ARTEMIS FOWL Teaser Trailer Check out the new ARTEMIS FOWL teaser trailer! The film, directed by Kenneth Branagh (Cinderella, Thor), stars Ferdia Shaw, Hong Chau, Nonso Anozie, Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad, and Judi Dench. ARTEMIS FOWL will be released in theaters on August 9, 2019. Artemis Fowl II, a young Irish criminal mastermind, kidnaps the fairy LEPrecon officer Holly Short for ransom to fund the search for his missing father in order to restore the family fortune.