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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Colfer's Fiction Soon to Become a Small-Screen Reality

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
March / April 2020

March 1, 2020 by Leave a Comment

Memorial Day is going to feel more like a sequel to St. Patrick’s Day when the sci-fi fantasy flick Artemis Fowl – with loads of Irish talent in front of and behind the camera – kicks off the summer blockbuster season. Let’s start with the author of the book series on which the Harry Potter-esque film is based. That would be Wexford native Eoin Colfer, whose Fowl books have … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Colfer's Fiction Soon to Become a Small-Screen Reality

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