On Monday we reported that Netflix hit The Umbrella Academy was rumoured to be renewed for a second season. Now the streaming service has made the news official.
Variety is reporting the series will return for a 10-episode second season with shooting set to begin in the Summer. This would tally with rumours we were hearing over the weekend that the show is gearing up for shooting again.
Are you excited at the news that show will be returning?
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.
Season 1 on The Umbrella Academy is available now via Netflix worldwide.
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