A Series of Unfortunate Events: First Look at Count Olaf

Count Olaf has been very eager to get his hands on the Baudelaires.

By Jonathon Dornbush

Netflix has released a new teaser trailer for its upcoming adaptation of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, revealing the series' protagonists the Baudelaire orphans and their evil guardian Count Olaf.

Neil Patrick Harris stars as Count Olaf, who is determined to somehow get ahold of the three Baudelaire children's fortune, left to them after their parents have died under mysterious circumstances. Check out the trailer below:

The first teaser trailer for the series only featured Olaf offscreen via voiceover, while Patrick Warburton, who will star as series author (and character in the series) Lemony Snicket took the spotlight. Netflix also released some new images of Harris as Olaf alongside the new trailer.

Jim Carrey starred as Count Olaf in a 2004 film adaptation of the first three books in the 13-book series.

In addition to Warburton and Harris, Joan Cusack stars as Justice Strauss, Malina Weissman plays Violet Baudelaire, and Louis Hynes stars as Klaus Baudelaire.

All 13 episodes of A Series of Unfortunate Events' first season will debut on the streaming service on January 13, 2017.

Jonathon Dornbush is an Associate Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter @jmdornbush.

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