The Umbrella Academy season 3: Release date, cast, spoilers and news

4 May 2022, 17:22

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When is Umbrella Academy season 3 released on Netflix? Here's everything you need to know about the future of the show.

It's official: The Umbrella Academy season 3 is confirmed and on the way. Both season 1 and season 2 of The Umbrella Academy followed the Hargreeves siblings on their quest to stop two apocalypses from destroying the world. In season 3, it seems like they'll be facing a completely new threat: The Sparrow Academy.

Umbrella Academy season 3 wrapped filming in August 2021, and will arrive on our screens just under one year later in June 2022. We also now have a confirmed cast list, and a confirmed plat synopsis. Are you ready for the Hotel Oblivion?

READ MORE: Umbrella Academy season 2 ending: How it sets up season 3

The latest news Umbrella Academy season 3 news?

• The Umbrella Academy season 3 will be released on Netflix on June 22, 2022.
• Euphoria star Javon Walton will be appearing in season 3. His character has not been revealed just yet.
• 7 new characters have been added to the cast of season 3 too. Justin Cornwell, Cazzie David, Britne Oldford, Genesis Rodriguez and Jake Epstein join Justin H. Min as the Sparrow Academy members. The Green Cube has also been confirmed as a Sparrow called Christopher.
• After coming out as trans in 2020, it's also been confirmed that Elliot Page will continue to play Vanya Hargreeves.

Here's everything you need to know about Umbrella Academy season 3, including the release date, cast, trailer, spoilers and exciting news about what's to come.

When does The Umbrella Academy season 3 come out on Netflix?

Will there be an Umbrella Academy season 3?

Yes. Netflix confirmed that there will be a third season of The Umbrella Academy back in November 2020. Taking to Twitter (Nov 10), the official Umbrella Academy account tweeted: "Oh my god! We're back! Again! It's official. Production for S3 of The Umbrella Academy begins in February."

According to the press release, the season three order includes 10 one-hour episodes. Bring it on!

When is The Umbrella Academy season 3 release date?

The Umbrella Academy season 3 will be released on June 22nd, 2022. That's a Wednesday – so mark it in your diaries so you don't forget!

WARNING: Spoilers ahead for The Umbrella Academy season 2. Read at your own risk!

What will happen in The Umbrella Academy season 3?

The Umbrella Academy season 2 ends with a big cliffhanger. The Hargreeves siblings have managed to stop the apocalypse in the 1960s and travel back to the present day. However, things have completely changed. When they return to their home they find out that The Umbrella Academy as they know it does not exist. It's The Sparrow Academy instead.

We likely won't find out the specifics until season 3 but it looks like Sir Reginald Hargreeves has recruited a different set of superhero siblings. There's a catch though, Ben is part of The Sparrow Academy and he is alive but he is not the Ben we know. After meeting The Umbrella Academy back in time, did Sir Reginald purposefully change the future?

READ MORE: Umbrella Academy season 3 adds 7 new Sparrow Academy characters

Season 3, episode 1 is called "Meet The Family" so season 3 will waste no time in introducing us to the new Sparrow Academy members while the Umbrella Academy members try to either adapt to their new future or change things back.

Speaking about the upcoming comic, which season 3 will likely borrow from, Gerard Way told Forbes: "[It] deals with a very big reveal in the Umbrella Academy universe, something that had been secret for a long time, and our siblings learn a lot about what was happening behind the scenes, as well as discovering the true nature of some characters that have been with them since the beginning."

He added: "The series finally starts to answer the question: 'What about the other babies born on that day, in that moment?' The Umbrella Academy siblings are not alone in the world anymore."

Oh, and then there's the fact that Lila is still alive. Ritu Arya has been confirmed to return in season 3 so it looks like we'll be seeing a lot more of her too.

As for The Handler? Well, with a new timeline in play it's possible that she is, once again, alive. But we'll have to wait and see if Kate Walsh returns for a third time.

The Umbrella Academy season 3 synopsis:

The official synopsis for the third season of the series reads: “Smart, stylish, and about as warm as a sea of icebergs, the Sparrows immediately clash with the Umbrellas in a violent face-off that turns out to be the least of everyone’s concerns.

Navigating challenges, losses and surprises of their own — and dealing with an unidentified destructive entity wreaking havoc in the Universe (something they may have caused) — now all they need to do is convince Dad’s new and possibly better family to help them put right what their arrival made wrong. Will they find a way back to their pre-apocalyptic lives? Or is this new world about to reveal more than just a hiccup in the timeline?”

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Who will be in The Umbrella Academy season 3 cast?

Netflix have confirmed that all of the Hargreeves siblings will be back. Elliot Page (Vanya), Tom Hopper (Luther), David Castañeda (Diego), Emmy Raver-Lampman (Allison), Robert Sheehan (Klaus) and Aidan Gallagher (Number Five) are all integral to the series and will return for more.

It's also been revealed that Colm Feore (Sir Reginald), Adam Godley (Pogo) and Ritu Arya (Lila) will appear again. Elsewhere we hope that Jordan Claire Robbins (Grace) will feature, although that's still unconfirmed.

The Sparrow Academy will also be introduced: Justin Cornwell will play Marcus, Justin H. Min will play Ben (but not the one we know and love!), Britne Oldford will play Fei, Jake Epstein will play Alphonso, Genesis Rodriguez will play Sloane and Cazzie David will play Jayme. The Green Cube has also been confirmed as a Sparrow called Christopher.

Euphoria star Javon Walton (who plays Fez's little brother Ashtray in the HBO series) will be appearing in the new season in a currently undisclosed role.

In a new interview with Complex, Javon revealed that he will be appearing in the show. He didn’t spill any other details about who he’ll be playing in the new season just yet, but people have already been speculating about his character’s role within the new storyline. Could he be appearing in flashbacks? Will he playing the younger version of an already existing character?

Finally, we have our fingers crossed that Kate Walsh will come back (from the dead) as our favourite villain The Handler to cause more mayhem, alongside other familiar faces.

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Is there a The Umbrella Academy season 3 trailer yet?

There's no Umbrella Academy season 3 trailer at the moment, but there is a small teaser that gives us our first look at the Sparrow Academy. You can watch that at the top of the page.

Stay tuned and bookmark this page – we'll let you know as soon as the trailer drops!

Read more Umbrella Academy updates here:

• Umbrella Academy season 3 will be released in 2022
• Here's what the Umbrella Academy season 3 episode titles mean
• Umbrella Academy season 3 adds 7 new Sparrow Academy characters