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Exclusive: Bonnie Arnold and Louise Goodsill have teamed up to adapt Juniper’s Christmas from bestselling author of Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer.

The deal was struck by Emily Hayward-Whitlock at The Artists Partnership in association with Sophie Hicks at Sophie Hicks Agency.

“Eoin has created a fresh and imaginative rendering of a contemporary Santa and a brave young heroine, Juniper Lane, who sets out to save Christmas and Santa himself,” Arnold and Goodsill said in a statement. “It’s a special book with unforgettable characters that we look forward to making into a wonderful film for all to enjoy — a family adventure filled with joy.”

Published by Macmillan Children’s in the U.S. and HarperCollins in the UK in October 2023, Juniper’s Christmas tells the story of eleven-year-old Juniper Lane as she’s thrown into a Christmas...

Exclusive: Following the success of Netflix’s Wednesday and Oscar contender Elvis, Andrew Mittman has renewed his overall deal with MGM Television.

Mittman, via his 1.21 label, has re-upped his exclusive deal with the studio, fresh from the launch of Amazon’s Christoph Waltz-fronted series The Consultant.

It’s three years since Mittman struck his first deal with MGM Television.

Last year, he promoted Kai Dolbashian to Head of Development at the company.

It’s a sign of intent for MGM, which was restructured in November after its acquisition by Amazon, in a move that saw Lindsay Sloane become Head of MGM Scripted Television and new roles for Rola Bauer as President of International TV.

Mittman and 1.21 just launched The Consultant on Amazon last month; the series, which was created by Tony Basgallop, stars Waltz as a mysterious consultant who comes to the rescue of a mobile gaming company after...

“Artemis Fowl” writer Eoin Colfer’s first live action original project was amongst news announced during this year’s MipJunior Keynote from BBC Studios’ Kids & Family head Cecilia Persson.

With over 25 million copies of the “Artemis Fowl” series sold, the author’s new project is being written in collaboration with screenwriter Viko Nikci.

The idea “combines a gripping high-stakes mystery with a fun gang of unlikely young heroes,” in this sci-fi series which combines action, comedy and multiple plot twists,” according to a BBC statement.

Persson also talked up a partnership with Big Deal Films to develop an animation series based on the “Little Bad Man” books about a wannabe rapper and his crew. It is written by the best-selling author and YouTube star, Humza Arshad, MBE, and his writing partner Henry White.

Another show “Flip, Flap and Zip” is in development with the Finnish company Haruworks.

The pre-school series is inspired by unboxing videos.

Nicolas Cage has played some odd roles over the years. He's been a comic book character with a flaming skull in "Ghost Rider," twin brothers in "Adaptation," a noir superhero in "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," and a fictional version of himself in "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent." His new role is one of the craziest I've seen, though hearing yourself say out loud that Nicolas Cage is playing a vodka-loving dragon doesn't sound as weird as it probably should. 

Cage is voicing the lead role in the upcoming TV series "Highfire," based on the novel by Eoin Colfer, according...

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The Kardashians are returning to Hulu this fall — and Pete Davidson is tagging along.

The Saturday Night Live vet makes his reality-tv debut at the tail end of the Season 2 teaser trailer, when girlfriend Kim enters the room and asks if he’d like to join her for a quick shower. The footage also teases Kourtney’s wedding to Travis Barker and Kylie Jenner’s second pregnancy.

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There’s a lot to take in here so bear with us. Deadline reports that Nicolas Cage is voicing a vodka-drinking dragon in an upcoming series for Paramount+ that’s titled “Highfire,” an adaptation of Eoin Colfer‘s novel that’s being described as “True Detective meets Swamp Thing.” What does that even mean? We have no idea, but […]

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Exclusive: Nicolas Cage’s vodka-loving dragon has a new home.

Deadline understands that Highfire, the TV series based on Eoin Colfer’s adult thriller novel, is now in the works at Paramount+. In 2020, we revealed that the project, which will see The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent star voice the lead character, was in the works at Amazon.

The True Detective-meets-Pete’s Dragon project is being adapted for television by Davey Holmes, the creator of Epix’s Get Shorty TV series. MGM is the studio. Holmes and Cage executive produce alongside Andrew Mittman of 1.21 via his exclusive production deal at MGM.

