With the smashing success of House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black , it’s clear that Netflix can produce high quality original content. However, now the streaming service is expanding its scope as it looks to reach younger viewers as well as adults with its original series output. THR reports that Netflix has acquired the rights to produce a TV series based on Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events , a series of best-selling novels published between 1999 and 2006 by author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket). The books follow the lives of three children after their parents’ death in a house fire, as they were subsequently placed in the custody of their nefarious cousin/uncle Count Olaf, who plotted to steal their inheritance. After they were taken out of his care, he continued to hunt the children down, resulting in the titular series of events. More after the jump.