Titan X isn’t the only new creature joining Godzilla and Kong in “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” Season 2.
Collider debuted the first look at a new breed of monster called scarabs that will be attacking our heroes beginning February 27 on Apple TV+.
“We are often looking for ways to put our actors into spaces with creatures and have them on more direct eye level, in part because there’s a limit to what our actors can do about a 300 foot monster except for run and hide or be astonished (although there’s one sequence where I think we do something pretty crazy and unique),” VFX Supervisor Sean Konrad told Collider.
“The scarabs are a good example of something that fits in human-sized space — having a creature running loose on the interior of a ship or in the Axis Mundi pod puts our characters on a more even playing field with them.”
He added, “This doesn’t make the scarabs technically more or less difficult to achieve, but it does bring a different set of challenges.
“For example, instead of worrying about how much of the environment the large creatures are displacing as they move around/selling the scale, we think more about how realistic and detailed the scarabs need to be next to people and whether or not their movements look real.”
“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” spans three generations, revealing the ways that earth-shattering events can reverberate through our lives.
Season 2 picks up with the fate of Monarch — and the world — hanging in the balance. Buried secrets are revealed, reuniting our heroes (and villains) on Kong’s Skull Island, and a new, mysterious village where a mythical Titan rises from the sea.
The ripple effects of the past make waves in the present day, blurring the bonds between family, friend and foe — all with the threat of a titan event on the horizon.
Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Mari Yamamoto, Joe Tippett, and Anders Holm return to star, joined by newcomer Amber Midthunder (Prey).
Chris Black, who created the series with Matt Fraction, serves as showrunner.
Legendary’s Monsterverse will continue with Godzilla x Kong: Supernova, in theaters on March 26, 2027, and the as-yet-untitled “Monarch” spinoff series centered on Wyatt Russell as young Colonel Lee Shaw.
