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The Umbrella Academy (2019)

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 Hargreeve’s 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.

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CURRENT STATUS:

- Streaming worldwide on Netflix

- Feb. 15, 2019 (se.1)

PRODUCTION STATUS:

- Renewed for season 2 (Apr. 2, 2019)

- Complete/Delivered (Feb. 15, 2019)

- Season 1 in post (Aug., 2018 - Dec., 2018)

- Season 1 in production (Feb., 2018 - Jul. 30, 2018)

- Season 1 pre-production (Nov. 23, 2017 - Feb., 2018)

- Scripting / In Development (Jun. 15, 2010 - Nov. 22, 2017)

- Treatment (Apr. 8, 2009)

- Optioned (Oct. 21, 2008)

GENRES:

- Action; Adventure; Comedy

- Teen TV Shows

- TV shows based on comics; TV sci-fi & fantasy

CONTENT RATING:

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- Parents strongly cautioned

- May not be suitable for children ages 13 and under

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:

- United States

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE:

- English

ALTERNATE LANGUAGES:

AUDIO:

- English [Original], French, Spanish, English - Audio Description, German, Italian

SUBTITLES:

- German, Spanish, French, English, Italian

THIS SHOW IS:

- Mind-bending

- Offbeat

- Imaginative

SEASONS:

- 1

EPISODES:

- 10

RUNNING TIME:

- Approximately 50 to 60 minutes /episode

TOTAL BINGE TIME:

- 549 min (approx. 9 hrs)

FILMING LOCATIONS:

- Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (location)

- Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories (location)

- University of Toronto (location)

PRODUCTION BUDGET:

- (>)$5,000,000 US (per episode, estimated*)

INTERNATIONAL RELEASE DATES:

Country	Also Known As	Release Date
Germany	—	Feb 15, 2019 (internet)
Argentina	The Umbrella Academy	Feb 15, 2019 (internet)
Sweden	—	Feb 15, 2019 (internet)
Belgium	—	Feb 15, 2019 (internet)
United Kingdom	—	Feb 15, 2019 (internet)
France	—	Feb 15, 2019 (internet)
United States	The Umbrella Academy	Feb 15, 2019 (internet)
Netherlands	—	Feb 15, 2019 (internet)
Spain	The Umbrella Academy	Feb 15, 2019 (internet)
Russia	Академия Амбрелла	— —
Greece	Η ακαδημία της ομπρέλας	— —
Ukraine	Академiя Амбрелла	— —

* based on production budgets of similar shows + the "Netflix Factor"

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The Umbrella Academy

Netflix Original Series

February 22, 2019

...in general

The Umbrella Academy is a 10-episode series, produced by Dark Horse Entertainment, for Netflix.

The Umbrella Academy is streaming worldwide on Netflix.

The spoken language is English, with alternate audio-dubbing and subtitle languages available in French, Spanish, German and Italian. It may be a good idea to check local listings for more available language options.

The Umbrella Academy stars Ellen Page (Vanya); Tom Hopper (Luther); David Castañeda (Diego); Emmy Raver-Lampman (Allison); Robert Sheehan (Klaus); Aidan Gallagher (Number Five); Mary J. Blige (Cha-Cha); Cameron Britton (Hazel); Adam Godley (Pogo); Colm Feore (Sir Reginald Hargreeves); Sheila McCarthy (Agnes); Justin H. Min (Ben); Kate Walsh (The Handler); Jordan Claire Robbins (Grace); and John Magaro (Leonard Peabody).

For more information on who's in it, click on the "cast" tab!

The Umbrella Academy is rated TV-14. It's dark, but not "your kids can't watch this" kinda dark. There's blood, coarse language and some intense scenes. So, pretty much the same stuff your kids see at school everyday.

...right to the point

The Umbrella Academy, in short, is based on the comic book of the same name. It's about a dysfunctional family of superheroes raised by their adoptive, eccentric billionaire, father and "AI" nanny. The group of 7 siblings, all born on the same day to different mothers around the world (who were never actually pregnant), were once destined to work together as a team to save humanity. However, for reasons as diverse as each of their personalities, things never worked out and they all split while still in their teens. It took the untimely death of their father some years later to bring them all together once again. That's where the story begins.

