After the release of Skull Island a few weeks back, the Monsterverse took its first steps into a bigger world on a smaller screen.
Following on from the story set up in Godzilla (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and Godzilla vs Kong (2021), Skull Island took the story to our TV screens and very soon Apple TV is set to do the same thing with Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, exploring the history of the mysterious organisation Monarch, which we saw established in Kong: Skull Island over a period of seventy years and we now have our first look at the series.
WATCH: The Monsterverse grows in new trailer for Skull Island anime series
The series will see Kurt Russell and his son, actor Wyatt Russell, play Army Officer Lee Shaw over the course of those years to tell a truly legacy-spanning story.
It seems that it will focus on a smaller, more human story that takes place in a world of goliaths and kaiju and with the Russells starring, I couldn’t be more excited.
The cast for this one also includes Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Mari Yamamoto, Anders Holm, Joe Tippett and Elisa Lasowski.
Following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that levelled San Francisco and the shocking revelation that monsters are real, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” tracks two siblings following in their father’s footsteps to uncover their family’s connection to the secretive organisation 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.
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Check out the new images below including the King himself, Godzilla:
Check out the others images of Kurt Russell, Wyatt Rusell and Anna Sawai in the gallery below:
In related, non-Monsterverse news, an awesome trailer has arrived for Godzilla Minus One, the 37th movie in the original Godzilla franchise and it looks superb. If you’re a Godzilla fan, this is the golden age, folks.
The teaser for #GodzillaMinusOne has arrived!
It is the 37th film in the #Godzilla franchise, the 33rd #GodzillaMovie produced by Toho, the fifth film in the franchise’s Reiwa era and the second live-action film thereof.
Are you going to watch it?pic.twitter.com/wGyFLBTfWO— Only Film Media (@OnlyFilmMedia) July 11, 2023
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