When Stephano, the successor of the original assistant Gustav arrives, the children realize immediately that he is their recurring nemesis, Count Olaf, who was onto their family fortune. The three children are each given jobs in the Reptile Room: Violet is given the job of inventing traps for new snakes found in Peru, Klaus is told to read books on snakes to help advise Uncle Monty, and Sunny's job is to bite ropes into usable pieces. They meet the Incredibly Deadly Viper, which Uncle Monty recently discovered, whose name is actually a misnomer to its harmless and friendly nature.
The children are fascinated by the many snakes in the "Reptile Room", a giant hall in which their Uncle Monty's reptile collection is stored. He lets them each choose their own bedroom and informs them that they are going to accompany him on a trip to Peru to study snakes. "Uncle Monty", as he prefers to be called, is a short, chubby man with a round, red face. The three Baudelaire orphans have been placed under the care of their distant relative, herpetologist Dr. The book tells the story of the Baudelaire orphans, as they are sent to live with a distant relative named Montgomery Montgomery. That project tells the story of Rosalind Franklin, the brilliant Jewish scientist who discovered the structure of DNA, only to see credit for her discovery taken by Watson and Crick.The Reptile Room is the second book in the children's series A Series of Unfortunate Events, written by Daniel Handler under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket.
The company is currently looking to adapt Leonard Slater’s book The Pledge - centered on the true story of the men and women who led the underground effort in the United States to acquire and transport planes to Israel in advance of the War of Independence - as well as the novel The Secret Chord by Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks about the rise and reign of Israel’s King David.Īlso in the works is playwright Anna Ziegler’s adaptation of her own award-winning play Photograph 51, which starred Nicole Kidman during its run in the West End. He’s also written books including The Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth, How to Dress for Every Occasion, by the Pope, Adverbs, Why We Broke Up, We Are Pirates, All the Dirty Parts and Bottle Grove, among other works, seeing them sell more than 70 million copies and be translated into 41 languages.Īn independent production company founded by veteran producer Cosgrove and bestselling author Foer, Leviathan focuses on creating premium film and television content based on Jewish stories. Handler wrote the A Series of Unfortunate Events books under the pen name Lemony Snicket, seeing them be adapted into both a hit movie from Paramount, as well as a Peabody Award-winning Netflix series.
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