Fri. Mar 29th, 2024


Godzilla TV series, Matt Shakman

The Monsterverse won’t just unfold on the big screen. It was announced earlier this year that Apple TV+ had given a series order to a new original live-action TV series based on Godzilla and the other titans found in the theatrical franchise. Variety has now reported that Matt Shakman has signed on to direct the first two episodes of the Godzilla TV series

Matt Shakman is best known for directing Marvel’s WandaVision series for Disney+, but he’s also helmed episodes of Six Feet Under, The Boys, Mad Men, Fargo, Game of Thrones, The Good Wife, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and more. He’s also slated to direct the new Star Trek sequel that’s currently in development. In addition to directing the first two episodes of the Godzilla TV series, Matt Shakman will also serve as an executive producer on the series. Legendary Television will produce the Godzilla TV series with Chris Black (Star Trek: Enterprise) and Matt Fraction (Hawkeye) onboard as co-creators and executive producers, with Black also serving as showrunner.

Following the “thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco and the shocking new reality that monsters are real,the Monsterverse serieswill explore one family’s journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch.” Legendary’s Monsterverse began in 2014 with Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla and expanded to include Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ Kong: Skull Island, Michael Dougherty’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and Adam Wingard’s Godzilla vs. Kong. The MonsterVerse franchise has grossed close to $2 billion worldwide so far. A new Monsterverse movie is in development with Adam Wingard returning to direct and it was recently announced that Dan Stevens would be starring in the movie. There’s also an anime Skull Island series in development for Netflix.

By Dave Jenks

Dave Jenks is an American novelist and Veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Between those careers, he’s worked as a deckhand, commercial fisherman, divemaster, taxi driver, construction manager, and over the road truck driver, among many other things. He now lives on a sea island, in the South Carolina Lowcountry, with his wife and youngest daughter. They also have three grown children, five grand children, three dogs and a whole flock of parakeets. Stinnett grew up in Melbourne, Florida and has also lived in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, and Cozumel, Mexico. His next dream is to one day visit and dive Cuba.