Apple’s Godzilla show Monarch: Legacy of Monsters gets a roaring trailer

Apple TV Plus is a surprising hit, based on the single good season. Ted LassoThe promising final episode SiloThe underrated Slow HorsesThe fantastic HijackThe excellent Severance. The first trailer has been released for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, it’s clear that Apple is finally ready to take things to the next level by doing the one thing no one has ever done: make a really good Godzilla television show.

Monarch is set in Lionsgate’s MonsterVerse, which first started with Gareth Edwards’ incredible 2014 Godzilla Reboot, and continue for a mixed record including the pretty good Kong: Skull IslandThe absolutely horrible Godzilla King of MonstersThe funniest thing about it Godzilla vs. Kong. Next year will see the return of this franchise to theatres. Godzilla x Kong – The New Empire, but before that it’s making a brief stop on TV to fill in some gaps on Godzilla’s backstory.

It follows two different plot lines. One of them is Army officer Lee Shaw who we see both in his younger days (played by Wyatt Russell) with monster organization Monarch and as an older man (played by Kurt Russell, Wyatt’s father) trying to warn the world about what he’s seen. On the receiving end of Lee’s dire warning are a brother and sister who have a few secrets of their own about Monarch to uncover.

Beyond that, the show’s plot mostly remains a mystery, but that’s not really what’s important here. What’s important is that this trailer looks outstanding — and really fucking expensive. It seems the MonsterVerse series wants to achieve the same grandeur as the MonsterVerse, both for good and bad.

Apple seems to be spending no less than necessary in order to achieve this. The trailer shows us a lot of impressive monsters, while the scenes are exciting and look dangerous. Most importantly, the trailers one big closeup on Godzilla looks great, and that’s what really matters here.

With all that being said, I’m fully prepared to be disappointed with this show. But based on everything we’ve seen so far this thing looks like it’s going to fucking rip and go straight to our Best TV of 2023 list.

Monarch: Legacy of MonstersApple TV Plus will premiere the show on November 17th.