The “Garfield” movie got a sequel. The “Scooby-Doo” movie got a sequel. But “Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events,” which pulled in far more at the box office than either of those wearisome live-action adaptations of children’s entertainment properties, still has not seen a follow-up. And “Snicket” had Jim Carrey. Not to mention more than a dozen books to plump for material.

So what sequence of ill-fated actions prevented "Lemony"’s return after doing $120 million at the box office in 2004? Apparently, an inter-studio squabble between co-producers Paramount and Dreamworks. Now the dust seems to have settled and original director Brad Silberling is making plans to bring Mr. Snicket's -- the pseudonym of author Daniel Handler -- work back to the big screen as a stop-motion animated film. When MTV News chatted with the director, he revealed that this venture into a new medium will just be the beginning for "Lemony." Read more...