

(Neil Patrick Harris is taking on the role of the count this time around.) The series also adds some new characters, as well as some details about Violet, Klaus, and Sunny’s parents. The new series is noticeably darker than both the books and the 2004 film, which starred Jim Carrey as Count Olaf. The Baudelaire children are orphans, having lost their parents in a fire, and they are suddenly thrown into an entirely different world of covert societies, undercover spies, and hidden secrets.


The series, which is based on the books of the same name, follows the three Baudelaire children – Violet, Klaus, and Sunny – as they are sent to live with a mysterious and evil guardian, Count Olaf. On Friday, January 13, Netflix finally dropped its long-awaited series, Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events.
