Ferdia Shaw in a scene from "Artemis Fowl." (Courtesy of Disney) The journey of "Artemis Fowl" from young adult novel series to major motion picture took about 20 years and entailed many starts ...

Based on the 2001 Eoin Colfer novel, "Artemis Fowl" follows Ferdia Shaw as 12-year-old Artemis Fowl Jr., the youngest in a family of criminal masterminds who sets out on a journey to discover the ...