The Umbrella Academy is based on a Dark Horse comic-book created by Gerard Way
and illustrated by Gabriel Bá. As an
Eisner award-winner for its exceptional comics and graphic novels, The Umbrella Academy achievement to an
adaption for a live action is no surprise. Following of success Netflix
original series Stranger Things, Marvel's Daredevil and Jessica Jones have been
garnering, The Umbrella Academy theme of a misfit family unlikely superheroes
appears to single another possible hit for young and old viewers alike.
Here
is the synopsis of The Umbrella Academy from Netflix .
On
the same day in 1989, forty-three infants are inexplicably born to random,
unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are
adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreaves, a billionaire industrialist, who creates
The Umbrella Academy and prepares his "children" to save the world.
But not everything went according to plan. In their teenage years, the family
fractured and the team disbanded. Now, the six surviving thirty-something
members reunite upon the news of Hargreeve’s passing. Luther, Diego, Allison,
Klaus, Vanya and Number Five work together to solve a mystery surrounding their
father's death. But the estranged family once again begins to come apart due to
their divergent personalities and abilities, not to mention the imminent threat
of a global apocalypse.
The Umbrella Academy cast includes Ellen
Page, Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, David Castañeda, Aidan
Gallagher, Cameron Britton, and Mary J. Blige.
The Umbrella Academy will begin streaming on
February 15, 2019 only on Netflix.
Widescreen Online Review