Cast For Disney's Artemis Fowl Announced

Disney has announced the cast of its upcoming big screen adaptation of Eoin Colfer's children book series Artemis Fowl. Kenneth Branagh will be directing the film with Irish playwright Conor McPherson penning the script. After the extensive search for the lead actor and after looking at 1200 candidates, Disney has cast Irish newcomer Ferdia Shaw.

Here's a brief synopsis:

Descended from a long line of criminal masterminds, 12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl finds himself in a battle of strength and cunning against a powerful, hidden race of fairies who may be behind his father's disappearance.

Disney has also announced that the cast will include Josh Gad (Beauty and the Beast, Murder on the Orient Express) as Mulch Diggums, a kleptomaniacal dwarf who works for the faeries —and himself; Judi Dench (Victoria & Abdul, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Skyfall) in the role of Commander Root, the steely leader of the fairy police force (LEPrecon); Lara McDonnell (The Delinquent Season, The Walk Invisible) as Captain Holly Short, the elf hero; and Nonso Anozie (Cinderella, Ender's Game) as Butler, Artemis Fowl's reliable bodyguard.

Source: Deadline

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