Umbrella Academy reveals cast of season 3 as Sparrow Academy arrives
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The Umbrella Academy season three is closer than ever, and now Netflix has released a series of new promo shots revealing the new cast members joining the show. 

The new pics introduce the Sparrow Academy characters making their debut in the upcoming episodes. 

As fans of the comic books will remember, The Sparrow Academy is a subset of children from an alternate timeline from the original Umbrella Academy. 

The new images show a series of characters and the numbers they were given as a child. 

Justin Michael Cornwell plays Marcus Hargreeves, Jake Epstein stars as Alphonso Hargreeves and Cazzie David takes on the role of Jaymee Hargreeves in season three.

They’re all set to appear in the new season, which will also see the return of fan favourites.

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Justin Michael Cornwell as Marcus Hargreeves (Picture: Netflix)
Umbrella Academy reveals cast of season 3 as Sparrow Academy arrives Credit Netflix
The new arrivals have a big part to play in season two (Picture: Netflix)

The third run of The Umbrella Academy , with actors including Elliot Page, Emmy Raver-Lampman and Robert Sheehan reprising their roles as a dysfunctional, superpowered family.

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The alternate timeline is revealed in season three (Picture: Netflix)
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Jake Epstein as Alphonso Hargreeves (Picture: Netflix)

The series, based on the comic book series of the same name by , follows a group of individuals with special abilities who are all born on the same day and adopted by an eccentric billionaire called Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore).

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Genesis Rodriguez as Sloane Hargreeves (Picture: Netflix)
Umbrella Academy reveals cast of season 3 as Sparrow Academy arrives Credit Netflix
Cazzie David as Jaymee Hargreeves (Picture: Netflix)
Umbrella Academy reveals cast of season 3 as Sparrow Academy arrives Credit Netflix
The series is arriving soon on the streaming service (Picture: Netflix)

In the season 2 finale, the grown up Hargreeves siblings return to their home in the present day following their adventures in the 1960s, only to discover a different reality to the one they knew.

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY (L to R) ROBERT SHEEHAN as KLAUS HARGREEVES, JUSTIN H. MIN as BEN HARGREEVES, AIDAN GALLAGHER as NUMBER FIVE, ELLEN PAGE as VANYA HARGREEVES, TOM HOPPER as LUTHER HARGREEVES, DAVID CASTA?EDA as DIEGO HARGREEVES and EMMY RAVER-LAMPMAN as ALLISON HARGREEVES in episode 201 of THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY Cr. CHRISTOS KALOHORIDIS/NETFLIX ? 2020
The third season is back very soon (Picture: Netflix)

Not only is their adopted father Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) still alive, but he has formed a different group of superpowered individuals called the Sparrow Academy, which includes their brother Ben (Justin H Min), who in their reality died when he was a teenager.

When season three of the show finished production, the cast celebrated by .