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| The Umbrella Academy season 4 potential release date, cast, plot and everything you need to know |
The Umbrella Academy spoilers follow.
The Umbrella Academy has saved the world once again and now they have a bit of time to relax... kind of. Nothing is ever quiet for too long in this family's life.
But as can be expected, saving the world from the apocalypse comes with a catch, considering none of our superheroes have their superpowers anymore. Which isn't ideal if something else requires them.
Or… maybe this brave new world has a different team of dysfunctional super-powered peeps looking after them?
We have no idea, but there's definitely more of the story we're yet to see. Now it's just a case of figuring out when we'll see them.
Here's everything you need to know about the next season...
The Umbrella Academy season 4 potential release date: When is it coming back?
Currently, there is no official release date for The Umbrella Academy season four. Technically, it hasn't been renewed yet.
But as one of Netflix's most beloved shows, it will be a shocker if they decide to end the series now without any forewarning. And that end credits sequence suggested that Ben was definitely up to something over in Korea.
We figure there's at least one more season in The Umbrella Academy – though when it will arrive is up for debate.
Unlike a lot of other Netflix titles, there doesn't seem to be a recurring pattern in the release date schedule. Season one aired February 2019, season two was at the end of July 2020, and season three dropped two years later (blame Covid) in mid-June 2022.
If we're going for the rough June/July slot, that may be when we see the show next, with our guess being that it won't arrive until 2024 (sorry but there's a lot of work that goes into wrangling a dozen-strong cast and a load of visual effects to bring the show to life. Unless they start filming quickly, it won't be ready within a year.)
But first things first: that all important renewal. We were somewhat expecting news to come out of July 2022's San Diego Comic Con, but that didn't happen.
We'll let you know either way!
The Umbrella Academy season 4 cast: Who's in it?
Naturally if The Umbrella Academy comes back, it wouldn't be the same without... well, the Umbrella Academy. The alive ones at least.
Currently, this stands at:
• #1 – Luther (played by Tom Hopper)
• #2 – Diego (played by David Castañeda)
• #4 – Klaus (played by Robert Sheehan)
• #5 – Number Five (played by Aidan Gallagher)
• #7 – Viktor (played by Elliot Page)
Elliot Page's transition was incorporated into season three, with Viktor coming out to his family and embracing his male identity. The move was something that's been praised by fans and Elliot alike for its simple acknowledgment rather than making it a major focal point of the show.
Cast member Ritu Arya praised the difference it made on set and how it was a display of allyship with their friend as he adjusts to his new life.
"I just feel so proud of the writers and Steve Blackman for how they wrote Elliot's character this season, and they had help from Elliot, too," she explained to Glamour. "It was done in such a sensitive way. That just being written in the show that way shows allyship. It shows support to the community without being preachy in any way; it is just, 'This is a person with a story and that’s it!' Showing that is all we want."
On top of this, we're highly likely to see Lila (played by Ritu Arya), and Ben (Justin H Min) again as well, considering they're so highly tied into the family fold and Ben appears to be on his own mission.
However, there are a number of characters whose relationship with being alive is somewhat in flux, if not exactly laid out. While the family no longer have their powers, there is a chance that we could see these people again in the afterlife or the actual life.
Most notably, this includes Allison (#3, played by Emmy Raver-Lampman), whose future was open to interpretation. Is she alive following the season-three finale? (We've had debates in the office... no idea).
But then there's Stanley (Euphoria's Javon Walton) Lila and Diego's fake child, who vanished into thin air as part of the kugelblitz (after accidentally killing off his uncle Klaus and revealing his immortality so... silver linings and all that).
Luther's new wife Sloane (played by Genesis Rodriguez) has also disappeared into thin air, so he is now on a mission to find her.
But considering the wall between alive and dead (and not to mention several timey-wimey loopholes they could come up with), even if someone has been killed off we wouldn't rule out their potential to turn up again at some point.
The Umbrella Academy season 4 plot: What will happen?
While we have no doubt there'll be a new apocalypse for the team to be dealing with, there's not much really to go on at the moment about where the world stands and what could happen to the gang.
All we know is that none of them have their powers now... which could mean big trouble if the end of the world emerges again.
Fresh from his wedding (and then inexplicably dying and coming back to life), Luther is now on a mission to find his wife Sloan, who for some reason didn't appear through the elevator doors with the rest of the gang.
Diego and Lila seem ready and content to live a normal life, but after years as badass superheroes, can they actually manage to do that?
While we're at it, is Allison alive or dead after being sent into a new world where she's with Claire and Ray at the same time? We have a feeling she may have moved on to her own personal heaven... and if she's pulled out of that we don't think she's going to take that well. Especially considering what a dark path she was going down before.
Viktor will also be dealing with life without his best friend Allison, the sibling he was arguably closest to before and after his transition. Adjusting to his new life, and not just the new world, may also see him find love or a family of his own. We'll find out soon enough.
Then there's Reginald Hargreeves who has finally reunited with his late wife, turning the whole thought process of why he was messing with time and space itself actually oddly romantic, when you think about it.
But now they're back together, what does he plan to do now? Or is he going to disregard the chaos he's created and the lives he's ruined in order to go and live a somewhat quiet life?
The Umbrella Academy season 4 trailer: When can I see it?
As of July 2022, there is no trailer for season four, unless you want to ask Five to jump through some time-loopy apocalypse madness to find it.
From what we know, filming hasn't even commenced yet, so we're a bit of a way off, we're afraid!
But once it ends up in our timeline, we'll be sure to let you know.
Keep an eye in here and we'll update this as soon as we hear something.
The Umbrella Academy is available now on Netflix.
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