The Umbrella Academy – (L-R) Number Five (Aidan Gallagher), Vanya (Ellen Page), Allison (Emily Raver-Lampman), Klaus (Robert Sheehan) , Hazel (Cameron Britton), Luther (Tom Hopper) – Photo courtesy of Netflix.
The Umbrella Academy is a unique superhero series based on an Eisner award-winning comic created by Gerard Way.
Netflix has released seven character posters that give us hints about the show’s ‘super dysfunctional family’ – and they keep the unique happening.
The Umbrella Academy is set to premiere on Netflix on February 15, 2019.
Number 1 is Super Strong
Number 2 is Super Bitter
Number 3 is Super Famous
Number 4 is super High
Number 5 is super Old
Number 6 is Super Dead
Number 7 is Super… Ordinary
About The Umbrella Academy:
On the same day in 1989, forty-three infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a billionaire industrialist, who creates The Umbrella Academy and prepares his “children” to save the world. But not everything went according to plan. In their teenage years, the family fractured and the team disbanded. Now, the six surviving thirty-something members reunite upon the news of Hargreeves’ passing. Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Vanya and Number Five work together to solve a mystery surrounding their father’s death. But the estranged family once again begins to come apart due to their divergent personalities and abilities, not to mention the imminent threat of a global apocalypse.
The Umbrella Academy is based on the popular, Eisner award-winning comics and graphic novels created and written by Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), illustrated by Gabriel Bá, and published by Dark Horse Comics. The live-action series stars Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, Cameron Britton, and Mary J. Blige, and is produced by Universal Cable Productions for Netflix. Steve Blackman (Fargo, Altered Carbon) will serve as executive producer and showrunner, with additional executive producers Jeff F. King (Hand of God), Bluegrass Television, and Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg from Dark Horse Entertainment. Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá will serve as co-executive producers.
Launch Date: February 15, 2019
Created for Television by: Steve Blackman
Executive Producers: Steve Blackman (Showrunner/EP), Jeff King (EP), Keith Goldberg (EP), Mike Richardson (EP), Gerard Way (Co-EP), Gabriel Bá (Co-EP)
Produced by: Universal Cable Productions for Netflix
Series Stars: Ellen Page, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Colm Feore, Adam Godley, John Magaro, Ashley Madekwe, Kate Walsh
# of episodes: 10 x 1-hour episodes
Filmed in: Toronto, Canada
You will be able to stream The Umbrella Academy here.
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