The genre-bending, live-action series Highfire is a gritty crime-thriller with doses of magical realism. Its central character, Highfire (Cage) is a vodka-drinking, Flashdance-loving dragon who lives an isolated existence in the bayous of Louisiana.

Paramount+ declined to comment.

Once upon a time, dragons ruled the earth and Lord Highfire...

Exclusive: Andrew Mittman’s production company 1.21, which is behind series including Netflix’s Wednesday, has promoted Kai Dolbashian.

Dolbashian has been upped to Head of Development at the company, which has a deal with MGM. He was previously Director of Development, having been with Mittman since he launched the company in early 2020.

Prior to joining 1.21, Dolbashian worked in MGM’s scripted television division, having started at the studio as an intern out of college. He will now oversee all film and scripted development for the company.

Veteran MGM exec Mittman, who exec produced Baz Luhrmann’s smash hit biopic Elvis, set up 1.21 with an exclusive MGM/UA Television production and first-look MGM fIlm deal.

The company has recently wrapped production on two series for MGM; Wednesday and The Consultant. Wednesday is Tim Burton’s The Addams Family spinoff series for Netflix that stars Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams. Created by Al Gough and Miles Millar,...

Much of the coverage of Amazon’s $8.45 billion deal to acquire MGM has focused on the company’s film attributes and the impact on theatrical distribution.

The executive shuffle on the film side, featuring the likes of Michael De Luca, will get a lot of headlines, as will the importance of owning IP and a film library that can feed Amazon’s hungry video services. But the Lion’s television business has been one of its most profitable divisions in recent years and the mega-deal will certainly put a new focus on this unit.

There will be inevitable attention paid to which classic MGM film properties Amazon Prime Video and its sister streamer IMDb TV can reboot, but the deal could also have a major boost on the streamer’s unscripted fortunes. Then there are question marks over the future of Epix and of MGM Television as a stand-alone entity.

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Focus Features has announced that it will release Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast on Friday, November 12, 2021 in theaters domestically.

Written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Branagh, Belfast is a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s.

The cast stars Golden Globe nominee Caitriona Balfe, Academy Award® winner Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciaran Hinds, and introduces 10 year old Jude Hill. Dornan and Balfe play a passionate working-class couple caught up in the mayhem, with Dench and Hinds as sharp-witted grandparents.

The film is produced by Branagh, Laura Berwick, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas.

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Branagh has previously worked with Christopher Nolan, playing the crucial role of Commander Bolton in the epic Dunkirk as well as 2020’s Tenet. Among his upcoming projects, Branagh will return to the role...

2020 was a disappointing year by pretty much every metric in existence – so why should the movies be an exception? Whether viewed in a theater or in the safety and comfort of home, here are 11 films that left me looking for the exits:

10. “Irresistible”: During his tenure at “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart spoke truth to power and keenly observed the hypocrisies and the contrivances of the American political system. As the writer-director of this supposed satire of electoral politics, he vacillates between the painfully obvious and the ludicrously improbable.

9. “Superintelligence”: A sentient AI program (voiced by the ubiquitous James Corden) seeks to wipe out humanity unless do-gooder Melissa McCarthy can convince him otherwise, in another disappointing collaboration between McCarthy and director Ben Falcone, her husband. (Falcone is an inspired comic performer but has yet to make a case for his career as a filmmaker.)

8. (tie) “Hubie Halloween” / “The Wrong Missy...

Nicolas Cage is set to provide an education in expletives as host of the forthcoming Netflix series History of Swear Words (premiering Tuesday, Jan. 5).

Each 20-minute episode will provide a “history lesson you didn’t know you needed,” as the Oscar winner breaks down “the origins, pop culture-usage, science and cultural impact of curse words,” including “f–k,” “s–t,” “b—h,” “d–k” and “damn,” according to the official logline. The delightfully absurd teaser trailer (embedded above) sees Cage dwell on a word that can also be used to describe a .

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Amazon Prime Video has taken in for development a scripted series starring Nicolas Cage as the infamous Joe Exotic, made a household name by the hugely popular Netflix docuseries Tiger King. The project, which had been in the works at CBS TV Studios, hails from Brian Grazer, American Vandal showrunner Dan Lagana, and Paul Young.

