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When Warner Bros. and DC announced that Ryan Reynolds would be starring as Hal Jordan in the big budget adaptation of Green Lantern, with Goldeneye and Casino Royale director Martin Campbell helming, there was a lot to be excited about. However, the resulting film is considered one of the worst of the genre and was a bomb at the global box office when it opened in 2011, earning $237 million against a $200 million production budget.

Speaking with Variety ahead of his next film Cleaner, Campbell opened up about all the reasons why his Green Lantern movie was so awful. It all comes down to enthusiasm for a project, in this case a comic book adaptation. As he explained:

"I'd never done one before. I think quite honestly, if you're going to do a superhero movie, you have to be in that world a little bit, you know what I mean? You have to be excited by it.

Ryan Reynolds is now automatically linked to the role of Deadpool, which he has played in different forms for over a decade and a half. However, in between his commitment to the Merc with a Mouth, Reynolds played a different superhero in 2011's Green Lantern.

Reynolds first played a different version of Deadpool in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but it wasn't until 2016 that he got his own standalone film the way he had envisioned it. In 2011, he took a role as DC Comics character Hal Jordan/ Green Lantern but the movie wasn't the success Reynolds had hoped, and has spent the last decade poking fun at the movie. Speaking to Polygon, director Martin Campbell revealed his honest thoughts on Reynolds' ongoing mockery of the film.

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While children's fantasy movies are usually characterized by their happy endings and light themes, revisiting these projects as an adult can provide new insight into the deeper messages. More often than not, the nostalgic aspects of kids' movies hit harder for older viewers since these narratives are reminiscent of a time gone by. The ephemeral nature of childhood and the unexpected difficulties of adulthood are brought into sharp perspective through the lens of a story meant to entice and enchant young audiences. Occasionally, Easter eggs meant for adults provide a fun hidden layer of meaning for returning viewers to enjoy.

These films come from many different eras and niches, with some fantasy movie box office flops developing into cult classics over time, especially with adults rewatching these projects. Understanding the context and setting of these films is a large part of what makes them special for adults, as these parts...

Back in 2007, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was the first movie in the fantasy franchise that I got to see in theaters. I remember how nothing could beat my excitement at actually getting to watch the magic unfold on a big screen, how somehow everything felt fresh and new, even though I had already read the book and knew full well what was going to happen. Now, years later, I've seen The Order of the Phoenix countless times, but it still casts a spell over me.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Eric Roth wanted Robert Zemeckis to make a sequel to 1997’s Contact – but the conversation didn’t get very far.

In a very special episode of the Film Stories podcast, I’ve had the enormous pleasure of chatting at length to Oscar-winning screenwriter Eric Roth. You can find the episode right here…

Early on in the conversation, he talks about working with director Robert Zemeckis, the pair of whom both took home Oscars for Forrest Gump. They’ve reteamed on another movie that’s due later this year by the name of Here, but Eric Roth told me he’d originally approached Zemeckis with an idea for something else.

“I called Bob actually to see if he’d be interested in me writing Contact 2 for him, because I really liked that. I really like that whole arena”.

Zemeckis, in Roth’s words, quickly declined the idea, with difficulties surrounding getting...

Ryan Reynolds’ latest venture involves advertising and numbers, but what really matters is that he’s enlisted the help of a former small-screen speedster.

In the above TV spot for Mntn, “a leader in advertising software that drives measurable conversions, revenue, site visits, and more” (per their website), Reynolds — who is the company’s Chief Creative Officer — invites The Flash star Grant Gustin, who portrayed the titular speedster/Barry Allen for nine seasons, to extol the service’s virtues.

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Before both Marvel and DC created their respective expanded cinematic universes, "The Avengers" changed the way studios approach major franchises, and Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" trilogy had even concluded, there was "Green Lantern." The 2011 box office bomb is a black sheep in the 2010s' superhero storm, often derided as an sloppy, corny mess that's more soap opera than space opera. Pre-"Deadpool" star Ryan Reynolds himself is keenly aware of how much of a mess the film is and attributes its critical and financial failures to an overzealous, overinflated special effects budget that eclipsed any drive to craft an engaging story with compelling characters.

