Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy adaptation has just gained several more members for its cast. According to Deadline, the series has added Colm Feore (House of Cards), Cameron Britton (Mindhunter) and Adam Godley (Breaking Bad) in regular roles and Ashley Madekwe (Revenge) in a recurring role. Feore will portray Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a world-renowned billionaire industrialist and eccentric […]
Mary J. Blige joins Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy
Netflix has announced that nine-time Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige has become the latest addition to the cast of The Umbrella Academy, Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of the Eisner Award-winning comic book from My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way. THR reports that Blige is set to play Cha-Cha, “a ruthless and unorthodox hit-woman who travels through […]
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The Umbrella Academy begins production at Netflix
Production on Netflix’s adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá’s The Umbrella Academy is now underway. Bá announced the start of production via his Twitter page, posing for a photo with Way on the set of the series. Check it out below… The Umbrella Academy follows the dysfunctional family of the Hargreeves, a group of young superheroes that come together […]
Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy rounds out its cast of dysfunctional superheroes
A couple weeks after Netflix cast Ellen Page (Flatliners) in the lead role of The Umbrella Academy adaptation, the streaming service has now rounded out its cast of dysfunctional superheroes in the Hargreeve family. Joining Page in the series are Tom Hopper (Black Sails) as Luther, Emmy Raver-Lampman (Broadway’s Hamilton) as Allison, David Castañeda (Soldado) as […]
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Ellen Page cast in Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy series
Netflix’s adaptation of Gerard Way’s The Umbrella Academy has just filled one of its lead role. Ellen Page (Inception) has joined the show as Vanya Hargreeves, a.k.a. The White Violin, the black sheep of the superhero family with no supernatural abilities. Due to her lack of abilities, she’s insecure about where she fits within the family and […]
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Netflix to adapt Gerard Way’s The Umbrella Academy
Netflix has acquired yet another series; the streaming service will adapt Gerard Way’s comic title The Umbrella Academy for a 10-episode run to premiere in 2018. The Umbrella Academy follows a dysfunctional family of superheroes that come together in order to solve their father’s possible murder. Fargo’s Steve Blackman will executive producer and showrun the series while The Exorcist’s Jeremy Slater has […]
Dark Horse Comics teams with Universal for TV adaptations
Dark Horse Comics has struck a deal with Universal Cable Productions to bring a selection of its comic book titles to the small screen, with adaptations of The Umbrella Academy, Harrow County, Concrete and Back-Up are in the works. “Dark Horse Entertainment has an incredible roster of fantastical, witty and mind-bending stories,” states Dawn Olmstead, […]