The Umbrella Academy comic book series is created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá. Way was the frontman of the rock band "My Chemical Romance" for 12 years until they split up in 2013.

If you know nothing about the comic, that's ok. It may just take an episode or two to get used to the idea that the superheroes aren't like Superman or Spider-Man. The Academy's almost-anti-heroes don't fly or shoot webs. Instead, they each possess peculiar abilities like conjuring the dead (Klaus), or jumping through space and time (Number Five), to name two.

Why are the siblings numbered? Their "monster" father, industrialist Reginald Hargreeves, is to thank for that (played masterfully by Colm Feore). He adopted them as children (7 out of the 43 that were born under same circumstances) and gave them numbers. Number One (Luther), is the leader.

15-year-old Aidan Gallagher (who has the jawline of a superhero), takes on a very "adult" role. He spent the majority of his young career on a Nickelodeon show called, "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn". I can say with 100% certainty that Gallagher's role as "Number Five" is more "[email protected]" than "Nicky Harper". That's not a bad thing, either.

Ellen Page (Vanya) is remarkable, Tom Hopper (Luther) is as fantastic as his (real) body is sculpted, David Castañeda (Diego) is muy bien, the "rumor" about Emmy Raver-Lampman (Allison) is spot-on, Robert Sheehan (Klaus) is awesomely adjective-gay.

Mary J. Blige and Cameron Britton are terrific as assassins Cha-Cha and Hazel, as is Adam Godley playing motion-captured Pogo, the domesticated, philosophic ape. The late arriving Kate Walsh (added to the cast after production began) plays the ambivalent Handler responsible for ordering hits on those who screw with the timeline. I can see Walsh playing this type of character; it suits her very well (and check out her 1950's-era costumes - impressive!).

Look at this soundtrack, The Doors, Etta James, Noah Gallagher, They Might Be Giants, Gerard Way (duh!), Queen, Adam Ant(!), Tiffany(!), and the list goes on. More than 45 songs, including composer Jeff Russo's (Altered Carbon) haunting score. The music makes so many scenes even better. I enjoyed the soundtrack so much that I curated (every song!) a list on Spotify.

...so what I'm saying is this

It's unusual story, clever writing and wonderful players make for an excellent weekend binge. Don't get left behind on this feast.

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who's in The Umbrella Academy?

...a look at the main credited cast

Ellen Page

Number 7 / Vanya Hargreeves

Tom Hopper

Number 1 / Luther Hargreeves

David Castañeda

Number 2 / Diego Hargreeves

Emmy Raver-Lampman

Number 3 / Allison Hargreeves

Robert Sheehan

Number 4 / Klaus Hargreeves

Aidan Gallagher

Number 5

Mary J. Blige

Cha-Cha

Cameron Britton

Hazel

Adam Godley

Pogo

Colm Feore

Sir Reginald Hargreeves

Sheila McCarthy

Agnes

Justin H. Min

Number 6 / Ben Hargreeves

Jordan Claire Robbins

Grace

John Magaro

Leonard Peabody

Rainbow Francks

Detective Chuck Beamen

Cameron Brodeur

Young Luther

Eden Cupid

Young Allison

T.J. McGibbon

Young Vanya

Blake Talabis

Young Diego

Dante Albidone

Young Klaus

Ethan Hwang

Young Ben

Kate Walsh

The Handler

Ashley Madekwe

Detective Eudora Patch

Peter Outerbridge

The Conductor

Charles Cameron

Younger Klaus

Cody Ray Thompson

Dave

Zachary Bennett

Lance Biggs

Coco Assad

Claire

Matt Biedel

Sgt. Dale Chedder

Murray Furrow

Syd

Sean Sullivan

Old Man Five

Emily Piggford

Helen

Patrice Goodman

Dot

filmmakers

who made The Umbrella Academy?