The generic, soulless "Green Lantern" reeks of studio interference; the result of Hollywood executives looking to make a flashy, inoffensive product appropriate for mass audience consumption. Puzzlingly, Warner Bros. took the opposite approach it did with Nolan's highly auteurist "Batman" films and manhandled...

The Harry Potter franchise is a global phenomenon that has persisted since the final book was released and after its last movie hit theaters. Despite this, it thrives in multiple forms, including theme parks (Universal Studios Butterbeer anyone?), freeform marathons, video games, and re-readable novels.

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Hollywood quickly jumped on board, with the first film released less than one year following the release of the fourth novel. Surprisingly made all the more impressive due to having eight films under their belt without sacrificing character or story continuity; there’s not an outright bad movie amongst them either. Jk Rowling herself contributed creative input for each installment bringing unique flavors and keeping the series alive over a decade later.

So, which is the best Harry Potter movie? It all depends on who you ask or what metric is used.

Ranking the Harry...

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HBO Max’s long-gestating Green Lantern TV series is changing gears.

The drama that has been in the works since late 2019 will now focus on John Stewart, one of DC’s first Black superheroes. The series, from exec producer Greg Berlanti, was to originally have revolved around Guy Gardner and Alan Scott and had already cast Finn Wittrock (Ratched) and Jeremy Irvine (Treadstone) as the respective Green Lanterns.

As part of the creative overhaul, writer and showrunner Seth Grahame-Smith has departed the series after completing scripts for a full season of eight episodes. Sources say Grahame-Smith, who signed on as writer and showrunner a year after Green Lantern was announced, chose to leave the project after weathering a number of regime changes at HBO Max, its parent company, producers Warner Bros. Television and now DC Comics.

The decision to refocus Green Lantern arrives...

According to Vulture, Carl Sagan and his wife, Ann Druyan, spent the early '80s writing a film treatment based on Sagan's 1985 novel, "Contact." After cycling through a few different production companies, a slew of screenwriters, and two directors, the film finally made it to the big screen in 1997. Starring Academy Award winners Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey, the movie was a moderate success, but there were a lot of mixed feelings about the film's ending.

At the beginning of the movie, Ellie Arroway (Foster) is a hard-core skeptic about anything that can't be verified by science, so she spends all her time listening to the skies for proof of intelligent life. Towards the end of the film, she finally encounters extraterrestrials, but cannot provide proof of the experience. Ultimately, Arroway and the audience must choose between faith or science, and a lot of viewers didn't appreciate the ambiguous ending.

Spoiler Warning: This article reveals major plot points from tonight’s series finale of Arrow on The CW.

The Green Arrow is dead. Long live…the Green Lantern?

The 170th and last episode of The CW’s Arrow aired on Tuesday night with a misty farewell to the late Oliver Queen, the stolid bowman played by Stephen Amell for eight seasons on the linchpin show of the so-called Arrowverse. That’s the name of the shared continuity that links The CW’s still-growing list of DC Comics adaptations and, after Tuesday night’s swan song episode, there’s at least a possibility that list might someday include the wielder of glowing green power ring of undreamed power.

A late scene in the finale episode show’s grieving buddy, John Diggle (portrayed by David Ramsey since the show’s 2012 pilot), flattened by the thunderous impact of a compact object that gouged...

It looks like Tom Cruise is back in the running for the role of Hal Jordan in Warner Bros.' planned Hal Jordan/John Stewart buddy comedy flick Green Lantern Corps.. It's said that last year Cruise turned down the role in the Guardians of the Galaxy-style adventure because the original script had Jordan getting killed off - which didn't sit right with the Mission: Impossible - Fallout star. And today we're hearing that Warner Bros. wants to put all of that back-and-forth behind them and officially snag Cruise as Jordan as soon as possible.

That said, there's currently no word on whether or not this means the powers that be behind the scenes ditched Jordan's death from the new script or if Tom Cruise is just, you know, cool with the plot development now. While Green Lantern Corps seems to be stuck in development hell at the moment,...

Andrew Blair Jan 30, 2017

Sometimes, the best of intentions don't always lead to the best movie. Here are 19 films where everything didn't quite go to plan...

As Alan Parker said ‘no one sets out to make a bad film’. Yet in spite of good intentions, sometimes a project doesn't quite go to plan. We're going to look at a bunch of movies here that aren't always well liked, and give a flavour of the problems the beset them.

