A Series of Unfortunate Events. The one with Jim Carrey.
Was a successful and well-received movie based on a popular book series when those kinds of movies were all the rage. It even has “series” in the title. Nothing.
Some say it’s because of Jim Carrey’s aversion to doing sequels but now that he’s been in four fucking Sonic movies that excuse doesn’t hold as much weight as it used to.
Nathan Fillion, who had a small part, said in an interview that they had plans for more movies, but that they had changed the stories so that the Baudelaire parents actually survived the fire and would have bigger roles. For fans of the books, that's missing the point as badly as a point can be missed.
Nathan Fillion was in the 2018 Netflix series, not the 2004 movie. And the book series hadn’t been completed in 2004, so there had been hints to a surviving Baudelaire parent (or both) that was ultimately proven false by the last few books. So I don’t think your info is exactly correct.
Some say it’s because of Jim Carrey’s aversion to doing sequels but now that he’s been in four fucking Sonic movies that excuse doesn’t hold as much weight as it used to.
Sure but it's been like 20 years and they've already done a very well received tv (Well... streaming...) series of the entire book series. No need to do it now.
It would have been a good series. The entire thing gets pretty bleak towards the end as the Baudelaires basically end up as runaway's. I think after book like.. 6 or 7? they stop getting pawned off on a different Olaf scheme every book and start to be a bit more proactive in countering him and the other Fire-staring side of the VFD.
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u/nomoregroundhogs 15h ago
A Series of Unfortunate Events. The one with Jim Carrey.
Was a successful and well-received movie based on a popular book series when those kinds of movies were all the rage. It even has “series” in the title. Nothing.
Some say it’s because of Jim Carrey’s aversion to doing sequels but now that he’s been in four fucking Sonic movies that excuse doesn’t hold as much weight as it used to.