The yet untitled series was taken out to buyers in May, with Amazon quickly emerging as its likely destination. Negotiations for the project were in their final stages when NBCUniversal last month gave a mega pickup to Ucp’s Joe Exotic (working title), a limited series starring Kate McKinnon as Carole Baskin, which received a joint straight-to-series order by NBC, Peacock and USA.

The Amazon Prime Joe Exotic series will be co-produced by Amazon Studios, Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios.

The story in the show, written by Lagana, centers around Joe Shreibvogel (Cage), an eccentric,...

Nicolas Cage is adding a boozy dragon to his resume: The Oscar winner will voice and executive-produce a series adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s adult thriller novel Highfire, which is in development at Amazon Prime, our sister site Deadline reports.

Cage will provide the voice of the titular character, who is “a vodka-drinking, Flashdance-loving dragon who lives an isolated existence in the bayous of Louisiana.” Davey Holmes (Get Shorty) will pen the project, which is described as a live-action, gritty crime thriller with doses of magical realism.

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Eoin Colfer’s irreverent, genre-blending fantasy/crime novel, Highfire, is getting adapted by Amazon as a live-action/animated hybrid television series. Intriguingly, the project will have the services of Nicolas Cage, who’s on tap to provide the voice role of the eponymous character, who happens to be a dragon, one who lives in Louisiana, spending his days sipping vodka.

Highfire, a project residing at MGM/UA Television, has been put into development by Amazon, according to Deadline. The would-be series will operate under the creative purview of showrunner Davey Holmes, creator of Epix’s Get Shorty adaptation series, along with producer runs on shows such as Showtime’s Shameless, Fox’s Chicago Code and cult-adored ABC Bryan Fuller series Pushing Daisies. Voiceover star Cage will serve as an executive producer alongside Holmes, joined in that capacity by Andrew Mittman of 1.21, via an existing MGM/UA deal.

The plot of Colfer...

Nicolas Cage is lending his voice to a vodka-drinking dragon in a fantasy series in development at Amazon called “Highfire.”

Based on the adult-thriller novel of the same name by “Artemis Fowl” author Eoin Colfer published in January, the series is being adapted for television by Davey Holmes (Epix’s “Gety Shorty”), according to Deadline. Cage’s dragon is also described as loving “Flashdance” and living alone in the bayous of Louisiana.

Reps for Amazon did not respond to TheWrap’s request for comment Friday, but told Deadline that the “National Treasure” actor will executive produce the fantasy drama with Holmes, alongside Andrew Mittman for 1.21. MGM/UA serves as the studio.

Here is the description for “Highfire”:

“Once upon a time, dragons ruled the earth and Lord Highfire ruled the dragons from his eyrie. But this is not once upon a time, this is now, and now all Lord...

Nicolas Cage is attached to voice the lead character of and executive produce a series adaptation of “Artemis Fowl” author Eoin Colfer’s novel “Highfire” in development at Amazon, Variety has confirmed.

Cage will play the titular Highfire, described as a vodka-drinking, “Flashdance”-loving dragon who lives an isolated existence in the bayous of Louisiana.

In the series, dragons once ruled the earth and Lord Highfire ruled the dragons from his eyrie. But this is not once upon a time, this is now, and now all Lord Highfire rules is his shack in Louisiana’s Honey Island Swamp. Highfire has become plain old ‘Vern’ and, by day, he hides out among the alligators, watches cable-tv and drinks obscene amounts of vodka to pass the time. It isn’t much of a life but he’s alive to live it, and Vern is prepared do whatever it takes – even if its...

Exclusive: Amazon has put in development Highfire, a TV series based on the adult thriller novel by bestselling Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer, with Nicolas Cage voicing the lead character and executive producing.

The book, described as True Detective by way of Pete’s Dragon, is being adapted for television by Davey Holmes, creator/executive producer of Epix’s Get Shorty TV series, based on the movie.

The genre-bending, live-action Highfire is a gritty crime-thriller with doses of magical realism. Its central character, Highfire (Cage) is a vodka-drinking, Flashdance-loving dragon who lives an isolated existence in the bayous of Louisiana.