So, in no particular order, here are twenty of the films that have ever been made, which are considered by at least one sentient being to be bad. That's not the interesting thing about them....

Robin Hood (2010)

Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris had written a spec script with a twist on the Robin Hood legend: the Sheriff of Nottingham was the hero, a sort of medieval forensic investigator, and Robin was the bad guy.

Warner Brothers has confirmed the release date for Wonder Woman and Justice League Part One; Wonder Woman will opens June 23, 2017, and Justice League Part One will be coming November 17, 2017.

Wonder Woman is currently the only film set to land on that release date while the Justice League will battle it out with Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas from Universal.

Starring Gal Gadot as the title hero, Wonder Woman also stars Chris Pine (Star Trek, The Finest Hours), Robin Wright (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Netflix’s “House of Cards”), Danny Huston (Clash of the Titans, X-Men Origins: Wolverine), David Thewlis (the “Harry Potter” films, The Theory of Everything), Ewen Bremner (Exodus: Gods and Kings, Snowpiercer), Saïd Taghmaoui (American Hustle), Elena Anaya (The Skin I Live In) Connie Nielsen (Gladiator, Nymphomaniac: Vol. I) and Lucy Davis (Shaun of the Dead). Principal photography is underway with shooting to take place in the UK,...

We look at the films that slipped through Hollywood's net, from biblical epics to a time travelling Gladiator sequel...

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If you're one of those frustrated over the quality of many of the blockbusters that make it to the inside of a multiplex, then ponder the following. For each of these were supposed to be major projects, that for one reason or another, stalled on their way to the big screen. Some still may make it. But for many others, the journey is over. Here are the big blockbusters that never were...

1. Airframe

The late Michael Crichton scored another residential on the bestseller list with his impressive thriller, Airframe. It was published in 1996, just after films of Crichton works such as Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, Disclosure and the immortal Congo had proven to be hits of various sizes.

So: a hit book, another techno thriller,...

Eliza Hittman (was love at first sight for her directorial debut It Felt Like Love) and Yung Chang (a docu-helmer best known for the award-winning portrait of modern China in Up the Yangtze) are just two of the dozen folks/projects invited to the upcoming Sundance Institute 2015 January Screenwriters Lab. The labs work as a testing ground of sorts, with Lab Director Ilyse McKimmie seeing to it that the screenwriters are mentored by filmmaking professionals. I’d wager that a good portion of these projects on paper eventually make it onto the big screen (say about 65 to 70 percent) and about 35-40 percent break into the actual Sundance Film Fest. Not unlike her debut picture, Hittman’s potential sophomore pic Beach Rats features NYC borough backdrop and via a teenage vantage point but is sure to stir the pot with tad bit more destruction. After Up the Yangtze, China Heavyweight, and The Fruit Hunters,...

Drawn from the Us and around the world, participating indie screenwriters will work intensively on their feature film scripts alongside established writers in an environment geared toward "innovation and creative risk-taking," says the Sundance Institute. Led by Artistic Director Scott Frank, Creative Advisors onboard include distinguished writers and filmmakers Naomi Foner, Rodrigo Garcia, Michael Goldenberg, John Lee Hancock, Erik Jendresen, Kasi Lemmons, Walter Mosley, Marti Noxon, Howard Rodman, Susan Shilliday, Zach Sklar, Elena Soarez, Peter Straughan, Joan Tewkesbury, and Audrey Wells. The projects and fellows selected for the 2015 January Screenwriters Lab, with official synopses, are: "Archive" (USA) Jonathan Minard (Co-writer/Director) and Scott Rashap  (Co-writer) In the wake of a virtual affair lived entirely through email and gchat, two lovers face the intangibility and distance that characterized their relationship. A...

From Green Lantern 2 and Terminator: Salvation 2, to a Cat In The Hat sequel and Batman Triumphant: sequels killed by the earlier film...

Earlier this year, it was revealed that a sequel was in the early stages for the new Pierce Brosnan action thriller, The November Man. Remember it? Probably not: The November Man would go on to flop in the Us, grossing just $25m in the Us, and when it finally made it to British cinemas, it was released on just one screen (presumably to fill a contractual obligation somewhere along the line).

