Bring on the Titans on this Godzilla spin-off from Legendary Television and Apple. Variety announced the ensemble for the untitled sequence might be led by The Flash’s Kiersey Clemons and Pachinko’s Anna Sawai, and also will characteristic Ren Watabe, Joe Tippett, and Elisa Lasowski.

The present is about to observe “one family’s journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch” within the wake of the battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco. In a franchise that’s keen on churning out one-dimensional (human) characters, we’re hoping maybe a sequence will enable for a bit extra improvement in that division. (Though we do marvel what beforehand established characters like Obi-Wan Kenobi stand-out O’Shea Jackson Jr.’s Jackson Barnes, head of the G-Team in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, are as much as.) The upcoming venture was co-created by Chris Black and Matt Fraction; each will function govt producers with Black showrunning. WandaVision’s Matt Shakman is on board to direct the primary two episodes and govt produce the sequence.

Character descriptions from Variety’s report:

Watabe (“461 Days of Bento”) will play Kentaro, described as an clever, inventive and curious younger man who has but to search out his personal path. He will embark on a quest to study extra about his revered but mysterious father and uncover his personal abilities within the course of.

Clemons (“Hearts Beat Loud,” “The Young Wife”) stars as May, an American ex-pat with a roguish exterior that she makes use of to guard herself in addition to others. Whether or not it’s deciphering a code or discovering the loophole, she is all the time three steps forward of everybody round her.

Tippett (“Mare of Easttown,” “The Morning Show,” “Rise”) stars as Tim, an workplace drone who desires of undercover agent journey. His overconfidence will get him in bother within the subject, however he’s decided to not fail his group.

Finally, Lasowski (“Versailles”) will seem as Duvall, an skilled operative with unwavering confidence in herself and her expertise. She additionally possesses a wry humorousness, which she makes use of to information her much less field-oriented colleague.

Hiro Matsuoka and Takemasa Arita of Toho Co. Ltd. and Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell of Safehouse Pictures may even govt produce. There’s no phrase but on when the sequence may arrive on Apple, however with this casting announcement it appears manufacturing is stomping forward with a sure diploma of momentum.

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