The Umbrella Academy
Same weird family. New weird problems.
Dallas in the 1960s. That’s where the seven Hargreeves siblings end up after they escaped a 2019 apocalypse in The Umbrella Academy’s season one finale. But the time jump has scattered them to different points in time over a three year period.
The earliest to arrive have built new lives in and around Dallas and moved on. By the time #5, known as The Boy, arrives Dallas is headed to a nuclear doomsday caused by the siblings’ disruption of the timeline. Now the Umbrella Academy must find a way to reunite, figure out what caused doomsday, put a stop to it, and return to the present timeline to stop that other apocalypse, all while being hunted by a trio of ruthless Swedish assassins.
Check out the Easter eggs in their sunglasses.
The Hargreeves:
#1 – Tom Hopper as Luther/Spaceboy, an astronaut with super strength.
#2 – David Castaneda as Diego/The Kraken, who can curve knives or anything else he throws.
#3 – Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison/The Rumor, a celebrity who can manipulate reality with the phrase “I heard a rumor…”.
#4 – Robert Sheehan as Klaus/The Séance, who can communicate with the dead and temporarily bring them back to life.
#5 – Aiden Gallagher as The Boy, who can jump through space and time.
#6 – Justin H. Min as Ben/The Horror, who can summon tentacled horrors from his body.
#7 – Ellen Page as Vanessa/The White Violin, a violinist who can convert sound waves into a destructive force.
Who will they meet there? Marin Ireland as Texas housewife Sissy; Yusuf Gatewood as devoted husband and leader Raymond; Ritu Arya as chameleon Lila; and Tom Sinclair, Kris Holden-Ried, and Jason Bryden as the trio of ruthless Swedish assassins.
According to data released by Netflix, season one of The Umbrella Academy was watched by 45 million households worldwide in the first four weeks after its February 15th, 2019 release.
Cast: David Castaneda, Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Aidan Gallagher, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Justin H. Min, Colin Feore, Mary K. Blige, Cameron Britten, John Magaro, Marin Ireland, Yusuf Gatewood, Ritu Arya, Tom Sinclair, Kris Holden-Ried, and Jason Bryden.
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— Umbrella Academy (@UmbrellaAcad) June 16, 2020
Related: The Umbrella Academy Cast Announces July 31st Streaming Date for Season 2
The Umbrella Academy cast announced the July 31st streaming date for season 2 on Netflix from home.
On October 1, 1989, seven extraordinary humans were born.
A disbanded group of superheroes reunite after the death of their adoptive father Sir Reginald Hargreeves, who trained them to save the world.
On one day in 1989, 43 infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by billionaire industrialist Sir Reginald Hargreeves, who creates the Umbrella Academy and prepares his “children” to save the world. In their teenage years, though, the family fractures and the team disbands. Fast forward to the present time, when the six surviving members of the clan reunite upon the news of Hargreeves’ passing. They work together to solve a mystery surrounding their father’s death, but divergent personalities and abilities again pull the estranged family apart, and a global apocalypse is another imminent threat. The series is based on a collection of comics and graphic novels created and written by My Chemical Romance lead singer Gerard Way.
Showrunner: Steve Blackman.
The Umbrella Academy season 2 streams July 31st on Netflix.