There's been no word yet on the fate of The November Man 2, but the outlook does not seem favourable. It wouldn't be the first time though that a sequel had been loudly mooted before even a first film was released, only to be quietly abandoned when something - usually related to box office takings - didn't go to plan.

Writers tackling the screenplays of their own film adaptations can be a tricky business. Over the years, they've been hit or miss. After all, the writers who created the world's that these films want to explore are often quite attached to their creations. They've taken the time to create this layered universe of characters, plots, subplots, twists, and turns. Suddenly hiring that same person to condense all of that into a two hour movie can lead to lots of in-fighting within a production. But if a film like this year's Gone Girl is any indication, it's something that definitely can be done, and extremely well at that. The writer just has to "get" it. Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) did and, according to producer David Heyman, J.K. Rowling gets it, too.

Rowling has turned in her first ever script, and it's for the big screen adaptation of her Harry Potter spinoff,...

Big game hunting here in L.A. and I'm hearing from sources that Michelle MacLaren, one of televisions most in demand directors (Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, & Walking Dead) is the top contender to direct Wonder Woman for Warners Bros. Pictures.

In the past day Punisher: War Zone director Lexi Alexander has been pretty vocal about why she wouldn't direct the project and that she pretty much knew who the Warner Bros. has hired. Warner's have made it known that they were searching for a female director, and hopefully they have found it with MacLaren.

"Wonder Woman" is based on the DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. The character first appears in All Star Comics #8 (December 1941).

The project is being written by Michael Goldenberg and is set to hit theaters on June 23, 2017.

Stay Tuned!

In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, an elite force of protectors for peace and justice has existed for centuries. They are the Green Lantern Corps. When a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the Corps' newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds). Bringing the popular superhero to the big screen for the first time, Green Lantern also stars Blake Lively (Gossip Girl), Peter Sarsgaard (Orphan), Mark Strong (Sherlock Holmes), Academy Award® nominee Angela Bassett* and Academy Award® winner Tim Robbins**. Green Lantern was directed by Martin Campbell, from a script written by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Michael J. Green, and Michael Goldenberg. The film starred: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Tim Robbins, Taika Waititi, Temuera Morrison, and Angela Bassett.

Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Film selected Ryan Koo, The Summer of Flying Fish director Marcella Said (right ont pic above) and Jordana Spiro (who we sang the praises for with her short 2013 Sundance-preemed Skin) are among the twelve plus participants for the upcoming 2014 Feature Screenwriters Lab (which takes place one week before the actual festival).

At this point, the lab have probably easily broke the one hundred project count (with a good percentage of them panning out into an eventual feature film – see Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station, Andrew Dosunmu’s Mother of George, David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints and Andrew Renzi’s Franny as recent examples). The international class of January ’14 (read project descriptions and bios below) will be coached by no other than: Dustin Lance Black, Naomi Foner, John Gatins, Michael Goldenberg, Erik Jendresen, Patty Jenkins and Spaghetti Western fanboy and former lab attendee Quentin Tarantino.

Raffael Dickreuter - Green Lantern - Previs & Postvis Showreel from raffael dickreuter on Vimeo. In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, an elite force of protectors for peace and justice has existed for centuries. They are the Green Lantern Corps. When a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the Corps' newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds). Bringing the popular superhero to the big screen for the first time, Green Lantern also stars Blake Lively (Gossip Girl), Peter Sarsgaard (Orphan), Mark Strong (Sherlock Holmes), Academy Award® nominee Angela Bassett* and Academy Award® winner Tim Robbins**. Green Lantern was directed by Martin Campbell, from a script written by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Michael J. Green, and Michael Goldenberg. The film starred: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong,...

While looking through Tsvetomir Georgiev's gallery I happened to notice that he create some fabulous Green Lantern concept models for Abin Sur, Tomar-Re, Kilowog, Stel, Hal Jordan, and Hector Hammond. Below that, you can view his designs for one of the bronze Colchi Bulls, and the half-fish/half-horse creature, known as a Hippocampus. Green Lantern was directed by Martin Campbell, from a script written by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Michael J. Green, and Michael Goldenberg. The film starred: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Tim Robbins, Taika Waititi, Temuera Morrison, and Angela Bassett. Percy Jackson has had an unnervingly quiet school year. But then he discovers that the magical borders protecting Half Blood Hill are failing. Unless something is done, the camp will be attacked by demons and monsters. The only way to restore power to the camp's borders and to save their home is to find the mythical Golden Fleece.

