The Umbrella Academy is an American superhero streaming television series. It is based on the comic book series of the same name written by Gerard Way. The first season was released on Netflix on February 15, 2019. Netflix reported that 45 million households had watched season one during its first month of release. The series was renewed for a second season, which was released in July 2020.
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The Umbrella Academy is an American superhero streaming television series. It is based on the comic book series of the same name written by Gerard Way. The first season was released on Netflix on February 15, 2019. In April 2019, Netflix reported that 45 million households had watched season one during its first month of release. The series was renewed for a second season, which was released in July 2020. The ensemble cast features Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Cameron Britton, Mary J. Blige, John Magaro, Adam Godley, Colm Feore, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Yusuf Gatewood, Marin Ireland, and Kate Walsh. The adaptation began development as a film optioned by Universal Pictures in 2011. It was eventually shelved in favor of a television series in 2015, before being officially greenlit by Netflix in July 2017. On July 11, 2017, it was officially announced that Netflix greenlit a live-action adaptation of The umbrella Academy. The main cast was confirmed on May 18, 2020, when a teaser trailer was released where the main cast danced to the song ‘I Think We’re Alone’ by Tiffany Blackman. On April 2, 2019, the series was renewed for a third season. The second season takes place immediately after the first season, following their failure to stop the apocalypse, the siblings are forced to go back in time, to save the world.
The third season will be released on July 31, 2020. It will focus on the reunited siblings trying to uncover the secret of their dysfunctional family while beginning to come apart due to their divergent personalities and abilities. The fourth season will take place after the siblings reunite to solve the mystery of their father’s death and the threat of an impending apocalypse. The fifth and sixth seasons will be filmed in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, and will be produced by Borderline Entertainment, Dark Horse Entertainment, and Universal Cable Productions. The seventh and eighth season is set in the present day, where Luther is part ape and has lived on the moon for four years, Allison is a famous actress, Vanya is a violinist, Klaus has a drug addiction, Ben is a ghost able to converse only with Klaus, and Diego has become a vigilante with a penchant for trouble. The final season will feature the siblings going back to the 1960s to stop a nuclear doomsday, but the time travel goes awry as the siblings end up in different years in 1960s Dallas. The last season is scheduled to be released in November 2020, with a release date yet to be announced. It has been confirmed that the series will be available on Netflix in December 2020.
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