PRODUCTION HAS STARTED ON DISNEY’SEXHILERATING ADVENTURE “ ARTEMIS FOWL ” KENNETH BRANAGH DIRECTS FROM A SCREENPLAY BY CONOR McPHERSON Based on the first book of Eoin Colfer' s best-selling series of the same name, and directed by Kenneth Branagh, Disney’s “ Artemis Fowl ”has begun principal photography and will film in England, Northern Ireland and Ho Chi Minh City. The book was adapted for the screen by award-winning playwright Conor McPherson. 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. 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, Academy Award®-winner Dame Judi Dench (“Skyfall”) plays Commander ...