“The Umbrella Academy” Season 3 Trailer Reveals a Brand New Battle

The official trailer for The Umbrella Academy season 3 is here, revealing that the Academy’s adoptive father, Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) created another superhero team, the Sparrows. Although to be fair, Sir Reginald didn’t do that to spite the superhero family we’ve come to know and love, the Hargreeves, he did it because on the current timeline ...

By The Credits  |  May 19, 2022
Elliot Page’s Powerful Open Letter About Coming Out as Transgender, Non-Binary

“I can’t begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self,” Elliot Page wrote in a statement heard around the entertainment industry and the world on Tuesday. The Oscar-nominated actor and one of the stars of Netflix’s current hit series The Umbrella Academy announced he is ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  December 2, 2020

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Special/Visual Effects

VFX Supervisor Laurent Spillemaecker on “The Umbrella Academy” Season 2

How were the superpowered siblings over at The Umbrella Academy going to top season 1’s armageddon-causing shenanigans? How about by dropping the whole family in Dallas, in the early 1960s, and setting their family squabbles in the context of the JFK assassination? The second season of Steve Blackman and Jeremy Slater’s Netflix’s show, based on the ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  September 15, 2020
Watch The Entire Opening Scene to Season 2 of “The Umbrella Academy”

What you need to handle the mid-week doldrums is a shot of The Umbrella Academy straight into your veins. The opening scene to the delightfully bizarre, beautifully constructed Netflix series is available to do just that, and it starts off with a bang. The opening scene begins with Aidan Gallagher’s Number Five touching down in Dallas. He’s ...

By The Credits  |  July 29, 2020

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Costume Designer

Dressing Misfits, Robots & Superheroes With The Umbrella Academy‘s Costume Designer

Understandably, there’s been a lot of fan interest in the gargantuan prosthetic that Tom Harper wears for his portrayal of Luther Hargreeves, a.k.a. No. 1, in the well-received Netflix superhero series The Umbrella Academy. However, no one is emailing the show’s costume designer Christopher Hargadon about actually purchasing one. Hargadon is getting inquiries from fans ...

By David Thorpe  |  March 4, 2019