The Iwi Chronicles

The Iwi Chronicles is a American animated action adventure science fiction spin-off television series based on The Monsterverse series by Legendary Television and Amblin Television, being developed by Greg Weisman/Brad Bird as the main writers and show-runners. It was produced by Atomic Cartoons, Legendary Animation and Amblin Television, It premiered on Netflix, on February, 7 2026 and broadcast on both Cartoon Network and Universal Kids on March, 1 2026. 
== Synopsis ==
The Iwi Chronicles is set in an alternate universe where The Iwi Tribe were an species of gigantic humanoid titans who were calm, gentle giants but strong and capable just like Kong and lives in Skull Island for an millennuim ago, The Iwi alongside Kong protected their ancestral home from threats such as Skullcrawlers, Godzilla's underwater people known as The Neros and Apex Cybernetics. One tragic day, One of the Neros, Indra and Apex Cybernetics has led an attack on The Iwi and, leaving Jia as the sole survivor of her people. 
== Characters ==
=== Main ===
* Jia "Andrews"/ Alpha Titan (voiced by Kaylee Hottle) - A deaf but compassionate and noble 10 years(chronologically 300 years old) old Iwi girl who is the last of her kind due to the Apex Cybernetics and Indra' conspiracy, leaving her as the sole survivor and the main protagonist of this series.
** Jia stood at 331 feet tall when she was 10 but 171 feet tall when she was 6-8 years old and 350 feet tall when she 14-19 years old.
** Like her canon-self, Jia had a connection to Kong.
** Instead of Kong, Jia in this alternate timeline has the B.E.A.S.T glove, Kong's battle axe and Skar King's whipslash as her primary weapons.
* Dr. Ilene Andrews (voiced by Rebecca Hall) - An anthropological linguist who at Monarch, she adopted the giant Iwi girl as her adoptive daughter and willing to keep her safe.
* William "Bill" Randa (voiced by John Goodman) - A Monarch operative who led the Skull Island expedition in the 1970s and the second human that Jia meets who is a kindred spirit and keep his expedition safe from Skullcrawlers and Longlegs.
=== Secondary/Supporting ===
* Nathan Lind (voiced by Alexander Skarsgard) - A Monarch geologist who is obsessed with Hollow Earth, He's originally co-workers with Ilene Andrews and now is her main assistant, Nathan is wary of Jia first but then warmed up to her due to her gentle personality despite her giant size.
* Shimo 
* Hank Marlow (voiced by John C. Reilly) - Hank is a U.S Army Air Force lieutenant of the 25th Pursuit Squadron who was stranded for 29 years on Skull Island since WW2. Hank is the first human that Jia has interacted with that is a kindred spirit.
* James Conrad (voiced by Tom Hiddleston) - A ex-British Special Air Force Service captain who is also the part of the expedition.
* Mason Weaver (voiced by Brie Larson) - An anti-war photographer and investigative photojournalist.
* Houston Brooks (voiced by Corey Hawkins) - TBA
=== The Titans/Creatures ===
* Kong (voiced by Andy Serkis) - A Titanus Kong/Apus Giganticus who is originally the king of Skull Island but now resides in Hollow Earth who lead the remaining surviving Iwi to their new home.
* Godzilla (voiced by Frank Welker) - TBA
* Mothra (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) - TBA
* Rodan (voiced by Jason Liles)- TBA
* Scylla (voiced by Frank Welker) - TBA
* Methuselah (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) - TBA
* Behemoth (voiced by Jason Liles) - TBA
* Doug (voiced by Frank Welker) - A loyal lizard-like Titan who resides in Hollow Earth that Jia adopted due to his dog-like behavior.
* Skullcrawlers
* Camazotz and his minions
* Leafwings
* Mother Longlegs
* Sirenjaws
* Sker Buffalo
* Mire Squid
* Ion Dragon
* Kraken
=== Antagonists ===
* Indra "Simmons" (voiced by Keivonn Montreal Woodard) - A Machiavellian, ruthless and ambitious but deaf male Nero and the central antagonist of The Iwi Chronicles, who is Jia's former boyfriend and turns arch-enemy who lost his people in the Great Titan War and worship Godzilla as his god much like Jia with Kong, He's responsible for The Iwi Tribe massacre and has manipulated Jia that he'll be with her forever and think their relationship is based on mutual trust. He was Walter's adoptive son before he betrayed him.
** Indra stood at 103 meters (332 feet tall) when he was 11 years old but at 33.6 meters(112 feet tall) when he was 8-9 years old. 
** His life-long goal is to eradicate both the titans and humanity to prove that the Neros and species of Godzilla's are the superior species.
** He's basically the Monsterverse version of Demona from Gargoyles (a Greg Wiseman production) as both hated humanity and planned to exterminate it.
* Walter Simmons (voiced by Demian Bichir) - A corrupted and powerful CEO of Apex Cybernetics who the Indra' adoptive father and Maia's biologically father is also responsible for The Iwi massacre in 2020.
* Maia Simmons (voiced by Eiza Gonzalez)- The daughter of Walter Simmons and the second in command of Apex Cybernetics.
* Alan Jonah (voiced by Charles Dance)- The former British Army colonel and MI-6 agent turned eco-terrorist who is Indra' former friend and now mortal enemy.
* Preston Packard (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) - The leader of The Sky Devils Helicopter Squadrons obsessed with killing Kong, Jia and The Iwi after his men's demise at their hands.
* Shimo 
* Skar King
== Factions ==
* The Iwi: The Iwi were a tribe of peaceful but immensely strong giant humans(200,000 tons) that inhabited Skull Island, who prefer to communicate by sign language and see Kong as a god and an ally.
* The Nero: The Neros were also a tribe of immensely strong giant humanoids that breathed both on land and water even excellent swimmers, and the sworn rivals of The Iwi just like Godzilla (who is their god) and Kong.
* Monarch: A scientific monster-observing organization is founded in secrecy in 1946.
* Apex Cybernetics: TBA
== Episodes ==
See here.
== Reception ==
The Iwi Chronicles is met with mixed to positive reviews while critics and Monsterverse fans (and non-fans) praised it's immerse animation and visuals, mature themes, clever writing courtesy of Brad Bird, world-building, humor, action sequences, complex characters and villains, tone, voice acting, Weisman's direction and good usage of Titans such as Kong himself, but criticized the pacing and screenplay.
== Triva ==
* It's the second animated Monsterverse series after Skull Island.
* The show art style is similar to "What If...?" series on Disney Plus and "Young Love" on Max(orginially HBO Max).
* It's the second Monsterverse series to set in an alternate reality and show The Great Titans War on screen.
* The Neros made their first debut appearance.
* This marks the first time that Amblin and Legendary co-work on a non-Jurassic World project.
* This marks the only animated Monsterverse project that the actors from their respective movies reprised their roles.
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