The end of the second season of The Umbrella Academy left us with the introduction of an alternative 2019 that included a very alive Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) and someone who appeared to be Ben (Justin H. Min). We also saw five people – including a floating cube that called itself Sparrow Academy. This mysterious new group of children are not necessarily look-alikes from the original Umbrella Academy, but they may well be.
Netflix has revealed the actors who will form the Sparrow Academy, which was formed by Hargreeves in this alternate 2019. In addition to Min, Justin Cornwell, Britne Oldford, Genesis Rodriguez, Cazzie David, Jake Epstein and the actor destined for greatness known as “Existential Dread Inducing Psykronium Cube” are set up to join The Umbrella Academy like this new heterogeneous crew with extraordinary skills. They will be joined by Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Ritu Arya and Adam Godley, who are ready to repeat their roles. The production of the third season of 10 episodes is scheduled to begin in February in Toronto.
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The Umbrella Academy was created for television by Steve Blackman, who is the showrunner and serves as an executive producer alongside Jeff F. King, Keith Goldberg, Mike Richardson and Jesse McKeown. Gerard
Way and Gabriel Bá, who created the original comic book from which The Umbrella Academy based, are executive co-producers. The series is produced by UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, for Netflix.
Read the full Sparrow Academy character descriptions below.
JUSTIN CORNWELL (Jingle Jangle: a Christmas journey, I am the night) will play MARCUS, Sparrow # 1. A charming and chiseled colossus. Honest, virtuous and demanding, Marcus keeps the family together. Graceful but lethal, calculated yet compassionate, he is as smart as he is strong. Marcus is disciplined, rational and in control. He exudes confidence and leadership without ever having to increase his
voice.
JUSTIN H. MIN (After Yang, The Umbrella Academy) will play BEN, Sparrow # 2. This is not the sweet Ben that we know and love. This Ben is a Machiavellian strategist, wrapped in a beautiful boy’s body with a thundering squid inside. Vicious, pragmatic and hyper vigilant – Ben is determined to earn his status as a leader at all costs.
BRITNE OLDFORD (The Way, Hunters) will play FEI, Sparrow # 3. Fei sees the world in a special way. She looks like a misanthrope who would rather be alone than spend a second with you. But, truth be told, Fei would like to have a friend. Most of the time, Fei is the smartest person in the room and willing to work things out. But if you run into her, there’s no turning back, because Fei won’t stop until the job is done.
JAKE EPSTEIN (Designated Survivor, Suits) will play ALPHONSO, Sparrow # 4. Years of fighting crime have left his face and body with countless visual reminders of his battles. To compensate, Alphonso is armed with a caustic and scathing sense of humor. The only thing he likes more than verbally assaulting someone foolish enough to get in his face is a good pizza and a six-pack.
GENESIS RODRIGUEZ (The Fugitive, Big Hero 6) will play SLOANE, Sparrow # 5. A romantic and dreamer who feels a higher cosmic vocation leaving her eager to see the world and experience a life beyond her creation. But obligations to his family keep Sloane tied to the Academy, as does his fear of crossing the family line. But Sloane has plans … and one day she can be brave enough to act on them.
CAZZIE DAVID (86 ‘, New York Times best-selling author “No One Asked for This”) will play JAYME, Sparrow # 6. Jayme is a loner hidden under a hood. She doesn’t say much because she doesn’t have to. Jayme has a growl of fear. Take a look at him and you’ll run across the street to avoid what follows. Smart and sharp as a knife, she spends most of her time with Alphonso, her only friend.
PSYCHRONIC CUBE INDUCING EXISTENTIAL FEAR (Newbie) will play CHRISTOPHER, Sparrow # 7. Christopher is a telekinetic cube of unknown origin. It can turn the room into freezing cold and induce paralyzing fear. He acts as the consulted oracle of the Sparrows, who gives incredible advice and serves as family mediator. Reliable, loyal and treated by Sparrows like any other brother, Christopher is a force to be reckoned with.