Netflix have ordered more of ‘The Umbrella Academy’ starring multi-award winner Mary J. Blige.
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According to Deadline, the streaming giant has commissioned a second season of the live-action superhero series.
Its sophomore run will be comprised of 10-episodes.
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On the same day in 1989, 43 children are born to women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Oddly, the women have no connection to one another.
Seven of said kids are adopted by a billionaire who creates The Umbrella Academy and prepares “his” youngsters to save the world.
Years past and the collective drift apart. However, news of their father’s death reunites the six surviving members of the clan. They’re tasked with working together – despite tense internal dynamics – to solve the mystery surrounding his death. And save the world from an apocalypse.
MJB plays assassin Cha Cha and is joined on the cast list by the likes of Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, and Justin Min.