There comes a time in many lives when a kind of matter transference takes place in the relationship between parent and child. Like a sudden change of filter or aspect ratio, we see our mothers and fathers in new ways, realizing they existed before we did, thought thoughts and felt feelings entirely separate from our own. Almost always, it’s a flower of understanding that blossoms just a bit later than we would like and when it does, it asks of us an impossible question: what to do with this new knowledge, this strange flood of retrospective awe? Perhaps, when you’re far on the other side, looking back through the reverse end of time’s telescope, and if you’re Canadian director Anthony Shim, you make a film like “Riceboy Sleeps,” a familiar immigrant song sung in such an elegant, sincere voice that it feels like a whole new arrangement.
- 5/5/2023
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
"She never stopped worrying for her son." 1091 Pictures has revealed the official US trailer for the release of this acclaimed Canadian indie film titled Riceboy Sleeps, from filmmaker Anthony Shim. It premiered at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival last year, and won a bunch of other awards playing at fests throughout the fall. The film centers on So-Young, played by Choi Seung-yoon, a Korean immigrant single mother raising her teenage son Dong-Hyun after moving to Canada to give him a better life. It was shot around Vancouver and is based in part on filmmaker Anthony Shim's own childhood. Ethan Hwang stars as Dong-Hyun, with a cast including Hunter Dillon, Anthony Shim, and Jerina Son. This features many elegant long takes, telling the story of this boy growing up as an immigrant in Canada. It earned rave reviews and did well for an indie at the Canadian box office after first opening in March.
- 4/27/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The summer season is upon us and, per each year, we’ve dug beyond studio offerings (though a few potential highlights remain) to present an in-depth look at what should be on your radar. From festival winners of the past year to selections coming straight from Cannes to genre delights to, yes, a few blockbuster spectacles, there’s more than enough to anticipate.
Check out our picks below and return for monthly updates as more is sure to be added to the calendar.
Riceboy Sleeps (Anthony Shim; May 2)
So-Young (Choi Seung-yoon) didn’t want to leave South Korea. She had no choice. The father of her newborn son committed suicide and, as an orphan who was never adopted, she had no other family. So, with nowhere to turn and a boy who couldn’t legally become a citizen due to being born out of wedlock, she immigrated to Canada to start anew.
Check out our picks below and return for monthly updates as more is sure to be added to the calendar.
Riceboy Sleeps (Anthony Shim; May 2)
So-Young (Choi Seung-yoon) didn’t want to leave South Korea. She had no choice. The father of her newborn son committed suicide and, as an orphan who was never adopted, she had no other family. So, with nowhere to turn and a boy who couldn’t legally become a citizen due to being born out of wedlock, she immigrated to Canada to start anew.
- 4/25/2023
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Canadian sales agents licenses Viking, Into The Weeds to US.
Sphere Films International has reported key territory deals here on Anthony Shim’s TIFF Platform Prize and Busan audience award winner Riceboy Sleeps.
1091 Pictures has acquired the family drama for the US and rights have gone for Australia and New Zealand (Icon), South Korea (Pancinema), Spain (Yoda Films), Benelux (September Films), Taiwan (Creative Century), Singapore (Lighthouse Film), and Israel (Lev Films).
Theatrical releases are planned for spring in South Korea and Singapore with other releases expected to follow shortly after. Anthony Shim’s 1990’s-set film follows a Korean single...
Sphere Films International has reported key territory deals here on Anthony Shim’s TIFF Platform Prize and Busan audience award winner Riceboy Sleeps.
1091 Pictures has acquired the family drama for the US and rights have gone for Australia and New Zealand (Icon), South Korea (Pancinema), Spain (Yoda Films), Benelux (September Films), Taiwan (Creative Century), Singapore (Lighthouse Film), and Israel (Lev Films).
Theatrical releases are planned for spring in South Korea and Singapore with other releases expected to follow shortly after. Anthony Shim’s 1990’s-set film follows a Korean single...
