The Monarch Project

The Monarch Project is a 2020's film distributed by Warner Bros. and produced by Legendary. It is a standalone film of Legendary's MonsterVerse that doesn't have Godzilla and Kong.

Cast

 * Scarlett Johansson as Lizzy/Liza. Johansson previously portrayed another character in Godzilla and Kong: The Rise of Mega King Ghidorah.
 * Chris Hemsworth as Charles/Chuck: a scientist who never wants to mention about his girlfriend. Hemsworth previously portrayed Ernest in Godzilla and Kong: The Rise of Mega King Ghidorah.
 * Mark Ruffalo as Flynn/Flint. Ruffalo previously portrayed another character in Godzilla and Kong: The Rise of Mega King Ghidorah.
 * Frank Grillo as TBA
 * Jon Favreau as Donald: Delilah's brother, called Don for short. Donald credited at the end of the film.
 * Marisa Tomei as Delilah: Donald's sister.
 * Patrick Gorman as Edward/Eddie: Don and Delilah's father who doesn't want to bring up the whereabouts of his wife.
 * Harrison Ford as TBA
 * Patrick Stewart as TBA
 * Ian McKellen as TBA

Monsters and other creatures

 * Kongamato (cave painting/post-credit scene only)
 * Mokele-mbembe (Cave painting/post-credit scene only)
 * Kasai Rex (Cave painting/post-credit scene/roar heard only)
 * Skull Island Megalania (archive footage)
 * Skull Island Moa (archive footage)
 * Sker Buffalo (archive footage)
 * Mother Longlegs (archive footage)
 * Skullcrawler (archive footage)
 * Spore Mantis (archive footage)
 * Yowie (archive footage)
 * Bigfoot
 * Triceratops (skeleton)
 * Stegosaurus (skeleton)
 * Tyrannosaurus Rex (skeleton)
 * Diplodocus (skeleton)
 * Basilosaurus (skeleton)
 * Gigantopithecus (skeleton)
 * White Rhino (cave painting/post-credits scene)
 * Thylacine/Tasmanian Wolf (taxidermied specimen)
 * Rhedosaurus (cave painting/post-credits scene/roar heard)

Organizations

 * Monarch

Races

 * Iwi (mentioned)

Setting

 * 1946 (prologue only)
 * 1955

Notes/Trivia

 * This is the first film in Phase 2 of Legendary's MonsterVerse to not mention or feature Godzilla and Kong.
 * This is the second film in the MonsterVerse to have a trilogy, the first being Godzilla (2014) to Godzilla vs Kong.
 * Although Kong and Godzilla are not mentioned or seen, this film somewhat teases Kong: Skull Island (which came out in 2017) (some creatures on the computer screen/stock footage).
 * The Kongamato cave painting in the post-credits scene will have a different design. The post-credits scene in Godzilla and Kong: The Rise of Mega King Ghidorah also features a Kongamato cave painting.
 * The post-credits scene features an Alpha Kasai Rex fighting a Rhedosaurus. It is hinted that it might be in a future Phase 3 film of the MonsterVerse.
 * Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, and Mark Ruffalo previously portrayed characters in Godzilla and Kong: The Rise of Mega King Ghidorah.
 * Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Frank Grillo, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, and Patrick Gorman previously portrayed characters in the MCU.
 * Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen previously portrayed characters in Fox's X-Men franchise.
 * Music in the film will be done by James Newton Howard.
 * Even though this film is a standalone, it still exists in the MonsterVerse continuity timeline. This movie is most likely set in the past: most likely in the 20th Century.