Saturday, 3rd April 2021 at 12:47 pm It’s official: The Umbrella Academy has gone back before the cameras, – with the adopted Hargreaves siblings once again reuniting to prevent doomsday. Advertisement Netflix had previously announced that filming was due to start in February 2021 – but before you get too excited, series star Tom Hopper has recently confirmed that the shoot is still “near the beginning”, with new COVID-19 protocols meaning the show is taking longer to produce. Renewed for a third season back in November 2020, The Umbrella Academy is based on Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá’s comic books of the same name, and the first two seasons have both gone down a storm on the streamer, becoming one of the platform’s most-watched shows.