Quantum Creation FX posted their in-house tests: Tomar-Re (voiced by Geoffrey Rush) for Martin Campbell's Green Lantern and the Herald of Galactus (played by Doug Jones, voiced by Laurence Fishburne) for Tim Story's Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Neither of these character designs ended up being chosen for either film, but it's always fun to see what could've been. Do you like these versions better? Green Lantern was directed by Martin Campbell, from a script written by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Michael J. Green, and Michael Goldenberg. The film starred: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Tim Robbins, Taika Waititi, Temuera Morrison, and Angela Bassett. Fantastic Four: Rise Of Silver Surfer was directed by Tim Story, based on a screenplay by Don Payne and Mark Frost. The cast included: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon and Kerry Washington. With a budget of $130 million,...

I honestly didn't think I would see the day when Walt Disney Pictures and Harvey Weinstein would team up for a movie again. It seems like it's even hard for Weinstein to believe. But they have come together again to develop a big screen adaptation of Artemis Fowl. The book comes from Disney Publishing Worldwide’s best-selling children’s fiction series by author Eoin Colfer.

The story is about a 12-year-old Artemis, "who is a millionaire, a genius - and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn’t know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy (Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit) to harness her magic to save his family. These aren't the fairies of the bedtime stories - they're dangerous."

Weinstein had this to say in a statement,

"If you would have told me five years ago I would be producing a project with Disney...

Walt Disney Studios reports it is in development with producer Harvey Weinstein, on the live-action film adaptation of "Artemis Fowl", based on the first and second installments of Disney Publishing Worldwide’s fiction book series by author Eoin Colfer.

Screenplay is being written by Michael Goldenberg ("Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"), with Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal executive producing.

"...'Artemis Fowl' follows 12-year-old 'Artemis' who is a millionaire, genius – and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn’t know what he’s taken on when he kidnaps a 'fairy' known as 'Captain Holly Short' of the 'LEPrecon Unit', to harness her magic to save his family. These aren’t the fairies of bedtime stories – they’re dangerous..."

"If you would have told me five years ago I would be producing a project with Disney I would have thought you were crazy," said Weinstein, Co-Chairman of The Weinstein Company.

Never say never. Harvey Weinstein, who in 2005 left Disney and his Miramax Films following intense disagreements with chief exec Michael Eisner, is now on board for an adaptation of "Artemis Fowl" for the Mouse House. Weinstein, but not the Weinstein Company, is set to produce. Disney announced July 29 that it would be moving ahead with a big-screen, live-action adaptation of the first two installments of Eoin Colfer's bestselling eight-book children's series "Artemis Fowl," centering on a pre-teen boy millionaire and mastermind. Michael Goldenberg ("Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix") is penning the script. Weinstein said in a statement that "If you would have told me five years ago I would be producing a project with Disney I would have thought you were crazy," and also called the "Artemis Fowl" project "special" because his children are such huge fans of the books. Meanwhile, Disney praised Weinstein as "one...

Disney has revealed that they're now working on a feature film adaptation of the popular children's books Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer, with Harvey Weinstein on board to produce. Come inside for all the details so far, on the latest book adaptation.

There's not a whole lot of information available on the project right now, but if you're already a fan of the series, or know someone who is, this should be exciting nonetheless.

The Walt Disney Studios is pleased to announce that it is in development on the film adaptation of Artemis Fowl with producer Harvey Weinstein. The live-action feature will be based on the first and second installments in Disney Publishing Worldwide’s best-selling children’s fiction series by author Eoin Colfer. The screenplay is being written by Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix). Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal will executive produce the project.

Well, this is some odd news. It’s no secret that every studio wants to get in on the Ya fad. Just about every hot young adult novel out there is being adapted for the big screen. Not wanting to feel left out, Walt Disney is now getting in on the action and will be bringing us a live-action adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl novels. The kicker is, Harvey Weinstein and Robert De Niro will be producing, alongside Jane Rosenthal.

Yep, that’s right, Robert De Niro and Harvey Weinstein are behind the upcoming Artemis Fowl film. I’m not sure why, or how they got involved, but it should make for an interesting project with those two at the helm.

