Netflix renews 'The Umbrella Academy' for the third season

Netflix has confirmed that the comic book-based series The Umbrella Academy will be returning for its third season. It still follows the Hargreeves family composed of seven children, all born under mysterious circumstances on the same day. It's based on the comic books of the same name written by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way and illustrated by Brazilian comic book artist Gabriel Bá.

The show will again consist of 10 hour-long episodes, and production is expected to kick off in Toronto in February 2021. The core cast includes Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Justin H. Min, Colm Feore, and Ritu Arya. They are all set to reprise their roles, and showrunner Steve Blackman will return as well. It's expected to focus on the Sparrow Academy in this third season. 

Source: ScreenRant

Netflix's 'The Umbrella Academy' is coming back for Season 2 on July 31

Netflix has an official release date for the second season of its comic-based superhero series The Umbrella Academy. And the show gives an update in an amusing sign of the times sort of way. The show's main cast members appear in a quarantine videoconference teaser dancing to Tiffany's 1987 rendition of "I Think We're Alone Now," which is a nod to a fan-favourite scene in the series' first episode. At the end of the video, it's shown that season 2 will drop on July 31, 2020, worldwide. 

The Umbrella Academy is an adaptation of the Dark Horse Comics' series with the same name created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá. The show gives us a look into the lives of the six of the 43 infants born on the same day in October 1989 to unconnected women that showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. These six children were adopted by Reginald Hargreeves and trained to save the world. These six "siblings" include Vanya/The White Violin (Ellen Page), Luther/Spaceboy (Tom Hopper), Diego/The Kraken (David Castañeda), Allison/The Rumor (Emmy Raver-Lampman), Klaus/The Séance (Robert Sheehan) and Number Five/The Boy (Aidan Gallagher).

Source: Variety

Netflix confirms season 2 of ‘The Umbrella Academy’

We’ve heard about this a few days ago but now Netflix has confirmed that The Umbrella Academy is getting a second season. The main cast—which includes Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, and Justin Min—are all coming back to reprise their roles. It’ll be a 10 one-hour episode season, but we don’t know yet when the new episodes will drop. However, production will begin this summer. Steve Blackman will be returing as showrunner and executive producer. My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way, who is the creator of the comic series the show is based on, will be coming back as co-executive producer.

The Umbrella Academy just got confirmed for Season 2, and if anything happens to Five we riot. pic.twitter.com/zoMkmsNwK2

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) April 2, 2019

Source: Engadget

‘The Umbrella Academy’ is coming back for Season 2

While Netflix doesn’t look like it officially announced it yet, Screen Rant reports that The Umbrella Academy is greenlit for a second season with production expected to start next month, May 2019, until September 2019. The show ended on a cliffhanger, so it’s expected that the second season can help answer any questions left by the first season. It isn’t known though what the plot of the second season could be as the show headed in a different direction from the comics. So, comic readers might expect the story to blaze its own trail for season 2.