TORONTO MOVIE/TV NEWS

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

"The Umbrella Academy" Renewed For Season 2



"The Umbrella Academy", based on Dark Horse Comics' superhero title, created by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, has been renewed by Netflix for a 10-episode, live-action second season, starting production in Toronto June 2019, starring Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher and Justin H. Min:


"...in 'The Umbrella Academy', on the same day in 1989, the year of the Snake, 43 infants inexplicably are born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by a billionaire who creates 'The Umbrella Academy' and prepares his 'children' to save the world.


"Now, the six surviving members reunite upon the news of their father's passing and must work together to solve a mystery surrounding his death. 


"But the estranged family begins to come apart due to their divergent personalities and abilities — not to mention the imminent threat of a global apocalypse..."


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