For eld , people have been saying Eoin Colfer ’s Artemis Fowl books would make a big film — and now it ’s happen , and some heavy hitters are involve . Harvey Weinstein and Robert DeNiro are grow the Artemis Fowl motion-picture show at Disney , with a Harry Potter scriptwriter on add-in .
Here are all the details , via the press dismissal we receive :
The live - action feature will be based on the first and second installment in Disney Publishing Worldwide ’s best - selling fry ’s fiction series by generator Eoin Colfer . The screenplay is being write by Michael Goldenberg ( Harry Potter and the guild of the Phoenix ) . Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal will executive create the project .
“ With its balance of whodunit , adventure and family appeal , Artemis Fowl is a natural fit for Disney , ” said Sean Bailey , president , Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production . “ We ’re see forwards to collaborating with Harvey on this exciting projection . ”
“ Harvey is one of the preeminent producers in the industry , with impeccable taste and creative instincts , ” added Alan Horn , chairman , The Walt Disney Studios . “ I had a wonderful time working with Harvey during my incumbency at Warner Bros. , and I ’m very happy to continue that relationship here at Disney . ”
“ If you would have recite me five years ago I would be producing a projection with Disney I would have call back you were crazy , ” say Harvey Weinstein , Co - Chairman of The Weinstein Company . “ I feel as though everything is coming full roach believe Bob DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal brought me this book while I was still at Miramax and within hours I told them I wanted the right to the film . I am thrilled to be reunify with Alan Horn who I process 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 married person with friends Alan Bergman , Sean Bailey and of course Bob Iger who has been incredibly generous to me over the age . This is a special project for me because my child perfectly love this al-Qur’an . This level is for everyone and there is no one better than Disney to make a film that will excite people young and honest-to-god . ”
Artemis Fowl is about a 12 - yr - old Artemis who is a millionaire , a genius – and above all , a vicious conceiver . But Artemis does n’t know what he ’s taken on when he kidnaps a fairy ( Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit ) to harness her magic to economize his family line . These are n’t the faerie of the bedtime stories – they ’re dangerous .
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