Behind-the-Scenes Featurette for Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events Following the series’ premiere on Friday, Netflix has revealed a new featurette for Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events which gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the sets, make-up, and direction of the adaptation. Check it out in the player below! 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 will stop at nothing to get his hands on their inheritance.