The Umbrella Academy has reached the beginning of the end. The fourth and final season of the Netflix series will premiere on Aug. 8 — and the official trailer for the last chapter previews complicated transformations and world-ending, life-or-death stakes for the once-supernatural collective. “The tentacle boy is the key …
Read More »'The Umbrella Academy' Showrunner Accused of 'Toxic, Bullying, Manipulative, and Retaliatory Behavior'
Months before The Umbrella Academy’s premiere in February 2019, showrunner Steve Blackman knew he’d delivered Netflix a hit series. Forty-five million households would tune in to the first season —making it Netflix’s third-most-watched television series that year, behind Stranger Things and The Witcher. Anticipating a quick greenlight for Season Two, …
Read More »Netflix Renews 'The Umbrella Academy' for Fourth and Final Season
Get ready to bid farewell to The Umbrella Academy. Netflix announced Thursday that it has renewed the superhero series — based on the comic books by My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way — for a fourth and final season. Following a two-year, pandemic-related wait for the series’ third season, The Umbrella …
Read More »'The Umbrella Academy' Season 3 Trailer Introduces the Sparrow Academy
Netflix has shared the new trailer for the third season of The Umbrella Academy, the superhero show based on the comic book series by My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way. The new season, premiering June 22 on the streaming service, finds the Umbrella Academy facing off against the mysterious Sparrow Academy …
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