Netflix has announced that the second season of The Umbrella Academy will debut globally on July 31st. Netflix released a video of the cast dancing while in isolation to reveal the premiere date.
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— Netflix (@netflix) May 18, 2020
The Umbrella Academy season one is available now on Netflix and has already been viewed by over 45 million households. The show is about a dysfunctional family of superheroes and is based off of a Dark Horse comic book series with the same name that is created and written Gerard Way (lead vocalist and co-founder of My Chemical Romance) and illustrated Gabriel Bá. The creators explained the premise of the show when they talked to IGN at Comic-Con.
The Umbrella Academy comic starts with 43 superhuman infants that are born to mothers who didn’t show any signs of pregnancy beforehand. Sir Reginald Hargreeves, an inventor and philanthropist, adopts seven of the kids and they are raised to be superheroes at The Umbrella Academy. Hargreeves only cared about results, so kids grow up in a dysfunctional family and end up as psychologically damaged heroes. Netflix description of season one:
“Reunited by their father’s death, estranged siblings with extraordinary powers uncover shocking family secrets — and a looming threat to humanity.”
The trailer for season one can be seen below.
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