Things won't be so super on The Umbrella Academy season 4, if it happens. Netflix hasn't renewed the dark superhero drama yet, but another installment feels inevitable. It could possibly be the Umbrella Academy's final chapter, as showrunner Steve Blackman told The Wrap(opens in new tab), "I think inevitably if we got a Season 4, it’s going towards an endgame."

The Umbrella Academy season 4: Everything we know so far
The Umbrella Academy season 4: Everything we know so far


Umbrella Academy season 3 dropped on June 22, 2022, and it immediately over took over the top spot on Netflix's Top 10 list (knocking from Stranger Things season 4 volume 1 down), with nearly 125 million hours streamed globally. At the time of publishing, it ranks at No. 2, displaced only by Stranger Things season 4 volume 2.

Clearly, Umbrella Academy remains popular with fans worldwide — hence, our confidence that it will be renewed. The bigger questions are when it might return and what the storylines will entail, as the season 3 ending gave the show a major reset. 

Season 3 follows the Hargreeves siblings after their return from 1963 Dallas. They find their present-day timeline has been completed altered and they've been replaced by the Sparrow Academy. Their time-traveling machinations have created a universe-destroying paradox, and now they must find a way to prevent apocalypse once again.

Blackman also said he's already pitched a season 4 idea to Netflix and that it could function as the series finale. "I know the beginning middle and end, I know where we’re going to. Since I started ‘Umbrella,’ I only knew in my head what I thought the first four seasons are," he explained. "I have no idea where I’m gonna go after Season 4 if we’re so lucky to have more of that."

Here's everything we know so far about Umbrella Academy season 4.

Umbrella Academy season 4 release date speculation

While Netflix hasn't ordered Umbrella Academy season 4 yet, it seems like a certainty. We expect to hear word in a few weeks, as Netflix tends to wait a month or so after a season drops to make an announcement about the next one. 

After the likely renewal, Blackman and the show's writing team will get to work on the scripts. From there, they'll move into pre-production and additional casting, then begin filming. Once filming wraps, post-production work will take place. 

We can glean a bit of insight from the timing of past seasons, though season 3 was somewhat delayed by the pandemic. Season 1 premiered in February 2019 and season 2 followed a year and half later in July 2020. Season 3 arrived two years later in June 2022. 

Taking all of that into account, our best guess is an Umbrella Academy season 4 release date of spring or summer 2024. 

Umbrella Academy season 4 cast

While not yet officially confirmed, we expect the Umbrella Academy season 4 cast will feature the nine main players seen at the end of season 3 episode 10:

  • Elliot Page as Viktor aka Number Seven, who can convert soundwaves into a destructive force
  • Tom Hopper Luther aka Number One, who has super strength and the upper body of an ape
  • David Castaneda as Diego aka Number Two, who can curve the trajectory of anything he throws
  • Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison aka Number Three, who can control minds with the phrase "I heard a rumor..."
  • Robert Sheehan as Klaus aka Number Four, who can communicate with the dead and make them corporeal for a temporary time
  • Aidan Gallagher as Number Five, who can travel through space and time
  • Justin H. Min as Ben aka Number Six, also Sparrow #2, who can unleash huge tentacles from his body
  • Colm Feore as Sir Reginald Hargreeves, an alien lifeform who becomes a billionaire industrialist and adopts the siblings.
  • Ritu Arya as Lila Pitts, the Handler's adopted daughter and Diego's girlfriend, who has mirroring superpowers.