EXCLUSIVE: ‘Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters’ Prequel Series Greenlit At Apple With Wyatt Russell Returning

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Sources tell Nexus Point News that Apple TV has greenlit a prequel series to Monarch: Legacy of Monsters starring Wyatt Russell as the younger Lee Shaw, from Monarch. The series will be set during the Cold War and grapple with tensions between the United States and Russia in a world of monsters. 

Joby Harold (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Army of the Dead) will serve as the series’ showrunner and will executive produce with his wife and producing partner Tory Tunnell through their production company Safehouse Pictures. Wyatt Russell, who stars in the series, will serve as an executive producer as well. Harold and Tunnell also served as executive producers on Monarch: Legacy of Monsters which was developed by Chris Black and Matt Fraction.

The series, like Monarch, is a part of Legendary’s Monsterverse which began with 2014’s Godzilla. The series spinned off into Kong: Skull Island and spawned several sequels: Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, and the upcoming Godzilla x Kong: Supernova which is set to release in 2027. Russell is repped by UTA.

Russell recently starred in Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* as the fan-favorite character, John Walker/US Agent and will reprise the role next year in Avengers: Doomsday. Russell’s additional feature credits include Night Swim, Overlord, and 22 Jump Street. His television credits include The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Black Mirror, and Under the Banner of Heaven. Russell is also set to start in Steven Spielberg’s next film for Universal.

The upcoming Monarch prequel series is set to begin production next Summer in Prague.