On September 1, 2015, Variety reported that Kenneth Branagh had been hired to direct the film for Disney, with Irish playwright Conor McPherson as screenwriter and Judy Hofflund as an executive producer.[3] Eoin Colfer confirmed this in a video to Artemis Fowl Confidential,[19] and spoke with RTE Radio 1 about meeting Branagh several times to discuss this prior to the announcement.[20]

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