish McColl, based off of the “Artemis Fowl” novels. The movie is intended to be released to theaters on May 29th, 2020.