Netflix Renews David Castañeda’s “The Umbrella Academy” for a Second Season

David Castañedais singing in the rain…

Netflix has ordered a 10-episode second season of The Umbrella Academy, its live-action superhero series starring the 29-year-old Mexican American actor.

David Castañeda, The Umbrella Academy,

Production on the series, based on the Dark Horse Comicscreated and written by Gerard Wayand illustrated by Gabriel Bá, will begin this summer in Toronto.

Castañeda, Ellen PageTom HopperEmmy Raver-LampmanRobert SheehanAidan Gallagherand Justin H. Minare set to reprise their roles in Season 2. Additional casting will be announced later.

In The Umbrella Academy, on the same day in 1989, 43 infants inexplicably are born to random, unconnected women who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Seven are adopted by a billionaire who creates The Umbrella Academy and prepares his “children” to save the world. Now, the six surviving members reunite upon the news of their father’s passing and must work together to solve a mystery surrounding his death. But the estranged family begins to come apart due to their divergent personalities and abilities — not to mention the imminent threat of a global apocalypse.

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