The Umbrella Academy (season 2) - Wikipedia

Development

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Following the success of the first season, on April 2, 2019, the series was renewed for a second season, which was released on July 31, 2020.[3][4] It was also confirmed that the second season will consist of ten episodes, like the previous season.[5] The season release date remained unknown until May 18, 2020, when a teaser trailer concept was released where the main cast danced to "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany.[6] Steve Blackman confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that he wants to stay in the course of what the comics are doing without deviating too much.[7] On June 26 it was revealed that the series will be taking place at the 60s in Dallas, due to the time travel from the end of the previous season.[8]

Casting

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Following the renewal, Elliot Page,[a] Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, and Aidan Gallagher were all confirmed to be returning to reprise their roles as the Hargreeves siblings. In January 2020, Justin H. Min and Kate Walsh were promoted to series regulars for the second season, following their recurring roles in the first season.[9][10] On September 10, 2019, Netflix announced that three additional actors — Ritu Arya, Marin Ireland and Yusuf Gatewood — would join the cast.[11][12] On October 17, 2019, John Kapelos announced that he would be joining the recurring cast as Jack Ruby, the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald.[13]

Filming

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Principal photography for the second season began on June 16, 2019. Like the previous season, it was filmed in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, despite the series taking place in Dallas, Texas.[14][15] Exterior shots were taken in Dallas such as the Dealey Plaza.[16] Filming concluded on November 23, 2019.[17]

Visual effects

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The second season used 400 shots from the Folks VFX Montreal team under the guidance of VFX supervisor Laurent Spillemaecker to create time portal effects seen throughout the season, particularly Five's special ability. Meanwhile, Spillemaecker's crew recreated events surrounding JFK's fateful Dallas visit, while including The Umbrella Academy's superpower interactions. Pictures and references from the 60s were provided to create and later to be used as digital matte paintings and CG environments, to transform Canada into the show's setting, 1960s Dallas.[18][19]

The opening scene of the second season, where the siblings fight the Soviets on a Dallas street, was the most complicated to do, being nearly completely CGI. It was released on a 360-degree bluescreen backlot set which was 15 feet tall and 200 feet by 60 feet. The only real things that weren't made of CGI, were the tank, soldiers, cast and the rubble on the ground. The set was LiDAR scanned so that the director, Sylvian White could walk around using a VR edition of the iPad. They used a Phantom running at 700 frames per second on a camera stick. The scene was also divided in seven parts, beginning with Number Five's arrival at 1963, and concluding before Diego's first lines. For safety reasons the crew couldn't fire the AK-47s at Diego so they were forced to do multiple passes.[20][21]

Music

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The show's score album, composed by Jeff Russo and Perrine Virgile, was released on November 6, 2020, a little over 3 months after the season's release.

All music is composed by Jeff Russo and Perrine Virgile.

The Umbrella Academy, Season 2 (Music from the Netflix Original Series)[22][23]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Swedes"	1:23
2.	"Lila and Diego"	1:29
3.	"Allison's Sit In"	2:21
4.	"Klaus Practices Yoga"	1:41
5.	"Luther and Allison"	2:09
6.	"The Family is Reunited"	1:45
7.	"Ben Embodies Klaus"	1:46
8.	"Vanya and Sissy Kiss"	1:49
9.	"The Race Against Time"	1:47
10.	"Vanya is the Bomb"	2:02
11.	"The Family Tried to Stop Vanya"	4:20
12.	"Ben's Sacrifice"	3:45
13.	"Young Ben's Funeral"	3:25
14.	"Luckiest Man I Know"	1:23
15.	"One of Us"	2:19