Even More Godzilla News: New TV Show And Blu-Ray
How and why is there so much Godzilla news coming out at once? There’s a new Toho movie, there’s a first-of-its-kind English translation of the original book coming, and now we’re hearing of a Godzilla TV show on the way for Apple TV+. Remember when we said due to Toho’s agreement, we wouldn’t be seeing the Western Godzilla this year? We didn’t realize that deal only extended to movies. There’s a loophole for television and Lionsgate is taking advantage of it by producing Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, a series set in the world of the last few US Godzilla / Kong flicks. Army officer Lee Shaw was part of a military team organized to deal with kaiju threats. Now in the present day, he’s an old man trying to spread the word about their danger. Kurt Russell will play the older version of Officer Shaw and his son Wyatt Russell will play the younger version in flashbacks. Godzilla will play himself. The Godzilla shown here, though, is not the first