The atypical superhero series about special powers and social (in)competence is returning for a second run.

Based on a successful graphic novel series by the lead singer of punky emo rock band My Chemical Romance, “The Umbrella Academy” has been greenlit for a second season.

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Its ensemble cast is also coming back for more adventures in awkward family dynamics, gradual personal discovery, and superpower mastery.

Together they attempt to overcome various personal obstacles and family feuds in order to save the world from a coming apocalypse.

Season 1 featured Oscar-nominated Ellen Page as timid and apparently non-superpowered violinist Vanya, one of seven adopted siblings brought up, to one degree or another, by emotionally distant eccentric philanthropist Reginald Hargreeves and their perfect robot nanny Grace.

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Page was joined by Emmy Raver-Lampman as famous actress, model, and enchantress Allison, Tom Hopper as musclebound self-appointed team leader Luther, David Castañeda as the stealthy blademaster with a bullish personality, Diego, Robert Sheehan as the almost permanently intoxicated Klaus, Aidan Gallagher as time-traveling old guy in a young body Number Five, and Justin H. Min as ghostly cthulhu-verse beast summoner Ben.

All seven are confirmed for the second season, per Variety, though there’s no word on several key Season 1 supports who may or may not have made it into the second outing.

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Steve Blackman stays on as showrunner, while comic book writer Gerard Way and illustrator Gabriel Bá continue their involvement as part of the production team.

Season 2 is to begin production in May 2019, according to a Production Weekly listing.

For Season 1 of the Canadian production, filming began in January 2018, a year before broadcast availability in February 2019.

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