Artemis goes to Hollywood

A FORMER schoolteacher who has swapped the blackboard for the big screen is now bidding to have the film adaptation of one of his best-selling books shot in his native Wexford.

Eoin Colfer has already published the best-selling Artemis Fowl trilogy which has sold more than four million copies as well as two novels and three picture books for children.

The 38-year-old has been out and about, scouting locations and promoting these to Miramax Pictures, which has thrown its weight behind the $250 million project, along with Hollywood heavyweight, Harvey Weinstein, and Irish director Jim Sheridan.