Apple TV+ Orders Live-Action 'Godzilla' Series

Toho Co., Ltd., the owners of the Godzilla character, will executive produce.

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A live-action Godzilla series is officially making its way to Apple TV+.

According to reports, the forthcoming show will take place after Godzilla and the Titans battled it out in San Francisco — confirming to humans that kaijus are real. “[T]he untitled series explores one family’s journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch,” Deadline shared.

Legendary Television will produce the series while co-creators Chris Black, Matt Fraction, Safehouse Pictures’ Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell and Hiro Matsuoka and Takemasa Arita of Toho Co. Ltd. — the owner of the Godzilla character — will serve as executive producers.

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