Here's The Amusing Pitch Meeting That Led To Disney's ARTEMIS FOWL Adaptation
I attempted to watch Disney’s adaptation of Artimus Fowl this week with my kids on Disney+, but they got bored with it about a half-hour in. I sat around watching for about another 40 minutes or so and then decided to move on with my day. I’ll eventually finish watching it, but that was a very disappointing and awful film adaptation. Younger kids might enjoy it, though!
I’ve got a funny new Pitch Meeting video for you to watch today that offers us a humorous take on how the film was pitched to Disney. This pretty much hits the nail in the head.
The trend of YA novels being adapted into popular movie franchises hasn’t been popular in about a decade, but that doesn’t mean that studios are going to stop trying– especially when they own the rights to a popular book franchise. The latest attempt at this is Artemis Fowl, based on the hugely successful book series of the same name.
The movie adaptation definitely raises a lot of questions. Like did the writers actually read the books or just glance through a wikipedia page? Why is there so much exposition in this thing? Why does the whole thing take place in a house? Why isn’t Artemis an evil genius like he was in the books? What exactly is going on with all this magic stuff? Did we really need to see Josh Gad in Hagrid cosplay shoot a bunch of dirt out of his butt? Who is this movie for?
To answer all these questions and more, step inside the pitch meeting that led to Artemis Fowl! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.
Enjoy the video!