Earlier this month it was revealed that Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) is to play Count Olaf for the upcoming Lemony Snicket TV adaptation A Series of Unfortunate Events, and now Netflix has announced that it has found two of its Baudelaire children.
Malina Weissman, who plays the young Kara Zor-El in Supergirl and also appeared as a young April O’Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is set to play Violet, while newcomer Louis Hynes has been cast as Klaus.
A Series of Unfortunate Events is set to be directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, who will also executive producer alongside Lemony Snicket himself, author Daniel Handler.
Originally published January 28, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.
