Disney has shared the full trailer for director Kenneth Branagh’s (Thor) upcoming fantasy adventure film Artemis Fowl. While I’m not personally familiar with the young adult book series that this is based on, the movie looks like it’s going to make for an incredibly fun and exciting franchise! I’ve enjoyed what I’ve seen these trailers and I’m looking forward to watching it with the fam!
The story follows the 12-year-old boy genius Artemis Fowl, who kidnaps a fairy and holds it ransom for gold. This is all in an effort to find his missing father, and he finds himself getting tangled up in an ancient, underground, highly advanced world.
Here is the official synopsis for Artemis Fowl:
Disney’s Artemis Fowl, is a fantastical, spellbinding adventure that follows the journey of 12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl, a descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds, as he seeks to find his father who has mysteriously disappeared. With the help of his loyal protector Butler, Artemis sets out to find him, and in doing so uncovers an ancient, underground civilization—the amazingly advanced world of fairies. Deducing that his father’s disappearance is somehow connected to the secretive, reclusive fairy world, cunning Artemis concocts a dangerous plan—so dangerous that he ultimately finds himself in a perilous war of wits with the all-powerful fairies.
Newcomer Ferdia Shaw plays the title character, with Lara McDonnell (Love, Rosie) playing Captain Holly Short, a feisty, spirited elf, who is kidnapped by Artemis for a ransom of fairy gold. In the underground fairy world of Haven City, Judi Dench (Skyfall) plays Commander Root, the leader of the reconnaissance division of the LEPrecon, the fairy police force, and Josh Gad (Beauty and the Beast) plays Mulch Diggums, a kleptomaniac dwarf who attempts to help rescue Holly.
Nonso Anozie (Cinderella) plays the Fowl family bodyguard, named Butler, and Tamara Smart (The Worst Witch) plays Butler’s niece Juliet. Miranda Raison (Murder on the Orient Express) plays Artemis’ mother Angeline.
Other members of the cast include Josh McGuire (About Time), Hong Chau (Downsizing), Nikesh Patel (London Has Fallen), Michael Abubakar (Trust Me), Jake Davies (A Brilliant Young Mind), Rachel Denning (Doctor Who), Matt Jessup (Dread), Simone Kirby (Alice Through the Looking Glass), Sally Messham (Allied), and Adrian Scarborough (Les Misérables).
Artemis Fowl is set to be released in theaters on May 29th.