- 2/20/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
A new trailer is being exclusively unveiled by Et Canada for “Riceboy Sleeps”, the critically acclaimed film from director Antony Shim that was named one of TIFF’s top 10 for 2022.
Filmed in Vancouver, “Riceboy Sleeps” tells the story of So-young (Choi Seung-yoon), a Korean immigrant single mother in the 1990s raising her teenage son Dong-Hyun (Ethan Hwang) after moving to Canada to give him a better life.
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“Determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind in her native country, she does her best to overcome the constant racial and cultural challenges that confront them,” the synopsis reads.
Game Theory Films
“As Dong-hyun gets older, he becomes increasingly curious about his Korean heritage and in particular, about his deceased father — a topic that So-young refuses to address,” the synopsis continues. “Instead, she...
Filmed in Vancouver, “Riceboy Sleeps” tells the story of So-young (Choi Seung-yoon), a Korean immigrant single mother in the 1990s raising her teenage son Dong-Hyun (Ethan Hwang) after moving to Canada to give him a better life.
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“Determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind in her native country, she does her best to overcome the constant racial and cultural challenges that confront them,” the synopsis reads.
Game Theory Films
“As Dong-hyun gets older, he becomes increasingly curious about his Korean heritage and in particular, about his deceased father — a topic that So-young refuses to address,” the synopsis continues. “Instead, she...
- 2/2/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Winner of the Audience Award at Busan and San Diego Asian Film Festival, and the Platform in Toronto, among a plethora of other awards in festivals all around the world, “Riceboy Sleeps” is a film that highlights the progress of Asian-American cinema in the best fashion, as one of its best representatives.
Riceboy Sleeps screened at Red Sea International Film Festival
The film begins in 1990, in Canada, when So-young, a widow and a single mother, arrives and tries to make a new life there along with her baby son. However, things are not easy, as she has to work long hours in the factory that employs her, while Dong-hyun is bullied at school by other children who call him riceboy due to the Korean meals his mother packs for him. A violent incident makes things worse while highlighting the mentality of the then Canadian environment towards immigrants. Ten years later,...
Riceboy Sleeps screened at Red Sea International Film Festival
The film begins in 1990, in Canada, when So-young, a widow and a single mother, arrives and tries to make a new life there along with her baby son. However, things are not easy, as she has to work long hours in the factory that employs her, while Dong-hyun is bullied at school by other children who call him riceboy due to the Korean meals his mother packs for him. A violent incident makes things worse while highlighting the mentality of the then Canadian environment towards immigrants. Ten years later,...
- 12/9/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Anthony Shim joins the likes of Kamila Andini (“Yuni”) and Pablo Larrain (“Jackie”) with the historic win of the Toronto International Film Festival’s Platform Prize for his debut feature, “Riceboy Sleeps.” In this sober slice-of-life, he tells a 2-part story of a single immigrant mother, So-young (played by newcomer Choi Seung-yoon) surviving in the heart of Canada with her son, Dong-hyun (Dohyun Noel Hwang) in the 1990s. In the beginning, the two learn to navigate the social labyrinth of being East Asian in a mostly white town. They displace their background – and by so doing, their dignity – little by little to assimilate. They replace gimbap with sandwiches; exchange Korean names for English ones; turn the other cheek instead of fighting back. In the first half of “Riceboy Sleeps,” the all-too-familiar seeds for internalized self-hatred sow and flourish before viewers the silver screen.
Riceboy Sleeps screened at Toronto International Film...
Riceboy Sleeps screened at Toronto International Film...
