‘Stranger Things, ‘Umbrella Academy’ and ‘House of the Dragon’ Rule Twitter Conversation

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe Duffer Brothers are going to take aspiring TV creators behind the scenes in the Upside Down.Matt and Ross Duffer, who are the creators, writers and executive producers of Netflix smash hit “Stranger Things,” launched a class on celeb-focused online learning platform MasterClass about how to develop an original TV series. The debut of their class comes on the eve of the July 1 premiere of “Stranger Things 4” Volume 2 — the final two episodes of the season.The Duffer Brothers’ class comprises 18 video lessons, totaling 5 hours and 18 minutes of instruction.

Stranger Things star Winona Ryder has been keeping an eye on the Netflix show’s historical accuracy.According to her co-star David Harbour, the actress has had a direct impact on the show’s script, alerting showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer about any ’80s-related inconsistencies she finds.“She’d tell them, ‘This song actually came out in ’85, and you have it in ’83,’” Harbour told Harper’s Bazaar.“She knew all of these minute, tiny details they didn’t even know, and they had to change things in the script based on that… It’s just kind of epic how wild her mind is and how it goes to all these different corners.”In the same interview, Ryder revealed some of the guidance she shared with the young cast members of Stranger Things, having been a child star herself in the ’80s.“I want the kids to understand, this does not happen,” she said. “This is really unusual.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix is celebrating the last two episodes of “Stranger Things 4” with a live, virtual watch party late Thursday night — letting fans tune in for a cast Q&A before the Volume 2 eps go live July 1.For the virtual watch party, Netflix has tapped Scener, a co-viewing platform that lets people watch titles on different streaming services together online. The event is free to access, but you must be a current Netflix subscriber to watch the premiere.Ahead of the two “Stranger Things 4” Volume 2 epsiodes’ premiere at 3 a.m. ET Friday on Netflix, the Scener watch party will host a Q&A starting at 2:15 a.m.

Elliot Page came out as transgender in December 2020 and his real-life transition was mirrored on the latest season of Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy.Note: Plot Spoilers Ahead.In Season 3, viewers were introduced to his character Viktor Hargreeves in season 3. Page came out as trans weeks before production for season 3 was set to commence. The series show runner recruited trans writer Thomas Page McBee to aid in curating a storyline that felt authentic and sensitive to the trans journey of Page and his character, Viktor. Page praised the showrunner Steve Blackman and writer Thomas Page McBee for handling Viktor’s transition and the character’s storyline with care, stating that he believed the arc “ultimately, and in retrospect, has been really clear in so many ways.” “Viktor’s discomfort and the walls that he puts up, I think without realising, he’s just so folded in on himself and meeting Sissy and getting to feel more embodied and self-assured, and it was really, really quite special to actually reflect on that.” The actor added that he thought the conversations with McBee ensured that they were “really able to feel what that honest progression is.”Transition Is Life Saving, Elliot Page tells Oprah WinfreyPage referenced Viktor’s siblings’ reactions as ones that echoed his own lived experience.

Ryder, now 50, told Harper’s Bazaar in its July issue of the arrest, which temporarily sunk her career. “I was in San Francisco. But I also wasn’t getting offers.

Selome Hailu After four weeks in the No. 1 position of Netflix’s Top 10 chart, Season 4 of “Stranger Things” has finally slipped from the top. Season 3 of “The Umbrella Academy” took that position during the June 20-26 viewing window, having premiered on June 22.

Scots singer Gerry Cinnamon could be doing a Kate Bush after one of his tracks opened the new season of Netflix smash hit The Umbrella Academy. The Glasgow-born singer's song Sometimes features in the first scene of the much-anticipated third series of the comic book caper.

Elliot Page shared with the world in late 2020 that he was transgender, there was a question about whether Netflix's would reflect Page's real-life journey onscreen. Scripts for the third season had already been written by that point, but after taking some time to mull over how best to approach Page's new chapter, creator and showrunner Steve Blackman decided to incorporate it into the narrative.

Elliot Page is discussing the way in which “The Umbrella Academy” approached his character’s transition in the new season. 

onscreen transition to his true self loosely mirrored that of the real-life journey for his portrayer, Elliot Page, who came out as transgender in late 2020.The hour-long episode, titled «World's Biggest Ball of Twine,» spent significant time focusing on his journey to becoming Viktor. After learning that his former love, Sissy, would later die, he received the clarity he needed to step out of his box and embrace his true identity as Viktor — cutting his hair as a literal and symbolic way to mark the start to his new life's chapter.When Viktor reintroduced himself to his other Hargreeves siblings, they accepted him immediately and without fanfare before they moved on to the next order of business — figuring out how to save the universe from another apocalyptic event.

