The Umbrella Academy season 4: Everything we know about the Netflix show's return

The Umbrella Academy season 4 is getting closer to release on Netflix. Filming has wrapped on the comic book adaptation's final installment, with production coming to an end in May. While we don't know have too much official information about the plot of the new season, there are still plenty of exciting snippets of information out there to whet our appetites – for example, the fact that comedy royalty Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, and David Cross have joined the cast in a trio of intriguing roles.

For all that and more, look no further to our complete guide to The Umbrella Academy season 4, including our best predictions at a release date, all the latest casting news, and a recap of the story so far, including how The Umbrella Academy season 3 wrapped up and a guide to the post-credits scene.  

The Umbrella Academy season 4 release date

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The Umbrella Academy season 4 has now been confirmed by Netflix, but there's no release date yet. However, we can make a prediction – there was a gap of just under two years between season 2 and season 3, and a break of around a year and a half between season 1 and season 2. Season 3 was released in June 2022, so that means we could expect new episodes to arrive sometime between December 2023 and June 2024

The Umbrella Academy season 4 plot 

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It's hard to tell what The Umbrella Academy season 4 will have in store without a trailer or synopsis, but the way season 3 wrapped up gives us a pretty good idea of potential plot points. We also know it's the show's final season, so we'll hopefully get a lot of answers. Plus, showrunner Steve Blackman has confirmed that season 4 will only have six episodes (rather than 10, like the previous three seasons).

We'll see the repercussions of the Hargreeves resetting the universe in the season 3 finale, for one thing. Plus, the mid-credits scene makes it seem like Umbrella Ben is back, but Sparrow Ben is still in the picture, too, which complicates matters. Maybe we'll even find out some more about how Umbrella Ben died. Reginald's late wife Abigail is seemingly back from the dead, too, while Luther is looking for Sloane, who was missing at the end of season 3.