- 9/24/2022
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
After 11 days and over 200 films, Toronto International Film Festival finally came to a close on Sunday. On the ground, much of the buzz seemed geared towards upcoming fall releases, like “Glass Onion: Knives Out”, “The Fabelmans”, “The Woman King”, and “Pearl.” TIFF juries seemed to think otherwise, however. Independent productions have taken home most of the awards, with a good half of them being Asian identifying filmmakers took home near half of the awards. Of these, at least 25 percent identify as Asian Canadian, and at least three do not identify as cisgender male. The range has also been notable. With productions ranging from Mongolia (“Snow in September”) to Palestine (“A Gaza Weekend”), from sleepy towns in Canada (“Riceboy Sleeps”) to film sets in the Philippines (“Leonor Will Never Die”), the list of movies reveals the sheer diversity in the continent of Asia – and all the diasporas accompanying it.
But without further ado,...
But without further ado,...
- 9/21/2022
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
So-Young (Choi Seung-yoon) didn’t want to leave South Korea. She had no choice. The father of her newborn son committed suicide and, as an orphan who was never adopted, she had no other family. So, with nowhere to turn and a boy who couldn’t legally become a citizen due to being born out of wedlock, she immigrated to Canada to start anew. There she would build a home for the two of them and a wall in front of her past. Questions about Dong-Hyun’s (Dohyun Noel Hwang at six and Ethan Hwang at sixteen) father were delayed indefinitely and ultimately left unanswered no matter how many times he asked. So-Young only wanted to look forward and, eventually, so did Dong-Hyun. Until their future together was unceremoniously stolen away.
Writer/director Anthony Shim knows this sense of being caught between worlds well considering he too was a Korean...
Writer/director Anthony Shim knows this sense of being caught between worlds well considering he too was a Korean...
- 9/11/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
TIFF: ‘Riceboy Sleeps’ Director Talks Minimal, Single Camera Coverage: “That Was The Scariest Thing”
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Hollywood directors routinely capture on a movie set extra camera footage and angles, or “coverage,” to later give them options in the edit suite.
Not Anthony Shim, director of Riceboy Sleeps. He avoided shooting coverage when his single camera rolled on the set for his Korean and English language immigrant drama having its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
“We didn’t shoot any coverage. That was the scariest thing,” Shim told The Hollywood Reporter about he and director of photography Christopher Lew’s single camera going instead for one-take, choreographed and continuous wide camera shots that cover all the dialogue and visuals in a scene.
In the hands of a master director, such as Martin Scorsese and his opening Copa shot in Goodfellas, minimal camera coverage could be the making of cinematic legend. But for a second feature director like Shim,...
Hollywood directors routinely capture on a movie set extra camera footage and angles, or “coverage,” to later give them options in the edit suite.
Not Anthony Shim, director of Riceboy Sleeps. He avoided shooting coverage when his single camera rolled on the set for his Korean and English language immigrant drama having its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
“We didn’t shoot any coverage. That was the scariest thing,” Shim told The Hollywood Reporter about he and director of photography Christopher Lew’s single camera going instead for one-take, choreographed and continuous wide camera shots that cover all the dialogue and visuals in a scene.
In the hands of a master director, such as Martin Scorsese and his opening Copa shot in Goodfellas, minimal camera coverage could be the making of cinematic legend. But for a second feature director like Shim,...
- 9/11/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Network: Netflix.
Episodes: Tbd (hour).
Seasons: Four.
TV show dates: February 15, 2019 — Tbd.
Series status: Ending.
Performers include: Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, Robert Sheehan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Colm Feore, Adam Godley, John Magaro, Ashley Madekwe, Kate Walsh, Ethan Hwang, and Jordan Claire Robbins.
TV show description:
Based on the Dark Horse Comics comic books and graphic novels created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá, The Umbrella Academy TV show is a superhero action-adventure series developed for television by Steve Blackman and written by Jeremy Slater. The mystery comedy-drama centers on an unusual group of people adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Feore).
In October...
Episodes: Tbd (hour).
Seasons: Four.
TV show dates: February 15, 2019 — Tbd.
Series status: Ending.
Performers include: Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, Robert Sheehan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Colm Feore, Adam Godley, John Magaro, Ashley Madekwe, Kate Walsh, Ethan Hwang, and Jordan Claire Robbins.
