The umbrella academy
Based on Gerard Way’s Eisner-winning comic, The Umbrella Academy features Ellen Page, Mary J Blige and a stellar ensemble cast.
Reunited by their father’s death, estranged siblings with extraordinary powers uncover shocking family secrets — and a looming threat to humanity.
The series focusses on a family’s emotional baggage that comes from issues like growing up with the cold, unloving Hargreeves as their so-called father, a robot maid who fakes being their mother, and the realities of adulthood slamming into kids with stunted emotional development. As a result, the kids’ first reunion in years, brought on by the death of Daddy Hargreeves, is a tense affair.
The series premieres on February 15 on Netflix.
Isn’t it romantic
An architect who’s skeptical of all things romantic suddenly wakes up in a rom-com world where everything is eerily perfect. Starring Priyanka Chopra, Rebel Wilson and Liam Hemsworth, Isn’t it Romantic will be Priyanka’s third Hollywood venture. It is a modern-day, sarcastic take on rom-coms. It is the story of a 25-year-old architect Natalie (Rebel Wilson), who hates rom-coms but lives in one after a freaking accident. Her only way out is to find her true love which wouldn’t be easy. Priyanka Chopra plays the role of Isabella, a yoga ambassador.
The film, that opens in American theatres on February 13, will release in India on February 28 on Netflix.
Sex Education season 2
With the series tracked to be a huge hit (estimated over 40 million households watching the show within the first four weeks), Netflix has officially announced a second season for the show, Sex Education. The series has been renewed for eight episodes.
Season two is slated to begin production this spring in the UK. Actors Gillian Anderson, Asa Butterfield, Emma Mackey, Ncuti Gatwa, Aimee-Lou Wood, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Tanya Reynolds and Patricia Allison are set to reprise their roles. Creator Laurie Nunn will return as creator and executive producer with Jamie Campbell set to executive produce alongside Nunn.
About the recommission, series creator Laurie Nunn said, “The reception to series one has been so exciting. Seeing how people across the world have connected to characters that began as ideas in my head is incredible. I’m hugely grateful to every person that has taken the time to watch the series, and I can’t wait to continue this amazing journey.”