Netflix First Look: Meet Count Olaf, Neil Patrick Harris’ Dastardly New Role [VIDEO]

Netflix is adapting Lemony Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events” as a series. The first season, which will span eight episodes, will be launched on the streaming site on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Heading the cast is Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf.

The full press release from Netflix below.

We plead with you to avert your eyes, lest you gaze upon this First Look at the lowly visage of Count Olaf from the upcoming Netflix original series Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events.

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Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events premieres worldwide on Friday, January 13, 2017 only on Netflix. Series Description:

Based on the internationally best-selling series of books by Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) and starring Emmy and Tony Award winner Neil Patrick Harris, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events recounts the tragic tale of the Baudelaire orphans — Violet, Klaus, and Sunny – whose evil guardian Count Olaf (Harris) will stop at nothing to get his hands on their inheritance. The siblings must outsmart Olaf at every turn, foiling his many devious plans and disguises, in order to discover clues to their parents’ mysterious death. The eight-episode series is a Netflix original production, executive produced by Emmy Award winner Barry Sonnenfeld and Daniel Handler, and also stars Patrick Warburton (Lemony Snicket), Joan Cusack (Justice Strauss), Malina Weissman (Violet Baudelaire) and Louis Hynes (Klaus Baudelaire).