The teens of 2016 will be able to relive their childhood through the new Netflix mini-series Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Coming January 13 to Netflix, it won’t be “a series of unfortunate events”, despite its title. Starring Neil Patrick Harris as the show’s main antagonist, this new mini-series debuting early this year looks promising.

The beloved children’s series about the three Baudelaire orphans who are targeted by a malicious villain, Count Olaf (Neil Patrick Harris) for their great fortune left by their parents.

The new show already has an advantage over the movie created in 2004, starring Jim Carrey as Count Olaf. Although Carrey’s performance was decent, the movie itself was too chaotic, packing in the first three books into a short film.

Harris, as Olaf, will be portraying multiple personalities in the show. Since the children consistently thwart Olaf’s schemes, he is forced to disguise himself in many different ways.

After mastering comedy on How I Met Your Mother, Harris will now turn to a more dramatic role. It will be a test for Harris, since Olaf is so unequivocally evil.

According to THE INQUISITR, Harris said that the show “would be darker than its predecessor.”

Netflix has complete faith in this project, because Harris revealed to THE INQUISITR it is Netflix’s “most expensive project to date.”

Netflix has also cast the three Baudelaire siblings more toward their descriptions in the series, and is using not widely known actors for their parts.

Senior Bridget Greenwood, vaguely familiar with the book series, expresses her thoughts on the adaptation to a new show.

“[The trailer] looks very interesting,” Greenwood said.

The youngest Baudelaire sibling, Sunny, had her face replaced by a CGI (computer generated image) in the movie because her character’s facial and body expressions are well beyond the capacity of a regular baby. The new series plans to utilize similar technology in making Sunny as true to her book counterpart as possible.

Netflix is planning on doing four to five books per season, generally spending two episodes per book. This will allow Netflix to remain more faithful to the books, with which the movie struggled.

Since the show is on Netflix, this gives the writers of the show more freedom because they don’t have to depend on television ratings. Original series’ made and produced by Netflix have been mostly successful, like House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, and Stranger Things.

“As long as Netflix keeps the stories and originality of the book series, I believe the show will help Netflix keep its good reputation.” Greenwood said.

Although Snicket did not have much involvement in the movie, he is now part of the creative process for the Netflix revival.

Adaptations are always a risk, and it remains to be seen whether this show will live up to its expectations. But since netflix has established a track record of excellence, and cast a renowned actor like NPH, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events looks like it will be a “fortunate” event.

“It will be different than most shows,” Greenwood said about the upcoming release. “it looks unique.”