Adam Lenhardt
Senior HTF Member
In October 1989, 43 women around the world gave birth; none of these women had been pregnant when the day first began. Sir Reginald Hargreeves, the wealthy philanthropist and world-renowned scientist, adopted seven of these children. When six of them began displaying extraordinary abilities, he unveiled them to the world.
Now, many years after the team disbanded, this dysfunctional family of superheroes must come together to solve the mystery of their adoptive father's death, the threat of the apocalypse, and more.
Trailer:
Premeres February 15, 2019 on Netflix
The Umbrella Academy:
The live-action series is produced by Universal Cable Productions for Netflix. Steve Blackman (Fargo, Altered Carbon) will serve as executive producer and showrunner, with additional executive producers Jeff F. King (Hand of God), Bluegrass Television, and Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg from Dark Horse Entertainment. Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá will serve as co-executive producers.
Now, many years after the team disbanded, this dysfunctional family of superheroes must come together to solve the mystery of their adoptive father's death, the threat of the apocalypse, and more.
Trailer:
Premeres February 15, 2019 on Netflix
The Umbrella Academy:
- Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves (Spaceboy)
The team leader. He is gifted with superhuman strength and extraordinary physical resilience. - David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves (The Kraken)
The rebellious one. He is gifted with the ability to hold his breath indefinitely. He also has achieved an aptitude with knives equivalent to the most skilled circus knife throwers. - Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves (The Rumor)
The narcissistic one. She is gifted with the ability to alter reality by lying, the consequences of which have since derailed her life. - Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves (The Séance)
The fretful one. He is gifted with levitation, telekinesis, and the ability to contact the dead. - Aidan Gallagher as Number Five (The Boy)
The missing one. He is gifted with the ability to travel through time. - Ben Hargreeves (The Horror)
The dead one. He was gifted with the ability to summon from under his skin monsters from other dimensions. He did not survive until adulthood. - Ellen Page as Vanya Hargreeves (The White Violin)
Unlike her siblings, she never demonstrated any extraordinary abilities. But there are rumors that she is the most powerful of all of them.
- Colm Feore as Sir Reginald Hargreeves (The Monocle)
A world-renowned billionaire industrialist and eccentric inventor—Howard Hughes meets Elon Musk. He is also the adoptive father of seven children who were born under mysterious circumstances and have supernatural abilities. Hargreeves deprived them of any normal childhood, instead relentlessly training and manipulating them into a dysfunctional team of young superheroes.
- Mary J. Blige as Cha-Cha
A ruthless and unorthodox hitwoman who travels through time to kill assigned targets. Even though she has a few gripes about the bureaucracy of her employers, this job is her life. She is sadistic, sociopathic, and her reputation precedes her. Her true love is torture, and she thinks of herself as a "pain artist." She really doesn't care for people—except for her partner Hazel. - Cameron Britton as Hazel
An infamously ruthless and efficient hit-man, currently under contract. His job is to time travel and assassinate targets in different decades. Though a loyal company man who has enjoyed what he does for decades, the job starts to wear on him -- which puts him at odds with his equally lethal partner, “Cha-Cha”.
- Adam Godley as Dr. Pogo
Pogo is a genetically engineered, tweed jacket-wearing, talking chimpanzee. He is the trusted, wise aide and companion to eccentric billionaire Reginald Hargreeves. Much beloved by the Hargreeves’ adopted children, Pogo tries to carry on his deceased master’s legacy by keeping the siblings together. - Ashley Madekwe as Detective Patch
Detective Eudora “Margot” Patch is a driven, fast riser within the police department focused on solving a string of crimes in the city. Some might call her arrogant, but she gets the job done, and with charm. She plays by the book, but that doesn't make her soft. She isn't sympathetic to vigilantism--which puts her at odds with a certain sibling of the Umbrella Academy.
The live-action series is produced by Universal Cable Productions for Netflix. Steve Blackman (Fargo, Altered Carbon) will serve as executive producer and showrunner, with additional executive producers Jeff F. King (Hand of God), Bluegrass Television, and Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg from Dark Horse Entertainment. Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá will serve as co-executive producers.