The eight books in the Artemis Fowl series follow a young criminal mastermind on a series of adventures.
Artemis Fowl opens in theaters on May 29.
Disney tends not to make too many movies about ruthless young criminals, though, and their adaptation of Artemis Fowl seems to shy away from the character’s more cutthroat qualities.
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.