The Umbrella Academy season 4: Release date, cast, latest news
Here's everything you need to know.
Stop everything, we have a release date for The Umbrella Academy season 4 – and it's coming very soon.
All good things must come to an end and Netflix series are no different, with the fourth and final season set to hit screens in summer this year.
The Netflix sci-fi follows the adopted Hargreeves siblings, who all possess superpowers, as they attempt to stop the world ending.
Based on the comic books of the same name, the series stars the likes of Robert Sheehan as Klaus, Tom Hopper as Luther and Elliot Page as Viktor, and it has proven wildly popular with fans.
Safe to say, they're clamouring to find out what happens next – especially after that major cliffhanger at the end of season 3.
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With that in mind, read on for everything you need to know about The Umbrella Academy season 4.
The Umbrella Academy season 4 release date
The Umbrella Academy season 4 will be released on Netflix on Thursday 8th August 2024.
The release date was confirmed by Netflix on the fifth anniversary of the show's first episode. New character posters show the Hargreeves siblings in their school uniforms and in their get-up as adults, as they prepare for one final adventure.
Netflix wrote alongside the posters, which confirmed the release date: "Hello: February 15, 2019, Goodbye: August 8, 2024 Happy 5 years to The Umbrella Academy. The final season is on its way."
Season 4 of The Umbrella Academy was confirmed in August 2022, with showrunner Blackman saying: "I’m so excited that the incredibly loyal fans of The Umbrella Academy will be able to experience the fitting end to the Hargreeves siblings’ journey we began five years ago.
"But before we get to that conclusion, we’ve got an amazing story ahead for season 4, one that will have fans on the edge of their seats until the final minutes."
Production began in February 2023. Sharing the news, the Umbrella Academy Twitter account shared a group snap of the cast at a table read with a caption reading: "It’s all been leading to this. The final season of The Umbrella Academy is now in production!"
Filming wrapped in May 2023.
Who will star in The Umbrella Academy season 4?
The below stars are confirmed to return to the cast of The Umbrella Academy season 4:
- Elliot Page as Viktor Hargreeves/The White Violin/Number Seven
- Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves/Spaceboy/Number One
- David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves/The Kraken/Number Two
- Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves/The Rumor/Number Three
- Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves/The Séance/Number Four
- Aidan Gallagher as Five Hargreeves/The Boy/Number Five
- Justin H Min as Ben Hargreeves/The Horror/Number Six and Ben Hargreeves/Sparrow Number Two
- Ritu Arya as Lila Pitts
- Colm Feore as Sir Reginald Hargreeves
The Hargreeves siblings will be back to fight another day in season 4! Of course, the season 3 finale left the fate of Alison (Raver-Lampman) uncertain, but considering she's confirmed on the cast list and we've seen her in the first footage in a Netflix sizzle reel, we're assuming she makes a recovery.
The clip shows the Hargreeves siblings downing a shot, saying: "One last shot, for old time's sake."
The fates of Stanley (Javon Walton), Lila and Diego’s fake child, and Luther’s new wife Sloane (Genesis Rodriguez) remain unclear, so fans will have to wait for more information.
We've also got some new stars joining the fray. They are:
- Nick Offerman as Doctor Gene Thibedeau
- Megan Mullally as Doctor Jean Thibedeau
- David Cross as Sy Grossman
What could happen in The Umbrella Academy season 4?
While details about the plot are thin on the ground, showrunner Steve Blackman has shared some tidbits – including the title of episode 1: The Unbearable Tragedy of Getting What You Want.
He also teased that the stakes are going to be even higher than ever before.
"I think inevitably if we got a season 4, it’s going towards an endgame," Blackman told TheWrap. "I think at a certain point, I’m not sure where we’d go after season 4. We have to be careful."
He continued: "My plan for next year is not to continually tread on the same ground we have before. It’s a challenge to come up with a new way to subvert this storyline, and I think we have an idea how to do that. But I think if we got to season 4, it would be a great ending for the run of the show.
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"I’m not saying I couldn’t do more, but you know, I think that would be very satisfying for the audience, four seasons."
Of course, season 3 ended on a major cliffhanger, so we're expecting the season to pick up after that.
We won't go into too many details here about what exactly happened – for that, you can check out our Umbrella Academy season 3 ending explained feature – but suffice to say that the gang managed to save the universe once more at the end of season 3, but with the world rewritten so that Umbrella Academy are stripped of their powers and their adoptive father Sir Reginald in control.
Meanwhile, the fate of The Sparrow Academy's Sloane Hargreeves (who also happens to be Luther's new wife) is up for debate.
There's also a post-credits scene, featuring Justin H Min’s Ben Hargreeves, as he appears to track down his birth parents - possibly indicating a future storyline for the fourth season.
We can make a well-educated guess that there’ll be yet another apocalypse for the Umbrella heroes to deal with in season 4.
And, of course, given that none of them have their powers anymore, things could be more tricky this time around if the end of the world does emerge.
Showrunner Blackman has said that he hopes to explore a new side to the characters following the removal of their powers at the end of season 3. "I want to pose to the viewer and the fan, ‘Would they be happier without their powers?’ I mean, all they do is complain about being who they are."
"So will Viktor, will Diego be happy without it or will they feel like they’re missing an appendage? Will the world not be right for them anymore without powers? Can they be ‘normal’?"
The cast have also given their takes on season 4.
Raver-Lampman said: "[It’s] really, really packed with classic Umbrella Academy family nonsense and shenanigans that you look forward to."
She added: “There’s some unbelievable new characters and villains that are super exciting.”
Is there a trailer for The Umbrella Academy season 4?
There's no official trailer for The Umbrella Academy season 4 just yet, but some brief footage is included in Netflix's recent sizzle reel.
You can watch it below:
Is The Umbrella Academy ending?
Yes. Showrunner Blackman has confirmed that the series is officially ending with season 4. We don't know how it'll all play out yet, but he previously spoke about how he'd like the show to end.
"I think if we got to Season 4, it would be a great ending for the run of the show. I’m not saying I couldn’t do more, but you know, I think that would be very satisfying for the audience, four seasons," Blackman said.
"I know where I want to go. I know where I want to end, and if we’re lucky enough, I hope the fans will get to see it."
You'll just have to wait and see what's in store - but we'll be sure to update this page when further news come to light.
The Umbrella Academy season 3 is streaming now on Netflix. Check out more of our Sci-Fi coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to see what's on tonight.
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