MGM/UA Television is the studio. Holmes and Cage executive produce alongside Andrew Mittman of 1.21 via his exclusive production deal at MGM/UA TV.

Here are more details about Highfire: Once upon a time, dragons ruled the earth and Lord Highfire ruled the dragons from his eyrie. But this is not once upon a time,...

Disney+ UK has unveiled its September content schedule, and the big centrepiece – as you may have guessed – is the premiere of Mulan, which will skip its UK cinema release after a controversial decision by Disney bosses, who previously hadn’t been very keen to put their upcoming big budget projects on the streaming service during 2020’s ongoing madness.

The unveiling of the highly anticipated live-action Mulan movie on Disney+ seems to be a first step towards bypassing cinemas for the foreseeable future, and it will be interesting to see how successful the gambit is with a price tag of £19.99 attached to the experience. The film certainly has a strong cast, with Liu Yifei as Mulan, Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Gong Li, and Jet Li in a supporting role.

If the reviews are strong, funnelling Mulan straight to streaming globally in exchange for some extra cash from subscribers...

Nicolas Cage will play a dragon in his next TV project.

The actor will star in and executive produce a drama in development at Amazon based on Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer’s novel Highfire. The lead character, which Cage will voice, is a vodka-swilling, TV-loving dragon who lives in seclusion in the Louisiana bayou.

Davey Holmes (Epix’s Get Shorty, Shameless) is adapting the novel and will executive produce. The project comes from MGM/UA Television.

Published in January, Highfire is set in a world where dragons once ruled the earth, and Lord Highfire ruled the dragons. Now, however, all Highfire rules is ...

Nicolas Cage will play a dragon in his next TV project.

The actor will star in and executive produce a drama in development at Amazon based on Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer’s novel Highfire. The lead character, which Cage will voice, is a vodka-swilling, TV-loving dragon who lives in seclusion in the Louisiana bayou.

Davey Holmes (Epix’s Get Shorty, Shameless) is adapting the novel and will executive produce. The project comes from MGM/UA Television.

Published in January, Highfire is set in a world where dragons once ruled the earth, and Lord Highfire ruled the dragons. Now, however, all Highfire rules is ...

Artemis Fowl on Disney+ is just one in a long line of films to change the race of supporting characters while preserving the ‘white hero’ trope

Mainstream family entertainment has made progress when it comes to representation of non-white people, and Disney+’s lavish new fantasy Artemis Fowl ticks a lot of the right boxes, at least on paper. But some conversations still need to be had. Especially when it comes to taking white-centric stories and simply swapping out a few supporting characters while preserving the white, usually male, leader at the centre.

Artemis Fowl is a sort of high-tech Harry Potter, adapted from the bestselling books by Irish author Eoin Colfer and directed by Kenneth Branagh. Its hero is a boy genius (newcomer Ferdia Shaw) with inherited wealth and a smug sense of superiority. Assisting Fowl on his adventure to find his missing father is his “friend, mentor and bodyguard” Domovoi Butler.

The new film Artemis Fowl is based upon the best-selling 2001 novel by Irish teacher-turned-author Eoin Colfer. After Disney acquired the movie rights to the book, Oscar-nominated director Kenneth Branagh was hired as the film’s producer and director. As the production progressed, Branagh says he made it a point to get Colfer involved in the [...]

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Stars: Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad, Colin Farrell, Nonso Anozie, Judi Dench | Written by Conor McPherson, Hamish McColl | Directed by Kenneth Branagh

Based on the series of young-adult novels by Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl landed in the nest that is Disney Plus recently, and has garnered a very-mixed, often negative response from fans and critics alike in the small time it’s been available. I, then, tried to avoid these reviews so I could sit down and watch it with an open mind, as I try to do with every film I see.

With the horrendous virus causing the world to go into lockdown, we’ve had a few months of not-too-many new movies coming out, especially bigger blockbusters. Sure, we’ve seen some release digitally or on streaming platforms, but they’ve been few and far between. Artemis Fowl, then, is something that may appeal to those who...

For starters, it’s no Harry Potter. But when Aretmis Fowl debuts on Disney + on June 12th, you’ll wonder why this fussed-over and broken film version of Irish author Eoin Colfer’s young-adult bestseller — about a 12-year-old criminal mastermind — had to be this dramatically inert and emotionally barren. Colfer once described his fantasy series of eight Artemis novels as “Die Hard with fairies.” If only. What’s on screen comes up short on excitement despite the presence of some heady talent at the helm. That’s Belfast’s Sir Kenneth Branagh directing,...

