The Umbrella Academy cast is led by Ellen Page as they recreate dance sequence from quarantine to announce season 2 premiere date
They think they’re alone now.
The Umbrella Academy cast was lead by Ellen Page as they recreated the iconic dance scene from season 1 while in quarantine.
The seven castmates -who make up the dysfunctional superhero family on the Netflix series – filmed themselves moving and grooving to sounds of 80s classic I Think We’re Alone Now by Tiffany.
Paying homage: The Umbrella Academy cast was lead by Ellen Page as they recreated the iconic dance scene from season 1 while in quarantine.
Ellen Page who plays Vanya Hargreeves, along with Tom Hopper as her brother Luther, were featured heavily in the clip.
David Castaneda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher and Justin Min were also featured in the video as they complete the group of disbanded superheroes who reunited after their adoptive father’s death after being trained to save the world.
Toward the end of the minute-and-a-half long dance sequence Min – who plays Ben Hargreeves – reveals the premiere date as he holds up a sign that has a 2 with an umbrella at the top with ‘July 31, 2020’ on it.
Life imitating art: Page did a great job at redoing her famous season 1 scene set to the tune of 80s classic I Think We’re Alone Now by Tiffany
Buff: Tom Hopper plays her brother Luther Hargreeves as he also moved and grooved
Legendary: Justin Min – who plays Ben Hargreeves – was also featured dancing
Big news: Toward the end of the minute-and-a-half long dance sequence, Min reveals premiere date as he holds up a sign that has a 2 with an umbrella at the top with ‘July 31, 2020’ on it
Motley crew: The seven castmates make up the dysfunctional superhero family on the Netflix series
The show is based on the Dark Horse Comics series created and written by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way.
As they work to solve their father’s murder and prepare for an apocalypse the estranged siblings hold down other jobs outside of their powers.
In the present day, Vanya, played by Ellen is a violin player and Luther, played by Tom, is an astronaut.
Alone now: Emmy Raver-Lampman – who plays Allison Hargreeves – was shown sitting on her bed
Good times: She famously gripped onto a feather boa in the original clip
Uh oh: Robert Sheehan – who plays Klaus Hargreeves – was shown bound by his wrists
Shocked: David Castañeda was shown lounging on his couch
Good times: One of the final shots was the entire cast dancing together
Then there’s Emmy’s character, Allison, who’s a famous actress, Klaus who’s portrayed by Robert is a party animal with a drug addiction, David plays Diego, a vigilante and Aidan’s role of Ben is a ghost only able to converse with Klaus.
After opening to mixed reviews, the renewal will follow a 76 percent rating among critics and 86 percent from viewers on Rotten Tomatoes. Some critics, such as The Hollywood Reporter’s chief TV critic, Tim Goodman, said the show ‘fails to inspire.’
With 8 graphic novels already written for the comics turned into a series, there is be plenty of additional plot and story line to center the second season around.
The Umbrella Academy season 2 begins streaming on Netflix on July 31.
Black Parade: The show is based on the Dark Horse Comics series created and written by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way
Highly-anticipated: The Umbrella Academy season 2 begins streaming on Netflix on July 31