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‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Record-Breaking Drone Show Lit Up LA Skies

by EAStaff | February 21, 2026


To celebrate the highly anticipated second season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Apple TV+ staged a record-breaking drone spectacle that transformed the Hollywood skyline into a full-blown Monsterverse battleground.

Hovering nearly 500 feet above the city — taller than the Statue of Liberty — 3,000 drones formed towering, three-dimensional images of Godzilla, Kong and the newly introduced Titan X. The 12-minute production earned the Guinness World Record for the tallest aerial display of a fictional character formed by drones.



Stationed over Hollywood Forever Cemetery, the massive 1000’ x 1000’ formation — roughly the size of three football fields — was visible from up to three miles away in every direction. But this wasn’t just a sky spectacle. Designed to interact with the Hollywood landscape, the show positioned the Titans as if they had truly taken over Los Angeles, complete with pyrodrones simulating explosive moments like Godzilla unleashing his iconic atomic breath.

Set to an original score by composer Leopold Ross and created in collaboration with creative agency Heads in the Sky, the activation blurred the line between cinematic storytelling and live event spectacle.



Series stars Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Anders Holm, Mari Yamamoto and Joe Tippett were on hand to witness the larger-than-life showdown in the sky — a fitting tribute to a series that continues to expand Legendary’s Monsterverse on a global scale.

The 10-episode second season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters premieres globally February 27, 2026, with new episodes dropping weekly through May 1.

 

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