I’m sure there must be some appeal to the Artemis Fowl book series that serves as the basis for this film adaptation of the same name. However, whatever might be there is certainly not translated to the movie. Artemis Fowl is something both bizarre and bland, boring while also being deeply strange. What could have been a fun and somewhat different kind of blockbuster for kids is instead just a big ugly mess. Pulled from a handful of different dates on the calendar over the last two years, it’s now being dumped on Disney Plus tomorrow, saving it from the box office failure that was undoubtedly in its future. The movie is a fantasy adventure, based on two of the first books in the Artemis Fowl franchise. I’ll keep the synopsis brief, since it frankly doesn’t make any sense, anyhow. Here, we’re introduced to Artemis...

“Artemis Fowl” was supposed to be Disney’s “Harry Potter,” the kick-off installment in a young-adult fantasy franchise that might have spawned sequels and merch and its own corner of the company’s theme-park kingdom. Instead, it arrives 20 years on, a very late addition to an already overcrowded genre, adding little but noise, garish CGI and more convoluted mythology about the supposedly real civilizations of magical folk — fairies and goblins and trolls — that live among us. Better films have tried and failed to launch hit series, which suggests that “Artemis Fowl” should have taken a lesson from such unwieldy one-offs as “The Golden Compass,” “Ender’s Game” and “The Last Airbender”: Don’t count your chickens before they’ve flopped.

First optioned in 2000, “Artemis Fowl” was finally shot in 2018 and delayed multiple times before being dumped onto the Disney Plus streaming service (by a studio with bigger franchises to focus...

Like a fairy trapped in a cage, there’s a different movie trapped inside “Artemis Fowl,” struggling to break free of the more conventional trappings of the big, kids-oriented fantasy adventure story that premieres on June 12 on Disney+.

And by the way, there’s a real fairy trapped in a cage in “Artemis Fowl,” along with a whole lot of dwarves, goblins, elves, trolls, the occasional centaur and enough other magical creatures to make a lot of “Harry Potter” fans happy, along with scattered aficionados of, say, “The Chronicles of Narnia” and “His Dark Materials” and even “Star Wars.”

But while an energetic kids’ fantasy with cool creatures fighting each other is probably a reasonable win for Disney’s new premium service in these days before most theaters reopen, it’s hard to watch it as an adult and not wish for something that produced a little more magic of its own.

Originally destined to be a tentpole theatrical release in May, Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of the much loved Eoin Colfer books instead premieres as a Disney+ exclusive. It’s a shame in a way, since Branagh’s movie is colorful, kinetic, and highly cinematic with several rollicking set pieces and some Harry Potter-level world building.

On the other hand, the streaming release does at least save fans of the books feeling cheated out of the price of a cinema ticket and a bucket of popcorn as well as a morally ambiguous and frequently ruthless main character. As many predicted, the least interesting thing about Artemis Fowl is Artemis himself.

A 12-year-old genius and criminal mastermind, Fowl Jr. played by newcomer Ferdia Shaw, is the son of wealthy Irish businessman Artemis Fowl Sr. (Colin Farrell). The elder Fowl has been accused of stealing various priceless items from museums including the Rosetta...

Sometimes no matter how hard you try, it comes a time to admit to yourself that you really might not be the intended demographic for the movie you’re watching. This moment came for me about 20 minutes into Disney Plus’ latest feature length offering, Artemis Fowl when I realised that I had absolutely no idea who anyone in the story was or why I should care about any of them.

Based on the popular Ya fantasy series by Eoin Colfer and directed by Kenneth Branagh, the film stars newcomer Ferdia Shaw in the titular role and tells the story of a young criminal prodigy, on the hunt for a secret society of fairies.

When his father, the suspected international criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl Sr (Colin Farrell) disappears without trace, 12 year old Artemis junior (Shaw) vows to find his father and bring him back home whatever it takes. Aided by his...