TV show description:
Based on the Dark Horse Comics comic books and graphic novels created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá, The Umbrella Academy TV show is a superhero action-adventure series developed for television by Steve Blackman and written by Jeremy Slater. The mystery comedy-drama centers on an unusual group of people adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Feore).
In October...
- 8/26/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Slate includes Nigerian comedy-drama ‘Niagara’.
Sphere Films International, formerly WaZabi Films, heads to Toronto with sales rights to TIFF Platform pair Viking and Riceboy Sleeps and Australian Discovery selection Sweet As.
Viking is a French and English-language sci-fi drama directed by Montreal’s Stéphane Lafleur about researchers who try to replicate a manned mission to Mars in the hopes of solving conflict among the real crew.
Luc Déry and Kim McCraw of micro_scope produced Viking, which Lafleur co-wrote with Eric K. Boulianne. Hamza Haq stars alongside Fabiola N. Aladin, Marie Brassard and Larissa Corriveau.
Lafleur’s first film Continental,...
Sphere Films International, formerly WaZabi Films, heads to Toronto with sales rights to TIFF Platform pair Viking and Riceboy Sleeps and Australian Discovery selection Sweet As.
Viking is a French and English-language sci-fi drama directed by Montreal’s Stéphane Lafleur about researchers who try to replicate a manned mission to Mars in the hopes of solving conflict among the real crew.
Luc Déry and Kim McCraw of micro_scope produced Viking, which Lafleur co-wrote with Eric K. Boulianne. Hamza Haq stars alongside Fabiola N. Aladin, Marie Brassard and Larissa Corriveau.
Lafleur’s first film Continental,...
- 8/9/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Slate includes Australian Discovery selection ‘Sweet As’, Nigerian comedy-drama ‘Niagara’.
Sphere Films International, formerly WaZabi Films, heads to Toronto with sales rights to TIFF Platform pair Viking and Riceboy Sleeps.
Viking is a French and English-language sci-fi drama directed by Montreal’s Stéphane Lafleur about researchers who try to replicate a manned mission to Mars in the hopes of solving conflict among the real crew.
Luc Déry and Kim McCraw of micro_scope produced Viking, which Lafleur co-wrote with Eric K. Boulianne. Hamza Haq stars alongside Fabiola N. Aladin, Marie Brassard and Larissa Corriveau.
Lafleur’s first film Continental, A...
Sphere Films International, formerly WaZabi Films, heads to Toronto with sales rights to TIFF Platform pair Viking and Riceboy Sleeps.
Viking is a French and English-language sci-fi drama directed by Montreal’s Stéphane Lafleur about researchers who try to replicate a manned mission to Mars in the hopes of solving conflict among the real crew.
Luc Déry and Kim McCraw of micro_scope produced Viking, which Lafleur co-wrote with Eric K. Boulianne. Hamza Haq stars alongside Fabiola N. Aladin, Marie Brassard and Larissa Corriveau.
Lafleur’s first film Continental, A...
- 8/9/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Riceboy Sleeps, the latest film from director, writer and actor Anthony Shim, has started production in and around Vancouver.
The movie stars Ethan Hwang (The Umbrella Academy), Hunter Dillon (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before), Anthony Shim (Star Trek Beyond) and newcomer Choi Seung Yoon.
The Canada-Korea production follows the story of a Korean single mother and her adolescent son living as immigrants in North America during the 90s.
Inspired by his own childhood experiences, the project is Shim’s sophomore feature after his debut Daughter premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2019 before being picked up by CBC Gem in Canada and becoming available on Amazon Prime in the U.S.
Pic is produced by Lonesome Heroes Productions, Kind Stranger Productions and A Lasting Dose Productions. It was supported by Telefilm Canada, Crave, and The Harold Greenberg Fund.
Filming has begun in Pitt Meadows and Maple...
