Apple TV+ has officially expanded Legendary Entertainment’s ever-growing Monsterverse with the announcement of an untitled Young Lee Shaw prequel series, with Wyatt Russell set to reprise his fan-favourite role as Colonel Lee Shaw.
The new spinoff marks a major casting and creative move for the franchise. Emmy-nominated screenwriter and producer Joby Harold has been tapped to serve as showrunner, while also stepping into a broader leadership role under a newly announced overall deal with Legendary. As part of that agreement, Harold will oversee Legendary’s entire Monsterverse slate for Apple TV+, guiding future projects that bring together new Titans and iconic fan favourites.
Starring and executive produced by Russell, the series will follow a younger Lee Shaw in 1984, when the American operative embarks on a covert mission behind enemy lines. Tasked with stopping the Soviets from unleashing a terrifying new Titan powerful enough to devastate the United States, Shaw finds himself at the centre of a high-stakes confrontation that could shift the balance of the Cold War.
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The untitled Young Lee Shaw spinoff joins Apple TV+’s expanding roster of Monsterverse series from Legendary Entertainment, including the critically acclaimed global hit ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,’ on which Harold also serves as executive producer. The flagship series is set to return for its highly anticipated second season on February 27, 2026.
Legendary’s Monsterverse is an expansive, cross-platform story universe centred on humanity’s struggle to survive in a world transformed by a catastrophic new reality: the monsters of our myths and legends are real. The franchise launched with ‘Godzilla‘ in 2014. It continued through ‘Kong: Skull Island’ (2017), ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ (2019), ‘Godzilla vs. Kong” (2021), and most recently the record-breaking ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,’ the highest-grossing instalment in the franchise and the highest-grossing Godzilla film of all time. The Monsterverse will continue to roar forward with the eagerly anticipated sequel ‘Godzilla x Kong: Supernova,’ set for release in 2027.
