Screen Rant

In the MonsterVerse, Ken Watanabe plays Serizawa. 1 / 8

He's a researcher of Titans... 2 / 8

And gives his life to protect Godzilla in King of the Monsters. 3 / 8

His son, Ren, appears in Godzilla vs. Kong as a villain. 4 / 8

Helping APEX with their Mechagodzilla project. 5 / 8

The film never properly addresses this betrayal of Serizawa's legacy, but the novelization does. 6 / 8

Predictably, Ren felt sidelined by his father's work. 7 / 8

And grew to resent the Titans - hence his involvement with APEX and Mechagodzilla. 8 / 8