The Umbrella Academy (Netflix)

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The Umbrella Academy is an upcoming American television series developed by Steve Blackman for Netflix. It is an adaptation of the comic book series The Umbrella Academy created by Gerard Way, and published by Dark Horse Comics and is set to premiere on Netflix in 2019.

The Umbrella Academy is a dysfunctional family of superheroes — The Monocle (Colm Feore), Spaceboy (Tom Hopper), The Kraken (David Castañeda) , The Rumor (Emmy Raver-Lampman), The Séance (Robert Sheehan), Number Five (Aidan Gallagher), The Horror, and The White Violin (Ellen Page) — who work together to solve their father’s mysterious death while coming apart at the seams due to their divergent personalities and abilities. Also starring Mary J. Blige.

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I can't wait for this. I mean ... Ellen Page! And if Robert Sheehan is allowed to do his own thing and be fun like his iconic role in Misfits, I'm gonna be thrilled.

* Some sources say it's 2018, others say 2019. We'll see.