‘Monarch’ Season 2 Is Again Subsequent Yr, and Bringing King Kong With It

We’ve been ready a good long while to listen to extra concerning the sophomore season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Apple TV and Legendary’s wonderful spinoff of the “Monsterverse” Godzilla films, after season one wrapped up in early 2024. Properly, good issues come to those that wait, together with a number of members of the Russell family acting dynasty and a few very sizeable simians.

This morning Apple TV dropped a brand new trailer to verify that Monarch will return to the streamer early subsequent 12 months on February 27. Choosing up the place the primary season left off, the present will proceed to flash forwards and backwards throughout the lifetime of Lee Shaw (performed as a younger Military officer within the Fifties by Wyatt Russell and within the modern-day by his father Kurt), as he helps two siblings uncover their very own household’s connection to the mysterious titular group because it makes an attempt to analysis and counter the rise of titanic threats.

Season one ended on a little bit of a cliffhanger, with the elder Shaw’s destiny unsure, however Apple did verify that Kurt Russell shall be again for extra in season two, alongside different returning stars Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Mari Yamamoto, Joe Tippett, and Anders Holm. However past acquainted human faces, there’ll be acquainted monsters too: in addition to a cavalcade of freaky-looking new creatures, the brand new trailer additionally confirmed that season two will convey our heroes to Cranium Island, the house of King Kong—and that, after all, Kong shall be making the island’s new friends really feel proper at house in his personal method.

It’s no shock that Monarch season two will incorporate Kong, simply as Godzilla himself served as an overarching presence throughout season one. Kong has turn out to be more and more integral to the Monsterverse films since Godzilla vs. Kong and The New Empire, and with Supernova on the way in 2027, it’s no shock that we would begin seeing the groundwork for that film teased in Kong’s appearances right here.

We’ll begin seeing if Monarch season two can reside as much as the good promise of its predecessor when it premieres on Apple TV February 27, 2026, rolling out the rest of the 10-episode season on a weekly foundation after that.

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