With a script written by Michael Goldenberg, perhaps best known for adapting Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the film will focus on the titular hero,...

The Walt Disney Studios is pleased to announce that it is in development on the film adaptation of Artemis Fowl with producer Harvey Weinstein. The live-action feature will be based on the first and second installments in Disney Publishing Worldwide's best-selling children's fiction series by author Eoin Colfer. The screenplay is being written by Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix). Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal will executive produce the project.

Here's what Sean Bailey, president of Walt Studios Motion Picture Production, had to say about the project.

"With its balance of mystery, adventure and family appeal, Artemis Fowl is a natural fit for Disney. We're looking forward to collaborating with Harvey on this exciting project."

The Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn also released the following statement.

"Harvey is one of the preeminent producers in the industry, with impeccable taste and creative instincts. I had...

According to THR, Disney and Harvey Weinstein are developing an adaptation of Artemis Fowl for the big screen. The live-action feature will be based on the first and second installments in Disney Publishing Worldwide’s best-selling children’s series, written by Eoin Colfer.

Fowl is about 12-year-old Artemis who is a millionaire, a genius and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn’t know what he’s taken on when he kidnaps a fairy to harness her magic to save his family. These aren’t the fairies of the bedtime stories — they’re dangerous.

The screenplay will be adapted by Michael Goldenberg. Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal will serve as executive producers.

The popular series has more than 21 million copies in print in 44 languages worldwide.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter...

After years of being stuck in development hell, Artemis Fowl, the "twelve-year-old James Bond villain" with a heart of gold, is finally coming to the big screen with "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" screenwriter, Michael Goldenberg penning the screenplay for Disney and producer Harvey Weinstein.

We're obviously still a long time away from much more real news about the first movie, which will cover the stories of the first two books of the series, "Artemis Fowl" and "The Arctic Incident," but the most important concern for anyone bringing these books to the screen is casting the right lead.

While it's pretty hard to find a decent 12-year-old actor, we have a few (almost) age-appropriate suggestions to play Artemis Fowl, if producers decide to go with a higher-profile star.

Asa Butterfield

Though the "Hugo" and "Ender's Game" star certainly isn't 12 years-old anymore, Butterfield has the whole Artemis look down.

Harvey Weinstein's TWC is doing something many thought they would never do - teaming with Walt Disney Studios.

The two companies are coming together to produce a live-action film adaptation of Eoin Colfer's children's book "Artemis Fowl".

The story follows a twelve-year-old millionaire criminal mastermind who gets in above his head when he kidnaps a fairy.

The story will be based on the first and second instalments in the book series, while Michael Goldenberg will adapt the screenplay. Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal will serve as executive producers.

Weinstein's decision to reunite with Disney has a lot to do with the working relationship he developed with Disney's new chairman Alan Horn when he was at Warner Brothers.

Source: Screen Daily...

"Artemis Fowl" is finally getting the big-screen treatment after languishing in development limbo for over 10 years.

The bestselling sci-fi/fantasy series by Eoin Colfer follows the adventures of Artemis Fowl II, a 12-year-old whiz kid from a high-flying crime family. The movie will cover Fowl's shenanigans in the first two books, which include kidnapping a fairy, among other bright ideas. The books, which the author has called "'Die Hard' with fairies," are peppered with similarly supernatural creatures.

The live-action movie is currently in development at Disney, with Harvey Weinstein on board as a producer. Weinstein snagged the rights to "Artemis Fowl" in 2000 when he was the head of Miramax with his brother Bob. It's a little bit of inside baseball, but Weinstein and Disney are surprising bedfellows; things between the Weinsteins and Disney became fairly unpleasant after they sold Miramax to the House of Mouse.

Never one to mince words,...

After having parted ways in 2005, it seemed unthinkable that Harvey Weinstein would ever work with Disney again, but the prospect of a live action adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl (one of Disney Publishing Worldwide’s best selling book series) has the two reunited.

“If you would have told me five years ago I would be producing a project with Disney I would have thought you were crazy,” quotes Weinstein in an article by THR. Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal are set to produce the movie that will follow the first two books, while the screenplay will be written by Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix).

If you haven’t read the books (there are 8, and a few graphic novels too) this is from the writer, Eoin Colfer’s website. I suppose I had better get to reading!