The movie stars Ethan Hwang (The Umbrella Academy), Hunter Dillon (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before), Anthony Shim (Star Trek Beyond) and newcomer Choi Seung Yoon.
The Canada-Korea production follows the story of a Korean single mother and her adolescent son living as immigrants in North America during the 90s.
Inspired by his own childhood experiences, the project is Shim’s sophomore feature after his debut Daughter premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2019 before being picked up by CBC Gem in Canada and becoming available on Amazon Prime in the U.S.
Pic is produced by Lonesome Heroes Productions, Kind Stranger Productions and A Lasting Dose Productions. It was supported by Telefilm Canada, Crave, and The Harold Greenberg Fund.
Filming has begun in Pitt Meadows and Maple...
- 8/23/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
"What the hell did we do now?" Netflix just released a new trailer for season two of The Umbrella Academy.
Based on the Dark Horse Comics graphic novels, the superhero drama a centers on an unusual group of people adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) and trained to save the world at his school, The Umbrella Academy. Now that they’re all grown up, they’ve reunited to solve the mystery behind Sir Reginald’s death and stave off a global apocalypse. The cast includes Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Robert Sheehan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Adam Godley, John Magaro, Ashley Madekwe, Kate Walsh, Ethan Hwang, and Jordan Claire Robbins.
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Based on the Dark Horse Comics graphic novels, the superhero drama a centers on an unusual group of people adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) and trained to save the world at his school, The Umbrella Academy. Now that they’re all grown up, they’ve reunited to solve the mystery behind Sir Reginald’s death and stave off a global apocalypse. The cast includes Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Robert Sheehan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Adam Godley, John Magaro, Ashley Madekwe, Kate Walsh, Ethan Hwang, and Jordan Claire Robbins.
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- 7/10/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Netflix has unleashed 12 first look images from season 2 of ‘The Umbrella Academy’.
Season 2 synopsis:
Five warned his family that using his powers to escape from Vanya’s 2019 apocalypse was risky. Well, he was right – the time jump scatters the siblings in time in and around Dallas, Texas. Over a three year period. Starting in 1960. Some, having been stuck in the past for years, have built lives and moved on, certain they’re the only ones who survived. Five is the last to land, smack dab in the middle of a nuclear doomsday, which – spoiler alert! – turns out is a result of the group’s disruption of the timeline. Now the Umbrella Academy must find a way to reunite, figure out what caused doomsday, put a stop to it, and return to the present timeline to stop that other apocalypse. All while being hunted by a trio of ruthless Swedish assassins.
Season 2 synopsis:
Five warned his family that using his powers to escape from Vanya’s 2019 apocalypse was risky. Well, he was right – the time jump scatters the siblings in time in and around Dallas, Texas. Over a three year period. Starting in 1960. Some, having been stuck in the past for years, have built lives and moved on, certain they’re the only ones who survived. Five is the last to land, smack dab in the middle of a nuclear doomsday, which – spoiler alert! – turns out is a result of the group’s disruption of the timeline. Now the Umbrella Academy must find a way to reunite, figure out what caused doomsday, put a stop to it, and return to the present timeline to stop that other apocalypse. All while being hunted by a trio of ruthless Swedish assassins.
- 6/17/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Vulture Watch
Will the Hargreeves have time to get it together? Has The Umbrella Academy TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Netflix? The television vulture is watching all the latest TV cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of The Umbrella Academy, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
A Netflix superhero action-adventure series based on the Dark Horse Comics comic books and graphic novels created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá, The Umbrella Academy stars Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Robert Sheehan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Colm Feore, Adam Godley, John Magaro, Ashley Madekwe, Kate Walsh, Ethan Hwang, and Jordan Claire Robbins. The...
Will the Hargreeves have time to get it together? Has The Umbrella Academy TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Netflix? The television vulture is watching all the latest TV cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of The Umbrella Academy, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
A Netflix superhero action-adventure series based on the Dark Horse Comics comic books and graphic novels created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá, The Umbrella Academy stars Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Robert Sheehan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Colm Feore, Adam Godley, John Magaro, Ashley Madekwe, Kate Walsh, Ethan Hwang, and Jordan Claire Robbins. The...
