Let is be known that a hot summer sun is no match for the Hargreeves siblings, and that THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY is back with another sylish promo for its upcoming season.
Netflix today unveiled a new promo image for Season 2 of THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY. The new print features all seven of Sir Reginald Hargreeves' most gifted children positioned in front of a swirling spiral while sporting a variety of sunglasses. Reflected in the lenses, I assume, are stills from the show's upcoming season, which is set to make its Netflix premiere on July 31st.
You'll find the official synopsis for THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY: Season 2 below:
Five warned his family (so, so many times) that using his powers to escape from Vanya’s 2019 apocalypse was risky. Well, he was right – the time jump scatters the siblings in time in and around Dallas, Texas. Over a three year period. Starting in 1960. Some, having been stuck in the past for years, have built lives and moved on, certain they’re the only ones who survived. Five is the last to land, smack dab in the middle of a nuclear doomsday, which – spoiler alert! – turns out is a result of the group’s disruption of the timeline (déjà vu, anyone?). Now the Umbrella Academy must find a way to reunite, figure out what caused doomsday, put a stop to it, and return to the present timeline to stop that other apocalypse. All while being hunted by a trio of ruthless Swedish assassins. But seriously, no pressure or anything.
Recently, The Umbrella Academy creator and executive producer Gerard Way spoke with Comicbook.com about making preparations for the show's sophomore season. "What I did for Steve Blackman (the showrunner) and the writers in that first writers' room was to create an eighteen-page document that laid everything out," Way said. "Even of the graphic novels that haven't come out yet, which should equal eight when we're all done. So I gave them the blueprint what happens because you do want to seed certain things in there for future series, and the hope is that it's a success so that you do a lot more of these. They're very curious what Gabriel [Ba] and I are doing next. We always send them the new comics. They really want to know what's happening."
In their coverage, the site also spoke with composer Jeff Russo, who says that fans can expect some significant changes to the setting of the show upon its return. "Well, there's definitely a big change in setting, that's for sure," he said. "And we tried not to change too much the approach of how to tell the story musically. I mean, we used a lot of really great songs in season one. We're going to be using a lot of great songs in season two. We use score in a very meaningful way to support the emotional arcs of all of our characters in season one. We'll be doing that again in season two. There are some new characters that we're going to be having some fun with from a score perspective, and that's always fun, coming up with new thematic ideas for new characters and how to underscore them. So there's a lot of new and then there's a lot of the same. It's a lot of both, but it's definitely a thrill ride this year."
Like many fans of the show, I too am eager for THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY to be back in session on Netflix at the end of July. Here's hoping that a Season 2 trailer is close at hand, and that the super group's next adventure is even more twisted than their last.
You can check out the new promo image in all of its glory below: