If you happened to set understructure in the YA light segment of a Borders Books ( RIP ) during the late ‘ 90 , then you doubtlessly come across one of those grand cardboard endcaps couch Eoin Colfer ’s Artemis Fowl books and their loud cover on glorious display . “ Read these books , ” the display shouted . “ They ’re gon na become movies someday . ” That twenty-four hour period is finally here .
Thepromise of an Artemis Fowl moviehas been the material of YA legend mainly because the project ’s been stick by in ontogenesis hell almost as long as buzz about the project first started micturate the rounds years ago . For a time , it seemed as if the film might never come in to fruition even aftera cast was announce and Kenneth Branagh was attached to direct . But against all hope , Artemis Fowl is , in fact , coming to dramatics and Disney announced the latest ontogeny by dropping an unexpected trailer in the middle of the night ( for the U.S. at least ) .
It ’s only a teaser poke and does n’t delve all that much into the specific story of how preteen , criminal billionaire Artemis ( Ferdia Shaw ) and his escort Domovoi Butler ( Nonso Anozie ) plant out to rob the out of sight smart set of fairies who survive in under the crust of the world . But at least a few of the puzzle ’s crack will remind anyone who read at least the first Artemis Fowl account book of how weirdly epic the chronicle was .
With Dame Judi Dench signed on to limn Commander Root , Josh Gad as Mulch Diggums , and Lara McDonnell as Captain Holly Short , the film ’s shape is reason enough to keep an eye on Artemis Fowl beforehand of its August 9 , 2019 going date . One has to wonder , though , whether this is a franchise that anybody — especially young audience — are still hype for .
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