Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 premiered on the 2026 TV schedule last week, and not only is Kurt Russell’s Lee Shaw back in play after it was initially assumed he died in the Season 1 finale, we’re also still getting to follow along with his younger self, reprised by Wyatt Russell. But the younger Russell isn’t only getting time to shine in the MonsterVerse through Monarch. It was announced in December that the Thunderbolts* star will also lead a Lee Shaw spinoff, and I’m intrigued by what the younger Russell had to say about why he’s “over-the-moon excited” about the upcoming Apple TV subscription-exclusive series.
It was previously revealed that this spinoff will follow Lee in 1984 when he’s sent on a secret mission to stop the Soviets from unleashing a “horrific new Titan” on the United States to turn the tide of the Cold War. When THR asked Wyatt Russell how “substantial” the talk is for the Lee Shaw show is while he was promoting Monarch: Legacy of Monsters alongside his father, he answered:
