A Series of Unfortunate Events Paramount/DreamWorks, set for Holiday 2004 release [production start Nov 2003] adapted from Daniel Handler's novel series Director: Brad Silberling; Starring: Jim Carrey; Meryl Streep; Lude Law; Liam Aiken as Klaus Baudelaire; Emily Browning as Violet Baudelaire; Jennifer Coolidge; Luis Guzman; Craig Ferguson;