TORONTO MOVIE/TV NEWS

Thursday, July 19, 2018

"The Umbrella Academy" on Netflix



Shooting continues in Toronto on the Netflix live-action adaptation of Dark Horse Comics' superhero title "The Umbrella Academy", starring Ellen Page ("X-Men: Days Of Future Past") as 'Vanya', Tom Hopper as 'Luther', David Castaneda as 'Diego', Emmy Raver-Lampman as 'Allison', Robert Sheehan as 'Klaus' and Aidan Gallagher as 'Number Five':


"...set in 1977, in an alternate history where John F. Kennedy was never assassinated, there is a dysfunctional family of superheroes.


"Origin of the superheroes started at the instant of the finishing blow in a cosmic boxing match, when 43 superpowered infants are inexplicably born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy.


"'Sir Reginald Hargreeves' aka 'The Monocle', an extraterrestrial disguised as a famous entrepreneur, adopts the surviving seven children, prepping them to save the world from an unspecified threat as the 'Umbrella Academy'..."


"I am thrilled that 'The Umbrella Academy' has found a home at Netflix", said Way. "I couldn't think of a better place...and cannot wait for people to experience that world as a live action show...."


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