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Based on the Eoin Colfer sci-fi fantasy novels, director Kenneth Branagh along with screenwriters Conor McPherson and Hamish McColl made some considerable changes to the title character. Walt Disney Pictures Differences from Books to Film Artemis Fowl (Ferdia Shaw) is no longer the cold, calculating ruthless bane of fairies as depicted in the books As a child mastermind[...]

The miniseries is set to be produced by David Heyman's (the Harry Potter franchise) Heyday Television, based on a script from Irish playwright and writer Conor McPherson (The Eclipse, The Actors), who previously adapted the Daphne du Maurier novella for the theater in 2009. What's interesting is that while the announcement goes in the direction that the[...]