{"id":18473,"date":"2023-08-18T14:25:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T18:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=18473"},"modified":"2023-08-18T14:25:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T18:25:53","slug":"apple-tv-unveiled-a-first-look-at-its-godzilla-series-monarch-legacy-of-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=18473","title":{"rendered":"Apple TV+ Unveiled a First Look at Its Godzilla Series &#8220;Monarch: Legacy of Monsters&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>@New sci-fi drama series \u201cMonarch: Legacy of Monsters\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apple TV+ announced the title of its highly anticipated sci-fi drama based on Legendary\u2019s Monsterverse as \u201c<strong>Monarch: Legacy of Monsters<\/strong>,\u201d and unveiled the first images from the 10-episode series starring Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Mari Yamamoto, Anders Holm, Joe Tippett and Elisa Lasowski.<\/p>\n<p>Following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco and the shocking revelation that monsters are real, \u201c<strong>Monarch: Legacy of Monsters<\/strong>\u201d tracks two siblings following in their father\u2019s footsteps to uncover their family\u2019s 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 \u2014 spanning three generations \u2014 reveals buried secrets and the ways that epic, earth-shattering events can reverberate through our lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Monarch: Legacy of Monsters<\/strong>&#8221; is co-developed by Chris Black (&#8220;<strong>Severance<\/strong>,&#8221; &#8220;<strong>Star Trek: Enterprise<\/strong>,&#8221; &#8220;<strong>Outcast<\/strong>,&#8221;) and Matt Fraction (&#8220;<strong>Hawkeye<\/strong>\u201d). Matt Shakman (\u201c<strong>WandaVision<\/strong>\u201d) directs the first two episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Hailing from Legendary Television, the series is executive produced by Black, Fraction and Shakman alongside Joby Harold (\u201c<strong>Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/strong>,\u201d \u201cT<strong>ransformers: Rise of the Beasts<\/strong>\u201d) and Tory Tunnell\u00a0 (\u201c<strong>Spinning Out<\/strong>,\u201d \u201c<strong>Underground<\/strong>\u201d) from Safehouse Pictures, Shakman (&#8220;<strong>Wandavision<\/strong>&#8220;), Andy Goddard (&#8220;<strong>Carnival Row<\/strong>, &#8220;<strong>Downton Abbey<\/strong>&#8220;), Brad Van Arragon (&#8220;<strong>Yellowjackets<\/strong>, &#8220;<strong>Carnival Row<\/strong>&#8220;) and Andrew Colville (\u201c<strong>Severance<\/strong>,\u201d \u201c<strong>Star Trek: Discovery<\/strong>\u201d). 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 \u201c<strong>Monarch: Legacy of Monsters<\/strong>\u201d as a natural byproduct of their long-term relationship with the film franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Legendary Entertainment\u2019s Monsterverse is an epic entertainment universe of interconnected stories that bring together popular culture\u2019s most titanic forces of nature. Witness humanity\u2019s greatest battle for survival as we fight for our world in the face of a catastrophic new reality \u2014 the monsters of our myths and legends are real. Beginning in 2014 with Godzilla and continuing with 2017\u2019s \u201c<strong>Kong: Skull Island<\/strong>,\u201d 2019\u2019s \u201c<strong>Godzilla: King of the Monsters<\/strong>\u201d and 2021\u2019s \u201c<strong>Godzilla vs. Kong<\/strong>,\u201d the Monsterverse has accumulated close to two billion dollars globally at the box office and is ever-expanding, with the highly anticipated sequel \u201c<strong>Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-18475\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Monarch-Legacy-of-Monsters-1024x577.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Monarch-Legacy-of-Monsters-1024x577.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Monarch-Legacy-of-Monsters-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Monarch-Legacy-of-Monsters-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Monarch-Legacy-of-Monsters-1536x865.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Monarch-Legacy-of-Monsters-696x392.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Monarch-Legacy-of-Monsters-1068x601.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Monarch-Legacy-of-Monsters-746x420.jpeg 746w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Monarch-Legacy-of-Monsters.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>@New sci-fi drama series \u201cMonarch: Legacy of Monsters\u201d is coming soon to Apple TV+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@New sci-fi drama series \u201cMonarch: Legacy of Monsters\u201d Apple TV+ announced the title of its highly anticipated sci-fi drama based on Legendary\u2019s Monsterverse as \u201cMonarch: Legacy of Monsters,\u201d and unveiled the first images from the 10-episode series starring Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Mari Yamamoto, Anders Holm, Joe Tippett and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[17503,7448,1351,9686,17504,4763,552,8061,17502,10308,1165],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple TV+ Unveiled a First Look at Its Godzilla Series &quot;Monarch: Legacy of Monsters&quot; 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