DRAMA | THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY
The Umbrella Academy fits the genre that Netflix is most known for, the near future or parallel sci-fi narrative SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
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O n Definition we have followed the career of DOP Neville Kidd from his turn on BBC’s Sherlock to his Netflix work on Travelers and Altered Carbon . Now he has shared cinematography duties on The Umbrella Academy – Fargo ’s Craig Wrobleski was the other DOP – currently streaming on Netflix. When we caught up with Neville he was busy shooting Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories in Atlanta for the new Apple streaming service that is rumoured to be arriving later this year.
ACADEMY NEWS Steve Blackman acted as Executive Producer and writer on The Umbrella Academy and was also the show runner; continuing the Fargo connection, Steve also worked on Altered Carbon and Fargo . The new series is based on the popular, Eisner award-winning comics and graphic novels of the same name created and written by Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), illustrated by Gabriel Bá, and published by Dark Horse Comics. The live- action series follows the estranged members of a dysfunctional family of superheroes,
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