Father-Son duo Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell are the new cast members signed for the upcoming series Godzilla & The Titans. Earlier reports have revealed that Wyatt was already in consideration for a role in the series. The series is set in the Monsterverse and is being created by Star Trek: Enterprise’s Chris Black and Eisner Award-winning comic book writer Matt Fraction. The duo is also penning the series.
Per the reports from The Hollywood Reporter, Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell has joined actors Anna Sawai (F9), Kiersey Clemons (The Flash), and Joe Tippet (Mare of Easttown), who together forms up the significant cast. This would be the first time that Kurt and Wyatt Russell will work together. They have been a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe earlier, playing Ego (in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) and John Walker/U.S. Agent (in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier). However, they didn’t appear in the same film or share screen time.
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Godzilla & The Titans will release on Apple TV+ with Matt Shakman directing the show’s first and second episodes. Shakman earlier produced and directed the MCU television series WandaVision for which he received Emmy Award nominations, and has previously helmed episodes of Fargo and Game of Thrones.
Godzilla & The Titans is set after the first film’s events, where the world first came to know of Godzilla, whose antics against other Titans devastated San Francisco. The show would dive further into the backdrop of Monarch, an organization that keeps tabs on the titans. Per the series’ synopsis:
Monsterverse is Expanding Further
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Legendary’s Monsterverse is heading forward from Godzilla vs. Kong after the success of the franchise’s fourth film. Despite being released at the pandemic’s peak, that too, under a day-and-date release strategy, made $470 Million at the box office. At the time, it was the final planned film of the franchise, but Adam Wingard is now returning to the franchise with a follow-up. While the Apple TV+ series will tell a story set after the first film, the fourth film will be a direct sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong, officially expanding the franchise. The film will release in 2024 and will star Dan Stevens (Legion, Beauty and the Beast).
Furthermore, the franchise will expand through an anime-styled series called Skull Island. It will be an adventurous tale of characters shipwrecked ashore island. The series will feature these characters trying to escape the island. The project is written by writer-director Brian Duffield, famous for Godzilla vs. Kong helming films like The Babysitter and Spontaneous. The show will directly head for streaming, exclusively on Netflix.
The Monsterverse franchise has gained massive popularity and has several stories that could be explored further in several forms. While the two series and the fourth film are awaited, let’s hope we see more of the Titans.
