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‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Eyes Season 3 Shakeup — If It’s Renewed (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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Despite the global streaming success of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, and the Wyatt Russell Cold War prequel spinoff now in production in Prague, Czechia and London, UK (working title‘Birdwatcher’), it’s third season renewal remains uncertain.

Apple and Legendary Television are reportedly in discussions about a significant reworking of the show with a new creative team and showrunners and promises of more new titans.

For those of us, especially in the international audience, who really liked how Monarch was more grounded and leaned back into the original grounded and character-driven narratives that we saw in the 2014 film and in Skull Island, this is not great news.

For the younger audience (mainly in the US) who have been so vocally critical of Monarch, this seems to be a reset to change their narrative.

The reports say that any new direction for Monarch will not affect the prequel show with Wyatt Russell.

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[–] 1 point 6 days ago

I can't speak to US social media trends as I live in Europe. There is a certain overlap for sure, but I can't say I follow the online water cooler talk about current shows outside of this server. My critique was based only on watching the show.

You could have a point about changing audiences, and certainly about broadcasters lagging behind such changes. If the powers that be chase their own tail rather than connecting with the actual viewership, surely their shows suffer.

It surprises me a bit that Legacy of monsters reached beyond its target audience, though. It just doesn't feel very engaging to me. But I may be closer to the intended viewer rather than the people actually watching? Which again just emphasises the discrepancy between intent, expectation, and reality in terms of this show and its audience.

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