Sadly, There’s A Trailer: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events!

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“If you like watching stories in which children enjoy pleasant rides in truck beds, on their way to colorful destinations where they finally solve the curious mysteries plaguing their lives…That story is streaming elsewhere.” — Lemony Snicket

Today, in an announcement sure to set it on a path to misery and ruin, Netflix reveals the date for its upcoming series Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events – Friday, January 13, 2017.

Be warned – a trailer for this most melancholy and unsettling of series should be avoided (even if it follows closely on the other side of the continue reading link…).

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events | Teaser Trailer [HD] | Netflix – YouTube

Dear Viewer,

The world is vast and full of wonders. So on Friday, the 13th of January, please… watch something else.

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. The eight-episode series is a Netflix original production, executive produced by Emmy Award winner Barry Sonnenfeld and Daniel Handler, and premieres January 13, 2017 only on Netflix.

A Netflix Original Series.