Kenneth Branagh directs this family-fantasy-by-numbers adapted from Eoin Colfer’s bestselling teen novels

After the film version of Cats, the world agreed that Judi Dench could never, should never do anything as bizarre as her performance as Old Deuteronomy, the bafflingly attired matriarch of the Jellicle cat tribe, wearing a fur coat in addition to her normal fur. But now Dench might actually have topped her feline folly, in this family fantasy adventure, adapted by Conor McPherson and Hamish McColl from Eoin Colfer’s bestselling novels about the teen Irish hero in touch with magical forces and directed by Kenneth Branagh. She plays someone called Commander Root, who is the security chief of the fairy peoples who live deep underground.

Dench is styling a very notable military-style outfit in emerald green, which makes her look like some forgotten intergalactic villain from Star Wars. Root has a growly, twangy, slightly Cornish...

For every “Twilight,” there is a “Divergent.” For every “Resident Evil,” there is a “Warcraft.” And for every “Harry Potter,” there are a number of movies just like “Artemis Fowl.” Disney’s adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s popular Ya series has been mired in development hell for nearly two decades, first cycling through producers and directors, only to weather an association with Harvey Weinstein, face a series of delayed release dates, and finally end up on the Mouse House’s streaming service in the middle of a pandemic.

Starring newcomer Ferdia Shaw (who lacks both the charisma and skills to carry an entire feature film) as the eponymous Artemis, the film opens long after the events we’re about to see play out have ended, the first indication that everything that follows is going to be far more convoluted than necessary. While Artemis is billed as a whiz kid, his...

How lathered up you get over Know-It-All Baby Chris Colfer and Feisty Baby Saoirse Ronan (I'll find their actual names in a minute) joining forces to overcome a dark threat to both the human and fairy worlds in Artemis Fowl will probably depend on one thing only — your existing affection for the novels by Eoin Colfer. This long-in-development adaptation, directed with misplaced bravado by Kenneth Branagh, has enough plot for four or five movies, none of which you will want to see. The idea of bringing a popular Ya franchise — more than 25 million copies sold worldwide —...

How lathered up you get over Know-It-All Baby Chris Colfer and Feisty Baby Saoirse Ronan (I'll find their actual names in a minute) joining forces to overcome a dark threat to both the human and fairy worlds in Artemis Fowl will probably depend on one thing only — your existing affection for the novels by Eoin Colfer. This long-in-development adaptation, directed with misplaced bravado by Kenneth Branagh, has enough plot for four or five movies, none of which you will want to see. The idea of bringing a popular Ya franchise — more than 25 million copies sold worldwide —...

It’s been in the works for quite some time, and finally Artemis Fowl has arrived, set for its release on Disney+ this Friday. To mark the occasion we spoke to young English actress Tamara Smart, who plays Juliet in this Sir Kenneth Branagh production. She discusses the audition process, how much fun she had on set with co-stars (which includes the likes of Colin Farrell and Dame Judi Dench) – and tells us about a little red carpet premiere her mum is putting on for her at home…

Watch the full interview below:

Synopsis

Disney’s Artemis Fowl, based on the beloved book by Eoin Colfer, is a fantastical, spellbinding adventure that follows the journey of 12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl, a descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds, as he seeks to find his father who has mysteriously disappeared. With the help of his loyal protector Butler, Artemis sets out to find him,...

The Artemis Fowl movie was supposed to hit theaters at the end of May. But with the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to impact movie theaters, Disney has decided to premiere the film on their Disney+ streaming service. Since the first trailers came out, reaction from fans has been mixed. (Some have expressed their dismay by saying that now they understand how Percy Jackson fans felt about their film adaptation—something Disney+ hopes to remedy with their upcoming Percy Jackson series.)

The reason fans are so torn by the trailer is that the Artemis Fowl (Ferdia Shaw) introduced is a fresh-faced, naive child who discovers the fairy world after his father, a “collector” of stolen artifacts, goes missing. He gets an explanation from his bodyguard Butler (Nonso Anozie) that his father was actually part of a group trying to keep dangerous magical artifacts from harming mankind.

Young film Artemis now has to...

