The cast and crew of The Umbrella Academy have teased what fans can expect from the third installment of the hit Netflix show.
Heading to streaming on June 22, The Umbrella Academy season 3 will see the super-powered Hargreeves family take on the equally fantastical Sparrow Academy, before facing another potentially apocalyptic event.
We got our first look at the show's final season thanks to an official trailer released in May, though Netflix's annual Geeked Week event shed even more light on the new characters and locations set to appear in future episodes.
We knew, for example, that The Hotel Obsidian, a hotel-style metaphysical space prison where the worst supervillains in the galaxy have been imprisoned by The Umbrella Academy, will debut in season 3, and Netflix has now shared some footage (from the season). 3 premiere) detailing what this mysterious hotel will look like on screen.
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#GeekedWeek gets its first look at #TheUmbrellaAcademy's new home: The Hotel Obsidian. pic.twitter.com/IGa3BkBdSVJune 6, 2022
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Known as The Hotel Oblivion in the original The Umbrella Academy comic series, the location is essentially the Netflix show's Arkham Asylum equivalent, so expect plenty of action in this seemingly sophisticated city residence.
As for other surprises in The Umbrella Academy season 3, the official synopsis for the series' new episodes reads: "Last time we saw Umbrella Academy, they had just stopped the 1963 apocalypse. Convinced they prevented the initial apocalypse and they fixed that timeline forever, they return home to the present day. However, the celebration is cut short when the crew realizes that things aren't exactly (well, not quite) as they left them. .
"Enter the Sparrow Academy. Almost as warm as a sea of icebergs, the Sparrows immediately engage the Umbrellas in a violent showdown that turns out to be the least of everyone's worries. Navigating the challenges, losses, and surprises for their Count: And faced with an unidentified destructive entity wreaking havoc in the universe, the Umbrellas must convince Dad's new family to help them fix what their arrival has done wrong.
So it's safe to assume that more multiversal shenanigans will be the order of the day in The Umbrella Academy season 3. For everything we know about the show's long-awaited third season, check out our dedicated hub, which has information on its cast, trailers, and potential story trailers.
Elsewhere during Netflix's Geeked Week 2022, fans received updates on shows including The Sandman, Locke and Key, and Guillermo del Toro's latest horror project, Cabinet of Curiosities.
The week-long event will also provide plenty more details on upcoming Netflix projects, so stay tuned to TechRadar for all the latest news.