...it takes hundreds of creative people and thousands of hours to produce something like The Umbrella Academy, this is only a partial list of those talented people

directors

|Andrew Bernstein

... director

|Peter Hoar

... director

|Ellen Kuras

... director

|Stephen Surjik

... director

|Jeremy Webb

... director

writers

|Steve Blackman

... writer

|Jeremy Slater

... writer (developed by)

|Sneha Koorse

... writer

|Robert De Laurentiis

... writer

|Ben Nedivi

... writer

|Eric W. Phillips

... writer

|Lauren Schmidt

... writer

|Matt Wolpert

... writer

|Mark Bomback

... writer (screenplay)

|Rawson Marshall Thurber

... writer (screenplay)

|Gerard Way

... writer (characters)

producers

|Everett Burrell

... associate producer

|Gabriel Bá

... co-executive producer

|Keith Goldberg

... co-executive producer

|Sneha Koorse

... producer

|Kevin Lafferty

... producer

|Jamie Neese

... co-producer

|Jason Neese

... co-producer

|Chris Tongue

... co-executive producer

|Gerard Way

... co-executive producer

|Steve Dellerson

... associate producer

|Beau Bauman

... executive producer

|Steve Blackman

... executive producer

|Peter Hoar

... executive producer

|Jeff King

... executive producer

|Scott Stuber

... executive producer

|Mike Richardson

... producer

cinematographers

|Neville Kidd

... cinematographer

|Craig Wrobleski

... cinematographer

editors

|Todd Desrosiers

... editor

|Timothy A. Good

... editor

|Wendy Tzeng

... editor

|Amy E. Duddleston

... editor

|Jon Dudkowski

... editor

|Amanda Panella

... editor

production designers

|Mark Steel

... production designer

|Mark Worthington

... production designer

art directors

|Natasha Peschlow

... supervising art director

|Greg Chown

... art director

set decorator

|Jim Lambie

... set decorator

costume designer

|Christopher Hargadon

... costume designer

makeup department

|Molly Adey

... assistant hair stylist

|Taylor Byers

... assistant makeup artist

|Trason Fernandes

... key makeup artist

|Linda Preston

... department head: makeup

|Ryan Reed

... department head: hair

|Jeanette Stawiarski

... key hair stylist

|Miles Girard Watson

... prosthetic makeup artist

|Jaye Falcioni

... daily makeup artist

|Suzanne Heibati

... hair stylist

|Jane Meade

... big makeup co-ordinator

|Aurielle St-Cyr

... makeup artist

production managers

|Armen Fetulagian

... post production supervisor

|Jodi A. Tario

... assistant production manager

|Dennis Chapman

... production manager

additional unit / assistant directors

|Madeline Arnold

... third assistant director

|Jeremy Whittaker

... assistant director

|Robin K. Flynn

... second assistant director

|Anthony Caporale

... third assistant director

|Rory James

... assistant director

art department

|Makela Barnes

... graphic designer

|J Everett Biggar

... property master: key on set

|Aleks Cameron

... assistant art director

|Kathleen Vernice Chavez

... art department coordinator

|Ross Fraser

... construction coordinator

|John Gallagher

... illustrator

|Greg Gilmore

... graphic designer

|Erin Leslie

... key scenic artist

|Sandro Loschiavo

... lead dresser

|Ahn Mur

... assistant art director

|Lina Namrud

... construction buyer

|Travis Staley

... head carpenter

|Nicole Stephenson

... assistant property master

|Rosalie Mackintosh

... assistant art director

|Robert Polko

... assistant art director

|Andre Nicolas Malouf

... props daily, set dresser, special effects technician

|Milan Andri

... set dresser

|Alexander Narizni

... on set dresser

|Shelby Lynn Black

... set designer

|Julia Bucar

... set dresser

|Naomi Burke

... set dresser

|Stephanie Chalmers

... property buyer

|Brandon Dale

... set dresser

|Jefferson Gonsalves

... set dresser

|Michael Madden

... set designer

|Sam Michlap

... illustrator

|Amy Perron

... set decoration buyer

|Khanh Quach

... set designer

|Deniz Rakhmanova

... scenic painter

|Jim Wallis

... set designer

season 1

what's The Umbrella Academy about?

...here's the episode guide from the first season

Reunited by their father's death, estranged siblings with extraordinary powers uncover shocking family secrets -- and a looming threat to humanity.

The Umbrella Academy episode guide season 1 episode 1