Kenneth Branagh has already overcome the challenge of adapting William Shakespeare to the big screen in films such as “Hamlet” and “Much Ado About Nothing,” but it turns out The Bard is no match for Christopher Nolan. In a recent interview with Total Film (via /Film), Branagh said that Nolan’s “Tenet” screenplay was so dense and complicated that he had to re-read it more than any other script he’s ever worked on. That’s quite a statement considering Branagh been a working actor for nearly 40 years.

“I kid you not, I read this screenplay more times than I have ever read any other thing I have ever worked on,” Branagh said. “It was like doing the Times crossword puzzle every day, I would imagine. Except the film and the screenplay didn’t expect you, or need you, to be an expert.”

The “Tenet” official trailer teased Branagh as the film’s antagonist,...

It’s time to check out what Disney+ UK has planned for June! Last month, the streaming service added Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as its centrepiece, and this month will see the arrival of a first-look premiere in Kenneth Branagh’s new family film Artemis Fowl, which has skipped its cinema release and landed on Disney+. The big budget movie is based on the bestselling book by Eoin Colfer, and follows 12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl as he sets out to find his missing dad. The project boasts a stellar cast that includes Ferdia Show, Colin Farrell, Josh Gad and Judi Dench. We’ll at least get a quick chance to guess for ourselves if it would have been a box office hit for the mouse house or not.

Elsewhere on Disney+, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil joins the library. Angelina Jolie heads up the sequel to 2014’s successful origin story,...

Disney Plus has revealed the full list of movies and TV shows, both original and pre-existing content, that will be coming to the streaming service over the next month. The site will be adding the new titles to its library in three batches throughout June. It’s not the biggest haul of new material if we’re being honest, but there are a few key items you’ll want to look out for.

Most notably, Artemis Fowl is hitting Disney Plus on June 12th. The fantasy movie directed by Thor‘s Kenneth Branagh, and based off the popular Ya novels by Eoin Colfer, was originally set to debut in theaters but has been switched to a streaming release given the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the first time the studio has made such a move, but it’s been noted they may do so again if this one turns out to be successful.

Here’s how June is supposed to work, entertainment-wise: multiplexes fill up with big, loud, expensive movies, and television scales back ambition in favor of low-risk, low-impact programming. But in 2020’s upside-down world of closed theaters and social distancing, the old rules don’t apply. Sure, you can tune into the Watt brothers playing an elaborate version of tag. But you can also watch: a potentially franchise-launching adaptation of a popular Ya series on a streaming service; a documentary on Bruce Lee; new movies from Spike Lee and Judd Apatow...

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to keep people in self-isolation, Disney+ remains a source of at-home entertainment. And the streaming service has announced a number of titles that will be added in June.

Among them are beloved animated Disney films, including 1999's Tarzan and its 2005 sequel Tarzan II.

Fan-favorite live-action films are also being added to the roster, such as the 2010 film adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

Another book adaptation that is set to premiere on Disney+ in June is Artemis Fowl, based on Eoin Colfer's 2001 Ya novel.

Elsewhere, Frozen fans ...

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to keep people in self-isolation, Disney+ remains a source of at-home entertainment. And the streaming service has announced a number of titles that will be added in June. 

Among them are beloved animated Disney films, including 1999's Tarzan and its 2005 sequel, Tarzan II. 

Fan-favorite live-action films are also being added to the roster, such as the 2010 film adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

Another book adaptation that is set to premiere on Disney+ in June is Artemis Fowl, based on Eoin Colfer's 2001 Ya novel.

Elsewhere,...

In the latest trailer for “Artemis Fowl,” the fantasy and adventure film that will open on Disney+, the young title hero shows off his new gear that will help him save his father and save the world.

In order to follow in his father’s footsteps and be the next criminal mastermind, Artemis (Ferdia Shaw) has got his secret lair full of next-generation tech that are “relics from another world,” a crisp looking suit and sunglasses, some flashy gadgets and a crack team that includes a fairy (Lara McDonnell) and a dwarf (Josh Gad).

“I am more than a criminal. I am an artist,” Gad’s Mulch Diggums says in the trailer.

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“Artemis Fowl” was originally meant to debut in theaters in May, but it will now debut on Disney+ on June 12. Disney late on Tuesday also unveiled...

Since its launch late last year, Disney streaming service Disney+ has mostly been a place for the enormous entertainment conglomerate to house all of its library content. Big hits like The Mandalorian have been few and far between. Perhaps that changes this month as Disney+ welcomes arguably its biggest original movie yet.

