Apple TV+ drama Monarch: Legacy of Monsters – Kurt Russell and son Wyatt Russell light up MonsterVerse history that will have Godzilla fans rejoicing
- Apple TV+’s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters attempts to join the dots between the earliest Godzilla sightings in the early 1950s and the chaos that unfolded in 2014
- Kurt Russell plays a US military officer who may hold the key to unlocking the mystery of secret organisation Monarch and Godzilla’s 2014 San Francisco attack
It is an exciting time to be a Godzilla fan. The King of the Monsters, who first appeared on screens in 1954, will be a ubiquitous presence in the coming months, with no less than three different incarnations of the character lumbering into view between now and next Easter.
In Japan Godzilla Minus One, the 37th film in the franchise, directed by Takashi Yamazaki, took the box office by storm last weekend, raking in more than 1 billion yen (US$6.6 million) in its first three days.
Eager viewers need not wait until spring 2024, however, as Monarch: Legacy of Monsters launches on November 17 on Apple TV+. The second MonsterVerse show after the animated Skull Island on Netflix, this new 10-episode series lays out the history of Monarch, the secret organisation tasked with monitoring Godzilla and the other Titans.
Spanning 60 years and three generations of characters, the show attempts to join the dots between the earliest sightings in the early 1950s and the chaos that unfolded in the San Francisco attack of 2014 – an event now referred to as G-Day.
