Movie Info
Lemony Snicket is the
narrator in Daniel Handler's hugely popular series of Snicket
books. Lemony tells the story of Sunny, Klaus, and Violet, three orphans
who are taken in by Count Olaf, a distant family relative trying to scam
the kids out of an inheritance. Barry Sonnenfeld was to direct the first
big-screen Snicket film, which will no doubt become a franchise
in the vein of Harry Potter. Director
Barry Sonnenfeld has been fired. The movie also lost producer Scott
Rudin after budget fights with Paramount
Director: Barry
Sonnenfeld
Screenwriter:
Daniel Handler
Studio:
Paramount/Nickelodeon
Movies
Producer:
Scott Rudin
Release date:
TBA summer
2004 (est)
Genre:
Children's,
Fantasy, Adventure
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articles about the 'fiasco'
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From the Press
"We wanted someone who would
define a visual style with a sense of black comedy, and Barry [Sonnenfeld]
does that so well," Albie Hecht, president of Nickelodeon Film and
Television, told Variety. Hecht also said that Snicket is the
company's most ambitious franchise foray. (Variety)
Jim Carrey,
who is in negotiations to star in Lemony Snicket, Paramount's much vaunted
potential challenger to the Harry Potter franchise. Barry "Men in Black II"
Sonnenfeld will direct the story, which is based on the Daniel Handler books
and would feature Carrey as a mysterious count who tries to steal an
inheritance from a trio of orphans. (Guardian Unlimited) Men in Black 2" director Barry
Sonnenfeld was going to shoot the film from a script by "Snicket" creator Daniel
Handler. Scott Rudin ("Changing Lanes") will bo longer produce.
DVD & video release:
TBA filming
locations: to be confirmed
cast: to be confirmed |