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Elliot Page spoke to Seth Meyers on Late Night last night how The Umbrella Academy incorporated the actor’s own personal transition into Season 3 of the show, which premieres today on Netflix.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticWhen “The Umbrella Academy” last aired new episodes, in July 2020, its star occupied a different place in the culture, under a different name.Elliot Page, the Academy Award-nominated performer, is by far the highest-profile member of the show’s cast — all playing a family of superheroes perennially trying to thwart apocalypse. And his public disclosure that he is a trans man in late 2020 presented the series with a conundrum as it looked ahead to a third season.

Elliot Page's real-life transition was reflected in an early season 3 episode of Netflix's when his character reintroduced himself as Viktor Hargreeves. Page publicly shared in December 2020 that he was transgender and would use he/him pronouns. In March of this year, Netflix confirmed with a photo that Page's character, who had been known as Vanya and used she/her pronouns for the first two seasons, would now be Viktor and use he/him pronouns.Even with another world-ending apocalypse looming large within the world of, the series dealt a sensitive hand in crafting Viktor's onscreen transition story.

The Umbrella Academy is back on Netflix with a brand new season and in it, Elliot Page makes his debut as Viktor Hargreeves.

Elliot Page is opening up about his life since coming out as trans, and how he's focusing on the joy he feels at embracing his truth and his happiness.The actor sat down with Seth Meyers on Tuesday's, and opened up about coming out in December 2020, and the journey he's been on since — including how his character in Netflix's also transitioned in the forthcoming third season.According to Page, he was a part of the process in crafting that development for the character — and it was a development fully embraced by creator Steve Blackman.«When we first talked about it, he seemed really excited about incorporating it into the show,» Page shared, adding that they also collaborated with trans author and journalist Thomas Page McBee, who «came on board and helped out and I feel proud of it and I'm excited for people to see it.»Page spoke with Meyers about his transition, and specifically the response he received from those closest to him, which Page said was overwhelmingly supportive. «I feel really grateful for that,» Page shared. «Most people [in my life] weren't surprised.»As for some of the negative feedback he's gotten — largely from strangers whom he's never actually met — Page said he's trying not to get bogged down in negativity.«What I want to focus on right now, and has been so extraordinary, is the degree of joy that I feel, the degree of presence that I feel. I feel a way that I really never thought possible for a long, long time,» Page said.

Netflix is giving fans a sneak peak at “The Umbrella Academy” season 3, before it officially drops on June 22.

WARNING SEASON FOUR SPOILERS AHEAD!Jane 'Eleven' Hopper (Millie Bobby Brown) could be seen using her newly-regained powers while inside the Creel House in the trailer for Stranger Things two-part season four finale, which drops July 1 on Netflix.The Creel House was the former residence of sentient creature Vecna aka Henry Creel (Jamie Campbell Bower), who murdered his mother and sister in 1959 and was the first patient of Dr. Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine).At the end of the seventh episode, Eleven banished the patient-turned-orderly to the Upside Down after a psychokinetic stand-off in the 'rainbow room' of Hawkins Laboratory - transforming him into Vecna. Eleven versus Vecna! Jane 'Eleven' Hopper (Millie Bobby Brown) could be seen using her newly-regained powers while inside the Creel House in the trailer for Stranger Things two-part season four finale, which drops July 1 on NetflixFans can now expect an epic showdown between the gifted pair, which might involve Henry's father - Pennhurst Asylum patient Victor Creel (Robert Englund) - who doesn't realize his son is still alive.'It is over.

season 4 is here. And it promises to deliver a satisfying -- if not deadly -- end to the biggest, most watched installment of the Netflix original series from the Duffer Brothers. With Vecna showing no signs of slowing down, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) struggling to regain her powers and the gang split between Hawkins, Indiana and California, things are not looking good as our favorite high school heroes prepare for the battle of their lives. And based on comments from the cast, notably Joseph Quinn, who joined this season with the breakout role as Eddie Munson, not everyone will make it out alive.

“There is thunder in our hearts.”

Stranger Things” — and its new villain, Vecna — will be back on July 1. Netflix dropped the official trailer for Volume 2 of the massively popular horror sci-fi series, hinting at what’s to come in the final two supersized episodes of the show’s penultimate season.Volume 1 ended on a major cliffhanger, right after it was revealed that Vecna is actually Henry Creel (Jamie Campbell Bower), a Hawkins boy from the ’50s who became the first test subject in the same government experiment as Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown).