LOS ANGELES -- Netflix just got a little more unfortunate.
The Rebecca Love - Bewitched Housewives (2007)streaming service Tuesday announced Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events will debut on the platform on Jan. 13, 2017 (aka Friday the 13th).
The show is an adaptation of a series of books penned by Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler). It follows the Baudelaire orphans -- Violet, Klaus, and Sunny – and their evil guardian Count Olaf, who stops at nothing to get their inheritance. The siblings have to outsmart Olaf to discover clues to their parents’ mysterious death.
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The eight-episode series stars Emmy and Tony Award winner Neil Patrick Harris as Olaf. Co-stars include Patrick Warburton (Snicket), Joan Cusack (Justice Strauss), Malina Weissman (Violet Baudelaire) and Louis Hynes (Klaus Baudelaire).
It is executive produced by Emmy Award winner Barry Sonnenfeld and Daniel Handler.
On Tuesday, Netflix also announced its next Marvel show Iron Fist will be released on the platform in March 2017.
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