Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor VFX supervisor Sean Konrad was tasked with bringing to life some iconic titans back for Apple TV+’s eight-part series “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.” Among them are “Kong: Skull Island’s” Mother Longlegs and Godzilla, as well as some new monsters, including a crab-inspired titan and star-mole beast.
Showrunner and writer Chris Black had always wanted to open the series on Skull Island to root the viewer in familiarity without having to rewatch past films.
The opening episode sees Bill Randa (John Goodman) being chased through a bamboo forest that opens out onto a rock peninsula, before Mother Longlegs emerges.
Moments later, a giant rock crab creature known as Mantleclaw comes out of the ground, and a battle between the two monsters begins.
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