I saw the first two episodes today which were parts 1 and 2 of The Bad Beginning. A very strong start indeed and they really did nail the tone, it was both laugh out loud funny in places but didn't gloss over the darker elements as the movie did. These episodes met and exceeded my expectations...
Only a few days to go until the series is out! The reviews I have read all seem to have positive things to say about the adaptation such as it being faithful to and getting the tone of the books just right. So I shall be going in with high expectations.
They made the film which covered three books but the child actors are too old now for any sequels so yes a reboot is required as a sequel to the original film would require recasting of the kids and that would be a bit weird.
Right so as we know the first season will indeed be 8 episodes long but now it has been revealed they will cover the first four books, so basically it is going to be two episodes per book. I dont know how long each episode will be but I think two per book sounds like a good amount.
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I didn't say it was a movie, in fact the second paragraph in my OP begins with 'The series will star Neil Patrick Harris'
The first series of this has been reported to be 8 episodes long as far as I know, so it is unclear if they will perhaps make more than 13 all together.
I think a lot of the roles were handled very well in that film. But I feel positive about the reboot. They have some good names that have been cast so far.
I'm not on about Carrey who is too old. The count in the books appears to be in his 50's anyway but the kids from the original film have grown up quite a lot, too much to make a sequel.
There is a reboot of A Series of Unfortunate events based on the 12 book series, coming to Netflix which is currently filming. As someone who enjoyed the books I am looking forward to this reboot. There was also a film starring Jim Carrey based on them that released a while back. I enjoyed that...