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 A movie trailer released in
March prompted criticism from some fans because
it appeared the title character was a hero
rather than the villain he was made out to be in
the first "Artemis Fowl" book, which was
published in 2001. Seven other books followed
through 2012.
Actor Ferdia Shaw, who plays Fowl, said
filmmakers changed the 12-year-old criminal
mastermind "a little bit" for the movie version.
"But he's still got his hard edge and his gritty
sides," plus a colorful fairy world and other
elements from the book, Shaw said. "So I think
it will be very well received."
"Artemis Fowl" will debut on the Disney+
streaming service rather than movie theaters
because many cinemas around the world remain
closed to help curb the spread of the
coronavirus.
In the movie, Fowl is searching for his missing
father, played by Colin Farrell, when he
discovers an underground fairy world called
Haven City.
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 Director Kenneth Branagh said
he wanted to make a movie that both book lovers
and audiences new to "Artemis Fowl" could
appreciate.
"You could not assume that anybody going into
the cinema had necessarily read the books or
knew the characters," Branagh said, "so there
would need to be a way of telling the first
story in the cinema that acknowledged that."
Author Colfer has given his blessing to the
movie, according to a summary released by
Disney.
"I thought all their changes were totally
justified, and for the better," Colfer said.
(Reporting by Alicia Powell; Writing by Lisa
Richwine; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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