Over the weekend, Netflix debuted our first look at the their upcoming series The Umbrella Academy, which is set to debut in the new year. We hear that the new show has a street date set for February. Take a look at The Umbrella Academy trailer in the player below.
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The Umbrella Academy trailer
Here’s the official synopsis, as provided by Netflix.
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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As we look at the source material – that aforementioned comic book series which hails from 2007 – we get a little more insight into the story.
Once, the Umbrella Academy was unstoppable. Under the tutelage of their guardian and mentor, Dr. Reginald Hargreeves, its members spent their childhoods fighting evil and honing their extraordinary gifts. Until something went terribly wrong .Now, nine years later, the estranged members of the Umbrella Academy are reunited by the death of the only parent they’ve ever known and the rise of a new and terrible threat. Will they be able to overcome their history for long enough to save the world one more time?
You kinda get the idea. Amonst the cast of The Umbrella Academy are Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, Cameron Britton, and Mary J. Blige. It is set for Netflix a day after Valentine’s Day 2019 on 15th February 2019.
Check out The Umbrella Academy trailer below.
