It's almost like Netflix's The Umbrella Academy read our minds: we were (upon reflection) whining just the other day that we missed the pre-holiday time when the live-action adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's comic book series would post updates on social media… share images of them in ugly Christmas sweaters… even let us be […]
Over the past several months, Bleeding Cool's been keeping you up-to-speed on the second-season of The Umbrella Academy, Netflix's live-action adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's comic book series of the same name. Specifically, how it might be tied with Amazon Prime's The Boys when it comes to how quickly they started working on […]
Over the past several months, Bleeding Cool's been keeping you up-to-speed on the second-season of The Umbrella Academy, Netflix's live-action adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's comic book series of the same name. Specifically, how it might be tied with Amazon Prime's The Boys when it comes to how quickly they started working on […]
With production on the second-season of Netflix's live-action adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's comic book series The Umbrella Academy hurtling along at break-neck speeds, fans have already been introduced some of the new faces that will help – or hinder – the Hargreeves efforts to prevent the end of the world. Ritu Arya […]
In a rare moment of how corporate synergy can sometimes result in a (granted, twisted) kind of "happy ending," it appears The Umbrella Academy member Klaus Hargreeves' (aka The Seance) powers are a wee bit more jacked up then we first realized. Not only does Robert Sheehan's shoeless speaker-with-the-dead have the ability to rap with […]
With only a week to go before Netflix's series adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's graphic novel series The Umbrella Academy, the streaming service has offered up the series' official playlist for fans to debate – and salivate – over on Spotify (which you can find here). Recently, comic book writer and ex-My Chemical Romance (MCR) front man/co-founder Way teamed up […]
"Sorry, I'm like really fired up tonight…" We're not sure what Stephen Colbert was expecting from The Umbrella Academy's Ellen Page when she visited Thursday night's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Page has never been one to shy away from expressing her views on politics and social issues, using the platforms afforded her through […]
With Netflix's series adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's graphic novel series The Umbrella Academy set to make its dysfunctional debut next month, the creators updated fans on how they coordinated storylines between the comics and the television series – and gave graphic novels fans an answer to how long they see the series running. In a recent […]
With Netflix's series adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's comic book series The Umbrella Academy set to unleash its dysfunctional family of superheroes upon the streaming world come February 15th, the streaming service is offering viewers a first-look at the Hargreeves family in (in)action. Here's your first-look at Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, released follwoing […]
Even with Netflix's television series adaptation of his and Gerard Way's Dark Horse Comics comic book series The Umbrella Academy set for next week's New York Comic Con (NYCC) as part of the Netflix & Chills panel (more info on that at the end of the article) – and new comics volume The Umbrella Academy: […]
Though Netflix's television series adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's Dark Horse comic book series The Umbrella Academy isn't set to premiere on the streaming service until 2019, Bá is releasing exclusive artwork to give fans a sense of what to expect from the upcoming series. Here's a look at the first edition, released through the […]
13 Reasons Why's Kate Walsh has signed for a recurring role in The Umbrella Academy, Netflix's upcoming series adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's comic book series from publisher Dark Horse Comics. The Grey's Anatomy alum will be taking on the role of The Handler, a composed and confident leader of a mysterious, bureaucratic company. Big or […]
During the media day for Brandon Boyce (Apt Pupil) and Dean Devlin's (The Librarians) upcoming thriller Bad Samaritan, actor Robert Sheehan (Mortal Engines, Mute) treated fans of Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's The Umbrella Academy to some interesting status updates for Netflix's upcoming series adaptation. Cast as shoeless speaker-with-the-dead Klaus Hargreeves/The Séance, Sheehan discussed a number of issues […]
The Big Short's John Magaro is going from Wall Street crisis to troubles of a slightly more epic (read: global) nature, joining the cast of Netflix's adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's comic book series The Umbrella Academy. Magaro is set to play Leonard Peabody, described as "a sweet Average Joe who begins to take […]
Following up on Monday's announcement that award-winning singer/actress Mary J. Blige (Mudbound) would be joining the series as ruthless, time-travelling hitwoman Cha-Cha, Netflix has announced that Cameron Britton (Mindhunter), Colm Feore (House of Cards), Adam Godley (Breaking Bad) and Ashley Madekwe (Revenge) have been cast in The Umbrella Academy, the streaming service's upcoming live-action series adaption […]
Academy Award-nominated and Grammy Award-winning singer/actress Mary J. Blige (Mudbound) is set to play a time-travelling assassin in Netflix's adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's The Umbrella Academy. With a one-year contract that will have her as a series regular, this marks Blige's biggest series commitment to date; though she has made guest appearances on […]
If you're Netflix, then you take it as a good sign that you're only a week into filming your series adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's graphic novel series The Umbrella Academy and you've already won over an impressive new fan. Comic book artist Fábio Moon — twin brother of series' illustrator Bá — was able […]
The Umbrella Academy fans have a new reason to get excited, as co-creator/illustrator Gabriel Bá took to social media on Monday to announce that filming has commenced on Netflix's series adaptation of his and Gerard Way's comic book series. In the tweet, Bá also included a photo of himself and Way, who writes the series. The pair posed for a […]
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It looks like Netflix's live-action The Umbrella Academy series based on Gerard Way's graphic novels has just found one of its leads. Ellen Page has been tapped to play Vanya, the strange one in the not-so-normal Hargreeves family. Vanya is the only one of the adopted children to not have any special powers or abilities, and is written […]
