Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 kicks off on Apple TV on Friday, February 27, 2026.
Season 2, starring Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Mari Yamamoto, Joe Tippett, and Anders Holm includes 10 episodes, with the first going live on February 27 followed by one episode every Friday until May 1, 2026.
Kurt Russell is confirmed to return as Army officer Lee Shaw following speculation about the fate of the character at the end of Season 1, which takes place in the 1950s and half a century later where Monarch is threatened by what Shaw knows.
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Season 2 picks up with the fate of Monarch — and the world — hanging in the balance. We head to Kong’s Skull Island and a new, mysterious village where a mythical Titan rises from the sea, Apple TV said. The tease trailer is below.
Apple TV has a multi-series deal with Legendary Entertainment, which includes a second season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and multiple spinoff series based on the franchise.
For the uninitiated, Legendary’s Monsterverse began with 2014’s Godzilla film and continued through 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, and most recently Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the franchises’ highest-grossing installment and the highest-grossing Godzilla film of all time. Sequel Godzilla x Kong: Supernova is set to release in 2027. The Monsterverse has made over $2.5 billion at the global box office.
In IGN’s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 1 review, we wrote: “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters makes a stronger case for character-driven storytelling in Legendary’s MonsterVerse than any of its big-screen outings.”
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