- 5/19/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Are you a big fan of The Umbrella Academy? Netflix just revealed the TV show's second season will premiere in July.
Based on the Dark Horse Comics graphic novels, the superhero drama a centers on an unusual group of people adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) and trained to save the world at his school, The Umbrella Academy. Now that they’re all grown up, they’ve reunited to solve the mystery behind Sir Reginald’s death and stave off global apocalypse. The cast includes Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Robert Sheehan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Adam Godley, John Magaro, Ashley Madekwe, Kate Walsh, Ethan Hwang, and Jordan Claire Robbins.
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Based on the Dark Horse Comics graphic novels, the superhero drama a centers on an unusual group of people adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) and trained to save the world at his school, The Umbrella Academy. Now that they’re all grown up, they’ve reunited to solve the mystery behind Sir Reginald’s death and stave off global apocalypse. The cast includes Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Robert Sheehan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Adam Godley, John Magaro, Ashley Madekwe, Kate Walsh, Ethan Hwang, and Jordan Claire Robbins.
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- 5/19/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Hold on! It's gonna get messy. Netflix has renewed The Umbrella Academy TV show for a second season, as expected. Watch the renewal announcement, below. It's a good thing The Umbrella Academy was renewed for season two, as the first installment ended on a cliffhanger of epic proportions. Since the series premiere, on February 15th of this year, rumor has it The Umbrella Academy has performed quite well for Netflix, and out-paced their other superhero offerings.
A Netflix superhero action-adventure series based on the Dark Horse Comics comic books and graphic novels created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá, The Umbrella Academy stars Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Robert Sheehan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Colm Feore, Adam Godley, John Magaro, Ashley Madekwe, Kate Walsh, Ethan Hwang, and Jordan Claire Robbins. The...
A Netflix superhero action-adventure series based on the Dark Horse Comics comic books and graphic novels created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá, The Umbrella Academy stars Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Robert Sheehan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Colm Feore, Adam Godley, John Magaro, Ashley Madekwe, Kate Walsh, Ethan Hwang, and Jordan Claire Robbins. The...
- 4/2/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Alec Bojalad Feb 15, 2019
We talked with the cast and crew of Netflix’s Umbrella Academy about adapting a beloved comic and saving the world.
The Umbrella Academy creator Gerard Way had all but given up on ever seeing a live action adaptation of his beloved, off-the-wall superhero comic.
Way had been through the Hollywood ringer with the property, listening to pitches for a movie there, or a TV show here. He was even present at three meetings with Jeremy Slater, The Exorcist showrunner who wrote a live-action Umbrella Academy pilot and was working to sell the show. Still by 2017, ten years after the first issue of the comic debuted, Way decided that he would rather just focus on new issues of the comic, and leave a potential show be. Naturally, Netflix then immediately picked up Slater’s pilot to series with Steve Blackman (Fargo) as showrunner.
further reading: The Umbrella...
We talked with the cast and crew of Netflix’s Umbrella Academy about adapting a beloved comic and saving the world.
The Umbrella Academy creator Gerard Way had all but given up on ever seeing a live action adaptation of his beloved, off-the-wall superhero comic.
Way had been through the Hollywood ringer with the property, listening to pitches for a movie there, or a TV show here. He was even present at three meetings with Jeremy Slater, The Exorcist showrunner who wrote a live-action Umbrella Academy pilot and was working to sell the show. Still by 2017, ten years after the first issue of the comic debuted, Way decided that he would rather just focus on new issues of the comic, and leave a potential show be. Naturally, Netflix then immediately picked up Slater’s pilot to series with Steve Blackman (Fargo) as showrunner.
further reading: The Umbrella...
- 2/2/2019
- Den of Geek
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