Obviously, Artemis Fowl was never intended to be a Disney+ exclusive. The live-action adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s beloved Ya novel was initially set for a theatrical release. Then Covid-19 reared its ugly head and sent everyone indoors. Now Artemis Fowl is set to be a fascinating test case for how original movies can fare on Disney’s streamer.

Elsewhere throughout the month is the usual Disney+ fare. Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian premieres three of its episodes this month, including the finale on June 19. Be Our Chef also wraps up this month while It’s a Dog’s Life continues on strong.

When you think of fairy tales and all they encompass — elves, dwarves, centaurs — your mind immediately jumps to the mystical, the faraway lands. But the fairy world of Artemis Fowl is a lot closer to our urban sprawl, in more ways than one. The fairies of Kenneth Branagh‘s upcoming Disney adaptation of the beloved Eoin Colfer fantasy […]

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The prevailing magic of children’s fantasy stories is seeing our intrepid heroes come of age in the most fantastical of situations. They enter this strange world timid, unsure, and insecure, and emerge from it a changed, emboldened hero. But Eoin Colfer‘s Artemis Fowl gave us a different kind of hero. In fact, the titular Artemis […]

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"Your mission – is to steal it." Disney has released one more official trailer for the long-awaited Artemis Fowl movie, an epic adaptation of the fantasy book series by Eoin Colfer. This trailer confirms that the movie will be available streaming on Disney+ on June 12th, skipping theaters entirely (due to the pandemic shutdown). The story follows a 12-year-old mastermind named Artemis Fowl, who discovers a world below ground of armed and dangerous--and extremely high-tech--fairies. He kidnaps one of them, Holly Short, and holds her for ransom in an effort to restore his family's fortune and find his father. Ferdia Shaw stars as Artemis, and the full cast includes Lara McDonnell as Captain Holly Short, Judi Dench, Josh Gad, Nonso Anozie, Tamara Smart, Miranda Raison, Joshua McGuire, and Hong Chau. This looks like it might be an entertaining adventure, probably best they're dropping it online right away. Family-time fun. Here's the...

HBO Max is going to the dogs: WarnerMedia’s forthcoming streaming service has ordered the dog grooming competition series Hot Dog (working title).

The 12-episode program will feature “three dog groomers facing off in a full head-to-tail creative competition showcasing canine breeds of all kinds,” per the official synopsis. Each installment will include “imaginative challenges and out-of-the-box themes meant to spotlight the best looks for man’s best friend.”

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Earlier this month, Disney made the official announcement that Artemis Fowl, the feature film adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s bestselling middle grade novel, would be debuting on Disney+ rather than in theaters. Now, we have a release date…

Artemis Fowl will hit Disney+ on June 12th, which is not so different from its planned May 29th cinema release date. For the uninitiated, Artemis Fowl is the story of 12-year-old genius, um, Artemis Fowl, who descends from a long and proud line of criminal masterminds. When Artemis’ father goes missing, the young Fowl finds himself in a battle of strength and cunning with a powerful race of fairies, who have kept themselves largely hidden from the human world.

The 2001 book would launch an eight-installment series, so should the film do well (and the Covid-19 pandemic ever end), there is much more material to adapt to future film installments, should Disney want to—though,...

Disney+ has slotted a June 12 premiere date for Artemis Fowl, Disney’s family adventure film based on the best-selling Ya book by Eoin Colfer. The pic was meant to be released in theaters post-Memorial Day weekend, but was moved to the streaming service amid the coronavirus crisis.

Newcomer Ferdia Shaw stars in the title role alongside Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad, Tamara Smart, Nonso Anozie, Josh McGuire, Nikesh Patel and Adrian Scarborough, with Colin Farrell and Judi Dench.

Artemis Fowl follows a 12-year-old genius (Shaw), a descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds, as he desperately tries to save his father who has been kidnapped. In order to pay his ransom, Artemis must infiltrate an ancient, underground civilization—the amazingly advanced world of fairies—and bring the kidnapper the Aculos, the fairies’ most powerful and coveted magical device. To locate the elusive object, cunning Artemis concocts a dangerous plan—so...