Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Season 1 — New Teaser Trailer: 'Meet Count Olaf'

added: Thu, Nov 3rd '16

Neil Patrick Harris can't wait to get his hands on those Baudelaire children.

Check out a new teaser trailer for Netflix's forthcoming adaptation of Lemony Snicket's best-selling children's book series "A Series of Unfortunate Events," which offers the first glimpse of the "How I Met Your Mother" star as the diabolical Count Olaf.

The series, developed by TV producer Mark Hudis (Nurse Jackie, That '70s Show, True Blood) and executive produced by "Men in Black" director Barry Sonnenfeld and author/creator Daniel Handler, centers on three young orphan siblings, the Baudelaire children, who begin to suspect their eccentric and evil uncle, Count Olaf, is trying to steal their inheritance.

Malina Weissman (Nine Lives, TV's Supergirl) and newcomer Louis Hynes have been cast as Violet and Klaus Baudelaire. While other cast members include Joan Cusack, Bernadette Peters, Aasif Mandvi, and K. Todd Freeman.

Sonnenfeld directs the first two episodes of the eight-part series, which is set to premiere on January 13, 2017, only on Netflix.

synopsis:
Based on the internationally best-selling series of books by Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) and starring Emmy and Tony Award winner Neil Patrick Harris, A Series of Unfortunate Events recounts the tragic tale of the Baudelaire orphans -- Violet, Klaus, and Sunny -- whose evil guardian Count Olaf will stop at nothing to get his hands on their inheritance. The siblings must outsmart Olaf at every turn, foiling his many devious plans and disguises, in order to discover clues to their parents' mysterious death.

directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

starring Patrick Warburton (narrator), Neil Patrick Harris, Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes, Joan Cusack, Bernadette Peters, Aasif Mandvi, K. Todd Freeman

release date January 13, 2017 (on Netflix)

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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events