Starring Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, and Anna Sawai, the upcoming live-action sci-fi series, based on Legendary’s ‘Monsterverse,’ pits the famed Gojira and Titans in all-new clashes, coming soon to the streamer.
Apple TV+ unveiled first-look images and title of its highly anticipated Godzilla and Titans live-action original series, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, based on Legendary’s Monsterverse. The show, starring Kurt Russell; Wyatt Russell; Anna Sawai; Kiersey Clemons; Ren Watabe; Mari Yamamoto; Anders Holm; Joe Tippett; and Elisa Lasowski, is set to stream later this year.
In the series, following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco and the shocking revelation that monsters are real, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters tracks two siblings who follow in their father’s footsteps to uncover their family’s connection to the secretive organization known as Monarch. Clues lead them into the world of monsters and ultimately down the rabbit hole to Army officer Lee Shaw (played by Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell), taking place in the 1950s and half a century later, where Monarch is threatened by what Shaw knows. The dramatic saga — spanning three generations — reveals buried secrets and the ways that epic, earth-shattering events can reverberate through our lives.
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is co-developed by Chris Black (Severance, Star Trek: Enterprise, Outcast) and Matt Fraction (Hawkeye). Matt Shakman (WandaVision) directs the first two episodes.
From Legendary Television, the series is executive produced by Black, Fraction, and Shakman alongside Joby Harold (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) and Joby Harold (Spinning Out, Underground) from Safehouse Pictures; Shakman (Wandavision); Andy Goddard (Carnival Row, Downton Abbey); Brad Van Arragon (Yellowjackets, Carnival Row); and Andrew Colville (Severance, Star Trek: Discovery). Hiro Matsuoka and Takemasa Arita executive produce on behalf of Toho Co., Ltd., the owner of the Godzilla character. Toho licensed the rights to Legendary for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.
Legendary Entertainment’s Monsterverse is an epic entertainment universe of interconnected stories that bring together popular culture’s most titanic forces of nature. Beginning in 2014 with Godzilla, continuing in 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, the Monsterverse is said to have accumulated close to two billion dollars globally at the box office and is expanding, with the highly anticipated sequel Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
The series will premiere globally on Apple TV+ alongside its popular series Silo; Foundation, based on Isaac Asimov award-winning novels and created by David S. Goyer; and Invasion, a sci-fi drama series from Academy Award-nominated and two-time Emmy Award-nominated producer Simon Kinberg and David Weil launching its second season on August 23.
Source: Apple TV+
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
