History Trivia / ArtemisFowl

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Plans for the film were announced as early as 2001, but nothing came of them until 2013 when the film rights passed to Disney. The film release was announced in 2017 to be scheduled for August 2019. Despite this, release still became an issue, as it was moved to and pulled from a theatrical May 2020 release date to a digital release June 12, 2020.

* FanNickname: Much like ''Percy Jackson'', fans of the books refuse to associate with an InNameOnly adaptation, giving the movie, and by extension the titular character, bootleg-esque nicknames, the most popular being "Apollo Bird", though "Apollo Poultry" also pops up sometimes.

* MissingTrailerScene: [[spoiler:The floating fairy in white does not appear in the final film, though she is seen in a deleted scene which was made available at the same time the film was released on Disney+.]]

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Plans for the film were announced as early as 2001, but nothing came of them until 2013 when the film rights passed to Disney. The film release was announced in 2017 to be scheduled for August 2019. Despite this, release still became an issue, as it was moved to and pulled from a theatrical May 2020 release date to a digital release of June 12, 2020.

* DeletedScene: The Disney+ release included fifteen minutes of them, some of which included important plot points which instead had to be rather clumsily covered by narration from Mulch.

* LyingCreator: It was confirmed in July 2018 that it will in fact solely be based on the first book. When the film came out, it did end up containing elements from the second book, [[spoiler:including Opal Koboi as the primary villain, Artemis's chat with the psychologist Dr. Po, and the film being about Artemis Fowl rescuing his father, as opposed to his mother, who in the film is dead, though she is seen in a deleted scene which was made available at the same time the film was released on Disney+]].
* MissingTrailerScene: [[spoiler:The floating fairy in white does not appear in the final film.]]

* LyingCreator: It was confirmed in July 2018 that it will in fact solely be based on the first book. When the film came out, it did end up containing elements from the second book, [[spoiler:including Opal Koboi as the primary villain, Artemis's chat with the psychologist Dr. Po, and the film being about Artemis Fowl rescuing his father, as opposed to his mother, who in the film is dead]].

* ProductionPosse:
** A staple of Creator/KennethBranagh, he has recruited many individuals he has previously worked with in the past, including actors such as Dame Creator/JudiDench, Nonso Anozie, Josh Gad and Gerard Horan, and composer Patrick Doyle. Gerard Horan also worked with Josh Gad in ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017''.

* {{Jossed}}: It was long rumored that it would be an adaptation of the first two books. It was confirmed instead in July 2018 that it will in fact solely be based on the first book. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], however, in that when the film came out, it did end up containing elements from the second book, including Opal Koboi as the primary villain, Artemis's chat with the psychologist Dr. Po, and the film being about Artemis Fowl rescuing his father, as opposed to his mother, who in the film is dead.

* {{Jossed}}: It was long rumored that it would be an adaptation of the first two books. It was confirmed instead in July 2018 that it will in fact solely be based on the first book.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Played with. There were no ticket sales at all (due to the film being released on Creator/DisneyPlus), but universal negative reception gave this overall impression nonetheless.

* GenreKiller: The films universally negative reception has cemented the fate of non-remake Disney in-house live-action films. It also showed that to certain audiences, the adaptation of young adult fantasy books is dead to film.

* GenreKiller: The films universally negative reception not only has cemented the fate of non-remake Disney in-house live-action films but also confirmed the YA novel genre was dead.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod is that Minerva was meant to appear more after her debut, but she ultimately didn't after Colfer realized that fans hated her.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Plans for the film were announced as early as 2001, but nothing came of them until 2013 when the film rights passed to Disney. The film release was announced in 2017 to be scheduled for August 2019. Despite this, release still became an issue, as it was moved to and pulled from a theatrical May 2020 release date, eventually releasing June 12, 2020.

* ReleaseDateChange: Previously set for release on August 9, 2019 in the US, in May 2019, the film had been bumped to a May 29, 2020 release date. Then, the reshuffle in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic pulled it from that date and it is now slated to go direct to Disney+.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Plans for the film were announced as early as 2001, but nothing came of them until 2013 when the film rights passed to Disney. The film release was announced in 2017 to be scheduled for August 2019. Despite this, release still became an issue, as it was moved to and pulled from a theatrical May 2020 release date.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Plans for the film were announced as early as 2001, but nothing came of them until 2013 when the film rights passed to Disney. The film release was announced in 2017 to be scheduled for August 2019. Given that a definite release date has now been set as well as a trailer, it seems all but certain now that it is SavedFromDevelopmentHell. Despite this, release still became an issue.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Plans for the film were announced as early as 2001, but nothing came of them until 2013 when the film rights passed to Disney. The film release was announced in 2017 to be scheduled for August 2019. Given that a definite release date has now been set as well as a trailer, it seems all but certain now that it is SavedFromDevelopmentHell. And then it was [[https://www.thewrap.com/disney-bumps-new-mutants-and-artemis-fowl-to-2020/ announced]] that the film is now bumped to May 2020.

* ReleaseDateChange: Previously set for release on August 9, 2019 in the US, in May 2019, the film had been bumped to a May 29, 2020 release date. Then, the reshuffle in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic pulled it from that date.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: [[spoiler:Artemis Fowl, Sr.,]] and [[spoiler:Opal Koboi]], two characters not introduced until the second book, are depicted in this film.
* CastingGag: Commander Root, male in the novel, is played by Judi Dench, best known as M in the 007 film series.

* DevelopmentHell: Plans for the film were announced as early as 2001, but nothing came of them until 2013 when the film rights passed to Disney. The film release was announced in 2017 to be scheduled for August 2019. Given that a definite release date has now been set as well as a trailer, it seems all but certain now that it is SavedFromDevelopmentHell. And then it was [[https://www.thewrap.com/disney-bumps-new-mutants-and-artemis-fowl-to-2020/ announced]] that the film is now bumped to May 2020.

** IWasNeverHere