In January, Apple TV+ announced a series order for a new original live-action series from Legendary’s Monsterverse franchise. Following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco and the shocking new reality that monsters are real, the series explores one family’s journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch. In June Patently Apple reported that Apple added five new cast members.

Today we’re learning that Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell are the latest additions to the cast of Apple’s upcoming live-action series about Godzilla and the Titans.

The father and son duo join previously announced cast members Anna Sawai, Ren Watabe, Kiersey Clemons, Joe Tippett and Elisa Lasowski in the show based on Legendary’s growing Monsterverse franchise.

In the show, following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco and the shocking new reality that monsters are real, the series will explore one family’s journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch. For more, read the full report from Variety.

Apple TV+ hosts special conversation with the cast of 20-time Emmy Award-nominated global phenomenon “Ted Lasso”

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Kola Bokinni, Jeremy Swift, Sam Richardson, Hannah Waddingham, James Lance, Cristo Fernandez, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Toheeb Jimoh, Sarah Niles and Phil Dunster attend the “Ted Lasso” season two FYC Emmy tailgate event at The Maybourne Hotel Beverly Hills.

On the heels of “Ted Lasso” becoming this year’s most Emmy Award-nominated comedy for the second consecutive year with 20 total Emmy nominations for its second season, Apple TV+ hosted a special panel conversation and tailgate fan event for the cast of the global hit series.

Featuring Emmy Award-winning stars Brett Goldstein and Hannah Waddingham, as well as Emmy Award nominees Juno Temple, Sarah Niles, Sam Richardson, Toheeb Jimoh, James Lance and Jeremy Swift, plus Phil Dunster, Cristo Fernandez and Kola Bokinni, the event took place on Monday, July 18 at the Maybourne Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA.

After breaking records to become the most Emmy-nominated freshman comedy series in history and landing top honors — including the award for Best Comedy Series — at last year’s Emmy Awards, the second season of “Ted Lasso” was recognized with 20 nominations for this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards.

The cast of the second season earned repeat nominations for last year’s Best Actor in a Comedy Sudeikis, Best Supporting Actor winner in a Comedy Goldstein and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Waddingham. The series also scored first-time acting nominations for Niles, Richardson and Jimoh, as well as nominations for stars Temple, Nick Mohammed, Harriet Walter and James Lance.

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In “Ted Lasso,” Sudeikis plays a small-time college football coach from Kansas hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer. In addition to starring, Sudeikis serves as executive producer, alongside Bill Lawrence via his Doozer Productions, in association with Warner Bros. and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.  

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