Kinda seems like old times, huh? — Kurt Riusell’s older Lee Shaw.
Keiko and Lee will reunite in next week’s season finale of BC-filmed Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, but Mari Yamamoto’s Dr. Keiko Miura hasn’t aged in Earth’s inner core whereas Wyatt Russell’s Lee Shaw has aged into Kurt Russell’s Lee Shaw on the surface.
56 years have passed since Kazakhstan in 1959 when Keiko fell into a portal to the Axis Mundi of the Titans and was presumed dead.
What’s the series about?
Following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans in San Francisco that was depicted in the BC-filmed 2014 blockbuster Godzilla,, the series explores one family’s journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch.
Clues lead them into the world of monsters and ultimately down the rabbit hole to Army officer Lee Shaw (Wyatt Russell and Kurt Russell ), taking place in the 1950s and half a century later when Monarch is threatened by what Shaw knows.
The series spans three generations and reveals buried secrets.
BC locations:
1952 Manilla in the Philippines
Army officer Lee Shaw (Wyatt Russell) reports to General Puckett (Christopher Heyerdahl) in Manilla after a bar fight, filmed in Ladner near Westham Island in July 2022..
Army officer Lee Shaw meets Dr. Keiko Miura. (Mari Yamamoto) in the Philippines, filmed on the Steveston docks in July 2022.
1953 Manilla in the Philippines, filmed at Delta’s Boundary Bay Airport.
Cast of Godzilla’s footprint.
1955 Washington D.C.: Lee and Keiko dance at the American Defence Industry’ Federation’s Summer Ball, filmed in the Permanent Event Venue in downtown Vancouver,
Background actors outside the Permanent Event venue in downtown Vancouver.
1955: Godzilla emerges in a splashy reappearance, filmed partly in what looks like Pitt Meadows, BC.
We didn’t kill it. Jesus Christ we didn’t kill it. — Lee..
1959 Kazakhstan: Keiko’s “death”, with the Fraser Valley playing the Central Asian country.
Lee tries to save Keiko.
1962 Kansas: Operation Hourglass:.
Lee’s mission to the Inner Core goes array.
He’s only in the Axis Mundi for a few hours before another portal sucks him back to the surface.
1982 Japan: Lee learns 20 years has passed on the surface when he meets adult Hiroshi.
1982 – 2015 Japan :Monarch’s retirement home/prison where Wyatt Russell’s Lee ages into Kurt Russell’s Lee over 33 years.
Lee escapes the retirement home with help from Keiko’s grandchildren Cate and Kentaro,, along with May.
2015 Kazakhstan: Older Lee Shaw falls into the portal , trying to rescue Cate from the Endopede.
He ends up in the Axis Mundi. (the Titans world) looking for Cate with May.
Don’t let this go to your head but you look good for 90 whatever. — May.
Cate is saved from a Titan by her own grandmother Keiko who hasn’t aged since 1959.
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters – Season One.
Episodes: 10.
Working Titles: Godzilla & the Titans, Hourglass, Monarch.
BC filming dates: June 27 2022 – December 15 2022.
Related: Apple TV+ Series Godzilla and the Titans to Film in Vancouver This Summer/Fall
Showrunner: Chris Black.
Cast: Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Anna Sawai, Ren Watabe, Kiersey Clemons, Mari Yamamoto, Anders Holm, Joe Tippett, Elisa Lasowski.
Others: John Goodman, Christopher Heyerdahl, Takehiro Hira.
Producers: Legendary Television, Safehouse Pictures, Apple TV+.