(CNN) -- Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" will now be told as a TV series. According to reports, Netflix is developing a small-screen version of the popular children's book series written by Daniel Handler, who crafted them under the pen name Lemony Snicket. Handler's stories followed a trio of siblings encountering one disaster after another, starting with the death of their parents in a fire. The stories can be dark, but they're also engaging and humorous -- the kind of stuff that a family could enjoy together, said Netflix's Cindy Holland, vice president of original content. "On the search for fantastic material that appeals to both parents and kids, the first stop for generations of readers is 'A Series of Unfortunate Events,' " Holland said in a statement to Deadline.
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Netflix is adapting "A Series of Unfortunate Events" into a TV series
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The show is based on books written by Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket
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Handler will be an executive producer of the TV series
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