The superhero drama show of NetFlix, The Umbrella Academy, premiered its first season and became an immediate hit. Adapted from the Dark Horse comic book of the same title, the show follows a family of siblings reunited after their father’s mysterious death. The show gained a massive fan following soon after its launch, prompting Netflix to announce its renewal for another season.
Production on the second season had wrapped up and started after the release of the year. Fans don’t need to worry about the series being affected by the Covid-19 pandemic as, in May 2020, through a date reveal trailer, Netflix announced that the period would premier 31st July 2020. The season will have ten episodes as standard, and all installments will be available to watch the premiere date.
“Right Back Where We Started”
“The Frankel Footage”
“The Swedish Job”
“The Majestic 12”
“Valhalla”
“A Light Supper”
“OGA for OGA”
“The Seven Stages”
“743”
“The End of Something”
Picking up from the cliffhanger ending of the season, two lovers will learn the superhero siblings are scattered across different time intervals in and around. So forcing Number 5 to try and (again) reunites his adopted family. The siblings try to solve it while figuring out how to return all of the whiles, to the present deadline and face another apocalyptic event.
The majority of the primary casts from the first period are set to return in the second. This means Academy award Nominee Ellen Page (Vanya) will reprise her role, alongside, Tom Hopper (Luther), David Castañeda (Diego), Emmy Raver-Lampman (Alison), Robert Sheehan (Klaus), Aidan Gallagher (Number 5), Justin H Min (Ben) and other familiar faces will also be observed. And though unconfirmed, there’s a big chance of Colm Feore (Sir Reginald Hargreeves), Jordon Claire Robbins (Mom), and Adam Godwell (Pogo) returning to depict their characters from the first year. But if Cameron Britton (Hazel) and Mary J Blige (Cha Cha) return as time-traveling specialist assassins remain to be seen.
The upcoming season will also feature Ritu Arya playing with Lila, a chameleon’ with a twisted sense of humor, Yusuf Gatewood of this good Omens’ celebrity depicting Raymond, a born leader, and devoted husband and Marin Ireland as Sissy, a fearless mother who would like to explore what life and love have to offer.
For using a good number of songs in the episodes, the first season of The Umbrella Academy was commended along with the series’s composer having hinted the second season will follow the same tradition.
Showrunner Steve Blackman has allegedly said that, i.e., the source material will be followed by the season. The comics than the first season.
Apart from some teasers here and there, only a date reveals Netflix has published trailer. But since the launch date draws nearer, the streaming giants have dropped some pictures.