Striking a Balance of Cruelty and Whimsy for the Score of A Series of Unfortunate Events
Child marriage, infant abuse, insatiable greed, and murder plots do not seem like the makings of a family program. And yet, Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events achieves just that by channeling the highly stylized essence of Daniel Handler’s classic thirteen book series for young adults. Now in season 2, the plots have grown wackier ...
Broken Down, Dirtied, and Greased Up: Designing the Costumes of A Series of Unfortunate Events
Evil has never had a more sumptuous wardrobe than in Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Count Olaf (Neil Patrick Harris), who fancies himself a great actor, utilizes thinly veiled, yet tremendously detailed costumes to fool the show’s dimwitted adults. Costume designer Cynthia Summers created Olaf’s many aliases, as well as the clothing for the ...
Count Olaf Wishes You a Dreadful New Year in A Series of Unfortunate Events Season 2 Teaser
You may have high hopes that 2018 will be a great year for you, but the Baudelaire orphans are in for another dismal, despicable, unfortunate year. Count Olaf has returned for season 2 of A Series of Unfortunate Events in a new teaser starring Neil Patrick Harris. Netflix tweeted out a riddle on New Year’s ...
A Series of Unfortunate Events Comes to Netflix
Netflix’s latest direct-to-streaming production, a TV series adaption of Lemony Snicket’s critically acclaimed A Series of Unfortunate Events, has unveiled its first trailer. The bestselling 13-part children’s series was released between 1999 and 2006, and has already seen a theatrical adaption starring Jim Carrey as the evil Count Olaf in 2004. This time around, Neil ...
