We are just one month away from the premiere of Netflix’s fourth and final season of the hit action series The Umbrella Academy.
The show follows a group of kids all born “miraculously” on the same day, some of whom were adopted by the same man. The kids grew up with superpowers and had gone their separate ways until their father died, and they came back together to save the world.
The show has been exciting and fun since it kicked off, and now, the creator who adapted it from its comic into series form has spoken out about the responsibility he feels to make the ending great.
Steve Blackman recently told SFX magazine: “Yeah, I felt a certain responsibility. But I knew how I wanted to end the show from [the] very beginning. We wanted to explain the Jennifer Incident [AKA the death of original Umbrella Academy alumnus Ben], and to talk about [Sir Reginald] Hargreeves’s origins.
‘There will still be mysteries left, but I think the bigger ones are solved. I talked to Gerard Way [author of the comic book the show is based on] the other day, and he was very satisfied with the way we did it.
‘It may not match what he does, but I think he loves some of the things we did.”
The final season is set to be shorter than the previous three, clocking in at six episodes rather than the usual 10. Blackman explained though that he doesn’t think he needed any extra time to wrap things up.
“If you’d asked me if there’s anything else I could have done if I had five more episodes somewhere, I don’t think so. I think we got to what I feel is a very natural ending, the right ending for the show. It’s a surprise ending, but I think it’s a good ending.”
As for whether we might see these characters in the future, Blackman has hope. He noted: “I can think of a number of spin-offs off the top of my head that I would love to see.
‘I hope this isn’t the end of the Umbrella Academy, it’s just so beloved, but we’ll have to see where Netflix wants to go down that road. I think it’s a world that could be spun off.
‘There’s so many interesting timelines and different characters we’ve met along the way that I think it’s deserving of a spin-off one day. I really hope it’s not the end of this.”
I am looking forward to this final season. It’s been two years since season 3, as there were also two years between seasons 2 and 3, with a pandemic and strikes and other setbacks.
We will finally see a resolution, and I can’t wait. This show and these characters have so much heart. I hope their tumultuous stories end with some peace.
The Umbrella Academy season 4 hits Netflix on August 8th.
via: GamesRadar
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