Looks from Books: A Series of Unfortunate Events
A Fashionable Literacy
A poster for the 2004 film adaptation || Photo via IMDB
There is already a notable film adaptation of the first three novels in the series, starring Jim Carrey as the conniving Count Olaf and Jude Law as the voice of Lemony Snicket. The notable Scottish actor Billy Connolly played the orphans’ Uncle Monty and iconic actress Meryl Streep was cast as the anxiety-ridden Aunt Josephine.
While the film hit the market accompanied by a video game, movie soundtrack, and board game, as well as options for a sequel, Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures ultimately decided not to pursue the franchise further. (How is this for a throwback: as of December 17th, the film will officially be ten years old!)
Recent development news that has been making the rounds on social media is that Netflix has acquired the rights to the books, with the intention of producing another one of the streaming service’s original series. TV Paramount, the television division of the producer of the 2004 film, is on board for the series as well.
How to Add The Baudelaires to Your Wardrobe
By integrating key elements of the series into your own wardrobe, you, too, can have a look that’s fit for meeting new relatives and adventures to far-off places! (I hear the world is quiet there.)
The Dante Dedication
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An easily recognizable mainstay throughout the series is one of the first things you see when you open the book: the dedication made in each installment to a mystery woman named “Beatrice,” in a myriad of macabre and somber ways. While much has been made of the mystery woman in speculation – including the dedications of famed poet Dante, which were directed to a woman he loved, unrequited, also named Beatrice – the answer to her identity is cleverly disguised, with various hints dispersed throughout the series.
