Director Talks Lemony Snicket

Here at Empire, we think that it's a sign of maturity to admit that one of the films we are most looking forward to between now and Christmas is something which might be termed, well, a kid's film. We've read the Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events books, and spoken to director Brad Silberling, and we are sufficiently secure in our maturity to say that we think this film is going to be rather special. We spoke to Brad Silberling recently and he told us a little about the difficulties he faced in bringing the film to the big screen. "Oh, well, if you want to be a masochist come direct this movie! I knew from day one how long this film was going to take. You had a couple of fantastic but still minor children, meaning that the work hours are restricted