Artemis Fowl is a series of eight science fantasy novels,...

Brothers Bob and Harvey are to collaborate once more with Disney, with whom they had an acrimonious falling out in 2004

In Hollywood there are no closed doors, only revolving ones. The Weinstein brothers, Bob and Harvey, are to work with Disney for the first time since the two sides rushed through an acrimonious divorce almost a decade ago.

The siblings' production unit The Weinstein Company is teaming with the Hollywood studio on an adaptation of children's fantasy series Artemis Fowl, by the Irish author Eoin Colfer. The Robert De Niro-produced film will be based on the first and second instalments of Colfer's eight-novel saga, which has sold more than 21m copies in 44 languages worldwide.

Disney and the Weinsteins have not worked together since a row over the release of Michael Moore's George W Bush-baiting documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004. At the time the studio owned Miramax, the Oscar-winning unit which...

The Walt Disney Studios is pleased to announce that it is in development on the film adaptation of Artemis Fowl with producer Harvey Weinstein. The live-action feature will be based on the first and second installments in Disney Publishing Worldwide’s best-selling children’s fiction series by author Eoin Colfer. The screenplay is being written by Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix). Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal will executive produce the project. “With its balance of mystery, adventure and family appeal, Artemis Fowl is a natural fit for Disney,” said Sean Bailey, president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production. “We’re looking forward to collaborating with Harvey on this exciting project.” “Harvey is one of the preeminent producers in the industry, with impeccable taste and creative instincts,” added Alan Horn, chairman, The Walt Disney Studios. “I had a wonderful time working with Harvey during my tenure at Warner Bros.,...

Disney has announced an adaptation of Artemis Fowl under producer Harvey Weinstein.

The studio has a film in development based on the first two books in Eoin Colfer's popular all-ages series.

The Artemis Fowl books centre around the titular 12-year-old genius, millionaire and master criminal.

He gets more than he bargains for after angering the fairies - who are far more dangerous than bedtime stories suggest - in an attempt to save his family.

Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) will write the script with Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal serving as executive producers.

"If you would have told me five years ago I would be producing a project with Disney I would have thought you were crazy," said Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company.

"I feel as though everything is coming full circle considering Bob De Niro and Jane Rosenthal brought me...

Hailed by many as the next Harry Potter, the Artemis Fowl series, by Irish author Eoin Colfer (who has described the series as "Die Hard with fairies"), has over 21 million copies in print in 44 languages, and now the saga of the titular 12-year old criminal mastermind coming to the big screen, thanks to Walt Disney Studios (this is after a failed attempt in 2008, with Jim Sheridan attached to direct). Based on the first two books in the series, Harvey Wienstein is teaming up with Disney to produce the film, written by Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix). Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal are on board as executive producers. The books, which follow Artemis's dealings with the LEPrecon unit, a police force made up of magical creatures, are an absolutely fantastic and fun read, and I can't wait to see them on the big screen. The...

News Ryan Lambie 30 Jul 2013 - 06:58

Eoin Colfer's fantasy novel Artemis Fowl is getting a new attempt at a film adaptation courtesy of Harvey Weinstein and Disney...

There have been rumblings of a movie based on Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series of fantasy books since the first novel was published in 2001. Since then, the project's been trapped in various circles of development hell, and although the notion of an Artemis Fowl film has popped up now and again, as of 2012's The Last Guardian - the eighth and final novel in the series - an adaptation still hasn't materialised.

According to a new story over at Variety, however, all that may be about to change. Harvey Weinstein is teaming up with Walt Disney Studios to develop a new attempt at a live-action feature, with Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal serving as executive producers - it was the...

Maybe one of the most demanded movie adaptations is finally happening. Disney is set to develop the first book in the Artemis Fowl series with mega producer Harvey Weinstein as well as film legend Robert De Niro and Tribeca partner Jane Rosenthal. Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix scribe Michael Goldenberg is set to write the screenplay. The story, written by author Eoin Colfer, revolves around criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl who lives in a magical and dangerous world. The book series has sold over 21 million since its debut and is one of the more popular young adult books. ...

