Fans of
Daniel Handler’s bestselling book franchise A Series of Unfortunate Events are
so excited about Netflix’s upcoming original series adaptation that they made
an unauthorised teaser trailer into a viral sensation.
The teaser, posted by the YouTube account of “Eleanora Poe” (a character from the
novels) on Sunday, fooled the web before Netflix revealed to Variety that it’s not official. It has already
amassed over 1m views.
The books were previously adapted into the 2004 film
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, starring Jim Carrey, Jude Law
and Meryl Streep. To date, they have sold more than 65m copies worldwide.
The
viral success of the fake trailer recalls the buzz drummed up by the fan-made
trailer made for American Horror Story: Freak Show, which debuted this time
last year and was swiftly removed from YouTube due to a copyright claim. Watch
it on Vimeo below.
Netflix has
yet to disclose a premiere date for the series
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