Everything we know so far about the Netflix series

Last updated: 9 August 2016

 

###Trailers

"Teaser"

• On July 5 2015 a teaser trailer was posted by YouTube user Eleanora Poe

  • Later it was confirmed to be fake
  • More about the trailer
  • Eleanora Poe’s Twitter account also featured a phone number

 

###Release date

• Around late 2016 to early 2017

 

###Show structure

• The first season will be 8 episodes long

 

###Plot details

• The series will be darker than the movie

• The first four books will be adapted into the first season

• Snicket narrates the show and the audience will actually see him on screen

 

###Cast

• Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf

• Malina Weissman as Violet, Louis Hynes as Klaus

• K. Todd Freeman as Mr. Poe

• Patrick Warburton as Lemony Snicket

• Aasif Mandvi as Uncle Monty

• Jacqueline and Joyce Robbins as the two white-faced women

• Matty Cardarople as the Person Who Looks Like Neither a Man Nor a Woman

• Usman Ally as Fernald

• Don Johnson as ?

• James R Baylis as ?

• Elizabeth Bowen as ?

• Joan Cusack as Justice Strauss

• Luke Camilleri as Gustav

• Rhys Darby as ?

• Alfre Woodard as ?

• Does Marcus O'Hara have a role?

• Rumour: Bernadette Peters as Aunt Josephine

 

###Production and crew

Only the most important ones

• Production is mainly taking place in Vancouver

• Paramount Television is producing the series

• Barry Sonnenfeld as director and exec producer

• Daniel Handler as writer and exec producer

• Nick Urata as the composer of the score

• Series logo

• Ashley Marie Macdonald and Travis Turner as Violet and Klaus's stand-ins (1, 2, 3, 4)

 

###Filming

There are also many other photos from filming but I only included the most interesting/important ones here

• Filming began in March 2016

• Filming photos featuring Olaf and his troupe

• Filming at "Mulctuary Money Management" and "Festive Fun Bakery"

• Uncle Monty, Count Olaf and the Kids at the cinema from The Reptile Room (More)

• About the Lucky Smells Lumber Mill: 1, 2, 3, 4

• Filming ended in August 2016

 

###Script extracts

• Script from auditions

• Many other script extracts here

• One more and another

 

###Other info from social media

• Photo posted by a crew member

• Photo of Sunny posted by NPH

  • Sunny in human form this time

• Video uploaded by NPH with paintings with eyes in the background

• Filming notice

• Some Instagram accounts that post various stuff about the series: chloecakesxx, sweetiecakesxx, bsonnenfeld, nph

• Some Twitter accounts: Louis Hynes, Neil Patrick Harris

• Teaser photos from Netflix on Snapchat

• The cast and crew celebrating something

• Instagram photo by crew members where you can see Olaf's house

• Pictures posted after filming ended: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

 

###Unreliable sources and rumours

• Post about production

• Document that states that episodes will last 1 hour each (PDF)