Maybe one of the most demanded movie adaptations is finally happening. Disney is set to develop the first book in the Artemis Fowl series with mega producer Harvey Weinstein as well as film legend Robert De Niro and Tribeca partner Jane Rosenthal. Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix scribe Michael Goldenberg is set to write the screenplay. The story, written by author Eoin Colfer, revolves around criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl who lives in a magical and dangerous world. The book series has sold over 21 million since its debut and is one of the more popular young adult books. ...

The Walt Disney Studios is pleased to announce that it is in development on the film adaptation of Artemis Fowl with producer Harvey Weinstein. The live-action feature will be based on the first and second installments in Disney Publishing Worldwide’s best-selling children’s fiction series by author Eoin Colfer. The screenplay is being written by Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix).

Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal will executive produce the project.

“With its balance of mystery, adventure and family appeal, Artemis Fowl is a natural fit for Disney,” said Sean Bailey, president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production. “We’re looking forward to collaborating with Harvey on this exciting project.”

“Harvey is one of the preeminent producers in the industry, with impeccable taste and creative instincts,” added Alan Horn, chairman, The Walt Disney Studios. “I had a wonderful time working with Harvey during my tenure at Warner Bros.,...

Harvey Weinstein and Walt Disney Studios have teamed up to develop a live-action film adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s popular children’s series Artemis Fowl, Disney announced Monday in a press release. The movie will be based on the first two of Colfer’s fantasy novels about a brilliant 12-year-old criminal who schemes to capture a fairy. Michael Goldenberg, who wrote the screenplay for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is penning the script, with Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal serving as executive producers.

The idea to turn the books into a movie isn’t new, though,...

Walt Disney Studios is in development on a live-action feature film adaptation of Artemis Fowl with producer Harvey Weinstein which is based on the first and second installments in Eoin Colfer's best-selling children’s fiction series from Disney Publishing Worldwide. Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) is writing the screenplay for the film which is being executive-produced by Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal. Artemis Fowl is about a 12-year-old Artemis who is a millionaire, a genius - and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn’t know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy (Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit) to harness her magic to save his family. These aren't the fairies of the bedtime stories - they're dangerous.

Producer Harvey Weinstein and Disney are getting back together again. Disney announced today that Weinstein will produce a feature film adaptation of the childrens book series Artemis Fowl, from author Eoin Colfer, marking a reunion between Weinstein and Disney after the two went their separate ways in 2005 over disputes regarding Weinstein’s Miramax studio. Described as “Die Hard with fairies,” Artemis Fowl follows the adventures of a 12-year-old criminal mastermind who kidnaps a fairy in order to harness its magic to save his family. A feature film adaptation of the book has been in the works for years, with Weinstein’s Miramax first acquiring the rights back in 2001. Now the uber producer is teaming back up with Disney in order to make the movie a reality. Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal are onboard to executive produce Artemis Fowl, with Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) writing the screenplay.

Harvey Weinstein is teaming up with his old associates The Walt Disney Studios on an adaptation of children’s book Artemis Fowl. Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal serve as executive producers.

The live-action feature will be based on the first and second instalments in Disney Publishing Worldwide’s series by Eoin Colfer.

Michael Goldenberg adapts the screenplay about the 12-year-old millionaire criminal mastermind who gets in above his head when he kidnaps a fairy.

“With its balance of mystery, adventure and family appeal, Artemis Fowl is a natural fit for Disney,” said Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production president Sean Bailey. “We’re looking forward to collaborating with Harvey on this exciting project.”

“Harvey is one of the preeminent producers in the industry, with impeccable taste and creative instincts,” added The Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn. “I had a wonderful time working with Harvey during my tenure at Warner Bros, and I’m very...

Harvey Weinstein is teaming up with his old associates The Walt Disney Studios on an adaptation of children’s book Artemis Fowl. Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal serve as executive producers.

The live-action feature will be based on the first and second instalments in Disney Publishing Worldwide’s series by Eoin Colfer.

Michael Goldenberg adapts the screenplay about the 12-year-old millionaire criminal mastermind who gets in above his head when he kidnaps a fairy.

“With its balance of mystery, adventure and family appeal, Artemis Fowl is a natural fit for Disney,” said Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production president Sean Bailey. “We’re looking forward to collaborating with Harvey on this exciting project.”

“Harvey is one of the preeminent producers in the industry, with impeccable taste and creative instincts,” added The Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn. “I had a wonderful time working with Harvey during my tenure at Warner Bros, and I’m very...