Netflix Renews ‘The Umbrella Academy’ for Season 3

Netflix has greenlit superhero series “The Umbrella Academy” for a third season, with production on 10 new episodes to begin in February in Toronto. Based on the Dark Horse comic book series, “The Umbrella Academy” is set in a universe where 43 women around the world give birth simultaneously on October 1, 1989, despite none of them showing any sign of pregnancy until labor began. Seven of the children are adopted by eccentric billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves and are turned into a superhero team that he calls “The Umbrella Academy.” 

Set to return are Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, and Colm Feore. Also coming back is executive producer/showrunner Steve Blackman.