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This live-action series about a dysfunctional family of superheroes, based on Gerard Way's comic book series, has been a boon for Netflix — the company reported that 45 million households watched Season 1 in its first month of release, and Season 2 topped Nielsen's first-ever Streaming Top 10 with over 3 billion watch-minutes.
Netflix renewed "The Umbrella Academy" for a 10-episode Season 3 in November 2020, with taping scheduled to begin in February 2021 in Toronto. No release date has been announced as of January 2021, though the series will likely return in mid-to-late 2021.
Currently scheduled to stream in March, this reunion episode with cast members from the 1990s sitcom will not feature the cast in their old roles. Instead, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer will take part in a panel discussion, looking back on the series almost two decades after it went off the air.
An all-new “Gossip Girl” is returning to HBO Max. This long-awaited reboot will introduce a new community of New York's elite high schoolers, who are now equipped with social media. Starring a new cast of unknown actors, HBO Max's reimagined “Gossip Girl” was announced to feature more gender-inclusive and diverse cast members that better resemble the demographic of New York City. Original series' narrator Kristen Bell will reprise her iconic voice role.
This Disney Plus series will introduce new character Kate Bishop, played by Hailee Steinfeld, and will mark the return of Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Its story picks up following the events of “Avengers: Endgame” (2019) to explore Barton's past and how the mantle of Hawkeye was passed to him.
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