The Umbrella Academy cast members ‘band together for salary renegotiations and score large pay raises for season three’
Some of the core cast members for the superhero series The Umbrella Academy showed their strength in solidarity when it unified by a common goal.
Six of the main actors – Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, and Justin H. Min – banded together during salary renegotiations and scored a substantial pay raise, according to Variety.
As a result, each of them will now earn more than $200,000 per episode for the upcoming season three of the Netflix-UCP hit show.
Strength in solidarity: Six of the core cast members from the superhero series The Umbrella Academy renegotiated their salaries as a group and scored large pay raises; the group include (l to r) Robert Sheehan, Justin H. Min, Aidan Gallagher, Ellen Page (exempt from group negotiations), Tom Hopper, Castañeda and Emmy Raver-Lampman
The show’s lead actor, Elliot Page, will also benefit from a salary increase for season three but was not directly involved with the group’s effort to renegotiate together, according to the website.
It turns out Page, 33, had already been making more money heading into the premiere of the series due to their star power, which includes a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Juno (2007).
A source familiar with the series did add that Elliot was ‘supportive of the group’s effort.’
Supportive: The series’ lead, Elliot Page, was not directly involved with the group’s decision to renegotiate their salaries together but did support the effort; Page had already seen a pay hike due to their star power; the Oscar-nominated actor is pictured in February 2019
The series is based on the comic books of the same name that were created and written by Gerard Way, who’s the frontman for the rock band My Chemical Romance.
After debuting on Netflix in February 2019, the streaming service reported that 45 million households had watched season one during its first month of release.
On the heels of its initial success, season two premiered in July 2020 and has since seen its viewership increase dramatically.
Hit! The Umbrella Academy has been a top performer for Netflix over its first two seasons
During CES 2021, Nielsen revealed that the series ranked sixth in the most-streamed original series of 2020, a list that also includes such hits as Ozark, Tiger King and The Mandalorian.
The series has been popular with critics, and the second season earned an impressive 90 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Umbrella Academy is expected to begin production this month.
So far, there’s no official word on a premiere date for season three, although it will likely be sometime in 2021.
Ready to roll: The Umbrella Academy is expected to begin production this month