Disney Announces ‘Artemis Fowl’ Film Adaptation!

This news almost slid under the radar. The best selling childrens novel series, Artemis Fowl is going to be brought to the big screen!

Artemis Fowl is about a 12-year-old Artemis who is a millionaire, a genius – and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn’t know what he’s taken on when he kidnaps a fairy (Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit) to harness her magic to save his family. These aren’t the fairies of the bedtime stories – they’re dangerous.

In the official release from Walt Disney Films, Producer Harvey Weinstein said

If you would have told me five years ago I would be producing a project with Disney I would have thought you were crazy! I feel as though everything is coming full circle considering Bob De Niro and Jane Rosenthal brought me this book while I was still at Miramax and within hours I told them I wanted the rights to the film. I am thrilled to be reunited with Alan Horn who I worked with while he was at Warner Bros. and we had tremendous success with ‘The Aviator,’ ‘Starsky and Hutch’ and ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.’ It is also exciting to partner with friends Alan Bergman, Sean Bailey and of course Bob Iger who has been incredibly generous to me over the years. This is a special project for me because my children absolutely love this book. This story is for everyone and there is no one better than Disney to make a film that will excite people young and old.

Not much else was announced, Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal have also been announced as Executive producers with Michael Goldenberg ( Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix, Green Lantern) is set to do the screenplay.