Judi Dench in Talks For Kenneth Branagh's Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl , the children ’s book series from Irish writer Eoin Colfer , has ( potentially ) ascertain its first star in Dame Judi Dench . The adaptation of the well be intimate series has been in the works for some fourth dimension now . In 2013 it wasfirst announcedthat the Holy Writ were pop off to be adapted into a picture by Disney . Then in 2015Kenneth Branaghcame on to take aim along with playwright Conor McPherson working on a new draft after an initial book fromHarry Potter and the Order of thePhoenixscreenwriter Michael Goldenberg .

The eight - book serial tell the story of twelve - year - old reprehensible mastermind and genius named Artemis Fowl II . In the first volume , he entrance a fairy name Holly Short , the captain of the magical police power ( called LEPrecon ) . He harbour her ransom money in hopes of getting faery gold and reinstate his family ’s fortune . This puts him in opposition with the magical world of creatures full of pixies , dwarfs , and centaurs throughout the residuum of the series .

accord toVariety , Judi Dench ( Murder on the OrientExpress ) is in talks to joinArtemis Fowl . There is no Holy Scripture yet as to what type she could be playing . She could be a genderswapped Julius Root - Holly ’s LEP Commander - or the output could manufacture an entirely young character just for her . take big names such as Dench and Branagh attached to the film is very good newsworthiness for fans of the Holy Scripture . Like theHarry Potterseries , which boasted an incredible cast of gifted British actors , it testify that young adult books do n’t just have to be place towards minor .

TheArtemis Fowlbooks are more complex than many other stories have children . Artemis is no scrappy underdog like Harry Potter or Katniss Everdeen . He ’s an antihero who can be downright signify and selfish and even unlikeable at times . However , as the serial publication progresses , he matures and grows as a character and get friendships with the Fairy People .

Colfer wrote the firstArtemis Fowlbook in 2001 so its journey to the bounteous screen has been a long one . If the first movie does well , Disney could be look at ( yet another ) hit on their hands as well as the potential to launch a long - running franchise akin toHarry Potter , Maze Runner , orThe Hunger Games . And with all those series over ( or come to and end),Artemis Fowland the upcomingA Wrinkle In Timeare coming out at a consummate prison term . They not only satiate the void go away by depart franchises , but appeal to both newfangled , untested rooter and the millennials who grew up with them .