Harvey Weinstein Removed as Producer on Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl

Disney has removed Harvey Weinstein as producer on Kenneth Branagh’sArtemis Fowlmovie . The long - awaited adjustment of Eoin Colfer ’s scientific discipline fable / fancy novel serial publication of the same name has been in growth ever since the first book hit store shelves in 2001 . A handful of writers and directors were initially attach to the labor , which floated through different studios , for the better part of a decade , until Disney board the project in 2013 and set the adaptation on the correct path .

Harvey Weinstein originally acquired the movie rights to the serial through Miramax Films in 2001 , and those rights transferred over to The Weinstein Company when Weinstein formed the studio alongside his pal , Bob Weinstein , in 2005 . Walt Disney Picturesofficially signed on to co - farm and distribute the project in 2013 , which would be based on a handwriting byHarry Potterscribe Michael Goldenberg , with Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro producing . It was later reported thatBranagh would direct the moving-picture show , come on the heels of directing Disney ’s live - actionCinderellamovie . Irish playwright Conor McPherson was then engage to rewrite the book , with Judy Hofflund joining as executive producer . Everything seemed like they were lastly build smoothly behind - the - scene … until this workweek .

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A spokesperson for Disney has informedVarietythat they have take out Harvey Weinstein from their upcomingArtemis Fowladaptation , after exercise with the infamous manufacturer on the moving-picture show for several years . The spokesperson unambiguously say : " We have terminated his armed service as manufacturer . " While their conclusion is understandably based on the many recent sexual assault accusal that have been leveled at Weinstein , it ’s undecipherable where this decision pass on The Weinstein Company ’s affaire in the picture show .

As previously cite , Weinstein in the beginning larn the right to the franchise , and he held them through his society , which is why Disney take to work alongside the manufacturer in the first place . However , with him being removed from the creative squad ( in the backwash of himbeing discharge from the circuit card of his own companyearlier this week ) , it certainly makes sense that the rights themselves would continue with The Weinstein Company . However , considering that the Mouse House failed to dilate on their conclusion , we ’ll just have to hold off and see what happens in the prospicient run .

As of now , Branagh’sArtemis Fowladaptation - which will be based on the first two novels in the series : Artemis FowlandArtemis Fowl : The Arctic Incident- is on schedule to eject in August 2019,with Judi Dench peradventure joining the castin an unspecified role .