Netflix is adapting the brilliant comic from the guy who fronted My Chemical Romance
Something totally weird and unique is coming to Netflix in 2018, and we should all get pumped.
The Umbrella Academy – a beloved, kickass comic written by former My Chemical Romance (RIP) frontman Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá – is being developed into a 10-episode series, to the delight of diehard fans everywhere.
The original comics and graphic novels followed a group of family members hellbent on solving a twisted mystery involving their father's death, while being the definition of dysfunctional.
It has a gritty realism combined with the humor and wit that Way tends to bring to all of his projects. His writing coupled with Bá's signature art style created a book that earned accolades and Eisner Awards – the comic equivalent of an Oscar or Grammy.
Way took to Instagram to announce this exciting development.
"I couldn’t think of a better place for the vision Gabriel Bá and myself had when creating the comic, and cannot wait for people to experience that world as a live action show,” Way said in a press release from Universal Cable Productions and Dark Horse Entertainment, the company that originally published the comic.
And yes, you read that correctly. Even though this may seem like a perfect opportunity for an animated series, The Umbrella Academy will indeed be live action. Seems like it may be a miss for source material so dependent on illustration, but we'll reserve judgement until we get a trailer.
For now, let's just rejoice that this is actually happening.
