director James Gunn has revealed that the script for the upcoming Superman movie is “essentially done” and has been for a while.
17.11.2023 - 17:55 / blog.playstation.com / Wyatt Russell / Kurt Russell
A mystery has been brewing since viewers visited the monster-filled lands of Legendary’s 2017 film, Kong: Skull Island. The movie revealed a shady organization called Monarch with special interests in the growing presence of titanic monsters like King Kong and Godzilla. We’ve seen these behemoths crush and clash on the big screen, along with a breadcrumb trail of clues around Monarch’s machinations. That trail continues today as Monarch: Legacy of Monsters premieres on Apple TV+, continuing the Monsterverse story from exciting new perspectives of its nuanced human protagonists.
To mark the hulking step for the Monsterverse, I had the pleasure of chatting with Director and Executive Producer Matt Shakman (WandaVision, Succession, Game of Thrones). We discuss the creator’s history with Godzilla, the process of bringing this cinematic universe to a TV series, and much more.
PlayStation Blog: Thanks for joining us, Matt. How did you come to be involved with Monarch: Legacy of Monsters?
Matt Shakman: It’s great to be here. Thank you. I’m a huge Godzilla fan. I have been since I was a kid. I used to watch them with my dad – they’re very fond memories from my childhood. So when [Legendary] approached me about directing the first two episodes of this show, I was immediately intrigued just because Godzilla was part of the package. But then when I got to read the scripts and see the really beautiful, multigenerational dramatic story that they had created, I was immediately pulled in. And then on top of that, there was Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell playing the same character [Lee Shaw]. Hugely exciting. I was really ready to go. In terms of my journey before that, I’m a filmmaker, director and producer, I work in theater, film, and television. And that’s my story before up to this point.
You mentioned that the new series spans multiple generations. How are you approaching that in the show?
So Monarch is this organization that has existed in the Legendary MonsterVerse movies. It’s an organization that studies monsters. It’s a somewhat secretive group. Our story is about that organization, how it came to be, and then how it is in the present day. We follow characters in multiple time periods who have connections to each other in ways that are revealed during the course of the show. I don’t want to say too much about the history of those family connections. But it really is about many generations of trauma, about dealing with what monsters mean on this earth, and what is life like now that they’re a part of our everyday experience. That’s what’s happening in our present-day timeline, after the events of the 2014 Godzilla movie where the monsters revealed themselves to us for the first time. It’s about a
director James Gunn has revealed that the script for the upcoming Superman movie is “essentially done” and has been for a while.
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has grown a bit bigger, as the roles of Jimmy Olsen and Eve Teschmacher have been cast for the DC Studios movie. The film is set to release on July 11, 2025.
has multiple endings, and the choices that affect these outcomes are arguably the greatest decisions in the game beyond settling on which Hogwarts House to choose. The ancient magic mystery that the fifth-year protagonist and Professor Fig have been trying to solve will finally come to a head, and it'll be up to them to navigate a particularly tricky situation. Their choice will directly influence the outcome of the game, so it's crucial that players are aware of which ending is best for them.
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is finally arriving for the Nintendo Switch after a long delay compared to its release dates on other platforms, which were released in February 2023, nearly a year earlier. But the journey to Hogwarts of the past is now accessible on the Switch, letting a wider audience experience an adventure long before Harry Potter was even born. However, the inclusion of a certain feature could've set the Switch version apart from other consoles if its technology had been used to the fullest.
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Monarch: Legacy of Monstersis one of the year’s best surprises.