Apple TV and Legendary Television in Talks for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 3
The Hollywood Reporter and Variety reported on October 29 that Apple TV and Legendary Television are in talks for a possible third season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.
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Why it matters
A third season would arrive with a new showrunner and writers rather than the team behind the first two, so the talks are about restarting the series as much as continuing it.
Key Facts
- The Hollywood Reporter and Variety reported on October 29 that Apple TV and Legendary Television are in talks for a third season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.
- A possible third season would have a new showrunner and writers, as well as new Titan monsters.
- The first 10-episode season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters premiered on Apple TV+ in November 2023.
- The second 10-episode season ran from February 27 to May 1.
- A separate Monsterverse spinoff is set in 1984, with Wyatt Russell playing young Lee Shaw and Joby Harold as showrunner.
Sources say a third season would have a new showrunner and writers, plus new Titan monsters, and Variety adds that people have already been approached for the showrunner job. The first 10-episode season premiered on Apple TV+ in November 2023, and the second ran from February 27 to May 1.
The reported plan calls for new Titan monsters alongside the staffing change. Variety's sources say candidates for the showrunner role have already been approached, which puts the talks past the idea stage.
The Monsterverse also has a separate spinoff in the works, set in 1984, with Wyatt Russell playing young Lee Shaw, the character his father Kurt Russell played in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Joby Harold is the showrunner on that series, and Connie Nielsen and Stana Katic have joined its cast.
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