The casting for Apple TV Plus’ untitled new Monsterverse series (previously titled Godzilla and Titans) has become a family affair, with Kurt Russell and his son Wyatt Russell signing on.
The 71-year-old Kurt and his 36-year-old son have signed on to star in the Apple Original live-action monster series, a Legendary Television production based on Legendary’s Monsterverse franchise.
No details were given about their characters in an Apple TV Plus press release, though they join previously-announced stars Anna Sawai, Ren Watabe, Kiersey Clemons, Joe Tippett and Elisa Lasowski.
Family: The casting for Apple TV Plus’ untitled new Monsterverse series (previously titled Godzilla and Titans) has become a family affair, with Kurt Russell and his son Wyatt Russell signing on
Apple original: The 71-year-old Kurt and his 36-year-old son have signed on to star in the Apple Original live-action monster series, a Legendary Television production based on Legendary’s Monsterverse franchise
The show is set in the aftermath of 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco.
As people come to grips with the shocking new reality that monsters are real, the show, ‘will explore one family’s journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch.’
Legendary’s Monsterverse is an expansive story universe of multi-layered experiences centering around humanity’s battle to survive in a world that is under siege by a catastrophic new reality – the monsters of our myths and legends are real.
Aftermath: The show is set in the aftermath of 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco
Beginning in 2014 with Godzilla and continuing with 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, Monsterverse films have accumulated close to two billion dollars globally at the box office.
The franchise will continue to expand even further with a new anime series, Skull Island.
Matthew Shakman (WandaVision, The Great) will direct the first two episodes and serve as executive producer on the untitled series.
Box office: Beginning in 2014 with Godzilla and continuing with 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, Monsterverse films have accumulated close to two billion dollars globally at the box office
The show is produced for Apple TV+ by Legendary Television and executive produced by co-creators Chris Black (Star Trek: Enterprise, Outcast), who serves as showrunner, and Matt Fraction (Hawkeye).
The series is also executive produced by Safehouse Pictures’ Tory Tunnell (Underground, King Arthur) and Joby Harold (Obi Wan Kenobi, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts).
Executive producing for Toho Co. Ltd. are Hiro Matsuoka and Takemasa Arita. Toho is the owner of Godzilla and other classic characters and has licensed the rights to Legendary for this series as a natural byproduct of their long-term relationship on the film franchise.
Produced: The show is produced for Apple TV+ by Legendary Television and executive produced by co-creators Chris Black (Star Trek: Enterprise, Outcast), who serves as showrunner, and Matt Fraction (Hawkeye)
Kurt hasn’t been seen on the big screen since last year’s F9: The Fast Saga, where he returned as Mr. Nobody.
He also returned as his Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 character Ego in the Marvel animated series What If?
His son Wyatt is coming off The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and the podcast series Classified, and he currently stars in Under the Banner of Heaven.
Return: He also returned as his Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 character Ego in the Marvel animated series What If?
Big screen: Kurt hasn’t been seen on the big screen since last year’s F9: The Fast Saga, where he returned as Mr. Nobody
Wyatt: His son Wyatt is coming off The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and the podcast series Classified, and he currently stars in Under the Banner of Heaven
Source: | Dailymail.co.uk