The Umbrella Academy released seven new character posters ahead of its third season.
Each poster features the main characters of the Netflix series with the shadows of birds looming over them. Shared with the caption, “Take cover,” the posters tease the threatening role that the Sparrow Academy will likely play in the upcoming season. The Umbrella Academy stars Elliot Page, David Castañeda, Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Ritu Arya, and Aidan Gallagher.
Based on the graphic novels of the same name written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá, The Umbrella Academy follows the Hargeeves, a dysfunctional adoptive family of superheroes who come together to solve the mystery surrounding their father’s death. Seasons 1 and 2 followed the source material closely, adapting The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite and The Umbrella Academy: Dallas, both published by Dark Horse Comics in 2007 and 2008, respectively.
The Sparrow Academy was introduced to the Netflix series at the end of Season 2, which premiered in July 2020, as a superhero team from an alternate timeline almost identical to the titular family. It’s currently unclear if the third graphic novel, Hotel Oblivion, will factor into the plot of Season 3, but the upcoming fourth novel, titled The Umbrella Academy: Sparrow Academy, will focus mainly on the Sparrow Academy.
In a recent interview, Raver-Lampman, who portrays Allison Hargreeves, said that the storylines in Season 3 will divert from the original graphic novels. “We’re running adjacent to the graphic novels, but I don’t think [creator] Steve [Blackman] is beholden at all to the graphic novels,” Raver-Lampman said. She noted that “Gerard and Steve are in constant communication,” but that in the third season “we’re really, really doing our own thing, and I think the show has found some really cool plots to follow and explore.”
Raver-Lampman also teased that Season 3 will feature an “epic rivalry” between the Umbrella Academy and the Sparrow Academy. “And I think The Umbrella Academy, they’ve never truly been matched before. They struggle and they have their moments, but that’s all exciting, and you never know if they’re going to rise to the top. But then they always do, and I don’t know that they’ve ever been matched in this kind of way where they’re staring at a different version of themselves. I’m excited for everybody to see what happens.”
The first two seasons of The Umbrella Academy are currently streaming on Netflix. While Season 3 does not yet have a release date, it will feature newcomers Justin Cornwell, Britne Oldford, Jake Epstein, Genesis Rodriguez, Cazzie David and Justin H. Min portraying the members of the Sparrow Academy.
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