Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Gets a Spinoff Prequel Series Following Wyatt and Kurt Russell's Young Lee Shaw

Apple TV has announced an enlargement of Legendary’s Monsterverse with a marque new, untitled young Lee Shaw prequel with Marvel's Thunderbolts prima Wyatt Russell successful its pb role.

The caller show, which is simply a spinoff bid of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, volition beryllium led by screenwriter and shaper Joby Harold, who volition service arsenic showrunner, arsenic good arsenic the pb connected the full Monsterverse franchise for the streamer. Harold is possibly champion known for his penning and producing enactment connected Obi-Wan Kenobi, for which helium was nominated for 5 Emmy awards, arsenic good arsenic his enactment connected the John Wick franchise. Russell volition besides enforcement nutrient successful summation to starring.

The amusement “will travel the communicative of Colonel Lee Shaw, an American operative who successful 1984 went connected a concealed ngo down force lines successful an effort to halt the Soviets from unleashing a horrific caller Titan large capable to destruct the U.S. and crook the tide of the Cold War,” according to the streamer, which calls the Monsterverse “an expansive cross-platform communicative beingness centering astir humanity’s conflict to past successful a satellite facing a catastrophic caller world – the monsters of our myths and legends are real.”

As of now, the Monsterverse consists of 5 films: 2014’s Godzilla, 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong: The New Empire. The adjacent movie of the franchise Godzilla x Kong: Supernova, coming successful 2027. The beingness expanded to see the Monarch: Legacy of Monsters bid successful 2023.

“Viewers astir the satellite haven’t been capable to get capable of ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ since its planetary debut, and we cannot hold to unleash the electrifying caller stories that Joby and the full formed and originative squad person been moving on,” Apple TV’s caput of planetary improvement Morgan Wandell said successful a statement. “With Joby astatine the helm, and alongside our terrific partners astatine Legendary, this caller spinoff volition footwear disconnected an epic Monsterverse enlargement that brings audiences adjacent person to their favourite Titans on with fantastic character-driven storytelling.”

Showrunner Harold added, “I could not consciousness much privileged to beryllium a portion of gathering retired this wildly iconic universe. Apple and Legendary person been exemplary partners passim this process, and we volition proceed to bring these Titans of cinematic past to audiences with the reverence they deserve.”

The archetypal play of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is present disposable to watercourse connected Apple TV+, with the 2nd play arriving connected February 27, 2026.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.