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[h=1]Marvel’s The Punisher Series Arriving in November, Says Director[/h]
Fans of Frank Castle won’t have to wait much longer for The Punisher to appear on Netflix, as the new Marvel TV show appears set to arrive in November. A few years back when Marvel and Netflix struck their unprecedented reveal, fans were only promised five series. Four of those have already aired, with this August’s The Defenders finally completing things. Of course, the years have also brought with them rumors of all sorts of spinoffs and new shows featuring many of the characters from Marvel’s vast stable. So far, none of them have proven to be more than the hopes of fans, save The Punisher.
Following the debut of season two of Daredevil last year, rumors began swirling that Jon Bernthal’s powerful performance had impressed Marvel and Netflix so much that they were considering giving Frank Castle his own series. Sure enough, word soon broke that The Punisher had been added to the Netflix docket. Not long after, filming began for the series, infused with an aggressive passion that pointed towards an intense show. As has been the case, however, word on when fans might actually see the show has been kept a secret. It’s only been a few months since we discovered when The Defenders would appear, but all signs have pointed towards The Punisher following soon after. Now, we know the series will arrive during the eleventh hour of 2017.
THR sat down with Irish director Dearbhla Walsh to discuss his work on Fargo, among other things. Following an innocent question about whether he’d ever worked in North America before, he let slip that his work on an episode of The Punisher would premiere in November:
The reveal isn’t too much of a surprise. It’s long been known that The Punisher would arrive this year, and November or December were the only bets given The Defenders‘ premiere in August. It also means The Punisher will take the spot previously occupied by season one of Jessica Jones, just as Iron Fist took Daredevil‘s previous March slot. Given that 2018 is all set to feature new seasons of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage, we’ll likely see the same time slots used as this year.
Seeing as we’re six months out from the potential release of The Punisher, we’ll likely get an official confirmation soon. A Punisher series poster has also been teased, so something concrete could be on the way. Then again, Marvel and Netflix could be waiting until The Defenders drops to start teasing their next show. Either way, the next few months will likely bring more information and a trailer for the show.
While Castle was given a huge chunk of the story and screen time on season two of Daredevil, fans will be eager to see what a solo series involving the character will look like. From the full cast to a synopsis, there’s still a lot we don’t know about The Punisher. Hopefully, that will be changing very soon.
The Defenders will arrive August 18th, with The Punisher coming sometime in November of this year. Daredevil seasons 1 and 2, Jessica Jones season 1, Luke Cage season 1, and Iron Fist season 1 are now available on Netflix. Premiere dates for the newest seasons of Jessica Jones, Daredevil, and Luke Cage have not yet been revealed.
Source: THR
Fans of Frank Castle won’t have to wait much longer for The Punisher to appear on Netflix, as the new Marvel TV show appears set to arrive in November. A few years back when Marvel and Netflix struck their unprecedented reveal, fans were only promised five series. Four of those have already aired, with this August’s The Defenders finally completing things. Of course, the years have also brought with them rumors of all sorts of spinoffs and new shows featuring many of the characters from Marvel’s vast stable. So far, none of them have proven to be more than the hopes of fans, save The Punisher.
Following the debut of season two of Daredevil last year, rumors began swirling that Jon Bernthal’s powerful performance had impressed Marvel and Netflix so much that they were considering giving Frank Castle his own series. Sure enough, word soon broke that The Punisher had been added to the Netflix docket. Not long after, filming began for the series, infused with an aggressive passion that pointed towards an intense show. As has been the case, however, word on when fans might actually see the show has been kept a secret. It’s only been a few months since we discovered when The Defenders would appear, but all signs have pointed towards The Punisher following soon after. Now, we know the series will arrive during the eleventh hour of 2017.
THR sat down with Irish director Dearbhla Walsh to discuss his work on Fargo, among other things. Following an innocent question about whether he’d ever worked in North America before, he let slip that his work on an episode of The Punisher would premiere in November:
“One other time that hasn’t been aired yet, which was an episode for the new Marvel series The Punisher, which I did just before Christmas, but it’s not airing until November. I directed that in New York and edited in L.A., but this was my first directing experience in lovely Canada.”
The reveal isn’t too much of a surprise. It’s long been known that The Punisher would arrive this year, and November or December were the only bets given The Defenders‘ premiere in August. It also means The Punisher will take the spot previously occupied by season one of Jessica Jones, just as Iron Fist took Daredevil‘s previous March slot. Given that 2018 is all set to feature new seasons of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage, we’ll likely see the same time slots used as this year.
Seeing as we’re six months out from the potential release of The Punisher, we’ll likely get an official confirmation soon. A Punisher series poster has also been teased, so something concrete could be on the way. Then again, Marvel and Netflix could be waiting until The Defenders drops to start teasing their next show. Either way, the next few months will likely bring more information and a trailer for the show.
While Castle was given a huge chunk of the story and screen time on season two of Daredevil, fans will be eager to see what a solo series involving the character will look like. From the full cast to a synopsis, there’s still a lot we don’t know about The Punisher. Hopefully, that will be changing very soon.
The Defenders will arrive August 18th, with The Punisher coming sometime in November of this year. Daredevil seasons 1 and 2, Jessica Jones season 1, Luke Cage season 1, and Iron Fist season 1 are now available on Netflix. Premiere dates for the newest seasons of Jessica Jones, Daredevil, and Luke Cage have not yet been revealed.
Source: THR
[h=1]The Punisher Images & Poster Unite Frank Castle’s Allies and Enemies[/h]
Since The Defenders debuted on Netflix last month, Marvel has begun the promotional lead up to The Punisher with a first trailer, various other video promos, and by revealing the season 1 episode titles. However, amid everything Marvel has unveiled so far, one glaring omission has been The Punisher release date – which still hasn’t been confirmed. It’s not uncommon for Marvel and Netflix to hold back a release date until a few months before a show debuts, but with only three and a half months left of 2017, fans are eager to know when they’ll get to watch The Punisher.
Marvel continues to promote The Punisher by unveiling the show’s official poster, a new promo, and a batch of images featuring much of the main cast. Take a look at the promo above, as well as the images and poster in the gallery below. As evidenced by the promo and poster, Marvel is still holding back the official release date for The Punisher.
In addition to Frank Castle, The Punisher will feature his comic book ally Micro (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), Homeland Security agents Dinah Madani (Amber Rose Revah) and Sam Stein (Michael Nathanson), Frank’s friend Curtis Hoyle (Jason R. Moore), army veteran Lewis Walcott (Daniel Webber), Micro’s wife Sarah Lieberman (Jaime Ray Newman), and Frank’s ally from Daredevil, Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll). Additionally, Ben Barnes plays Billy Russo, Frank’s former friend turned enemy in The Punisher series. All of these characters can be spotted in the images above.
In terms of when The Punisher premiere date will be revealed, it’s likely Marvel will announce it as part of the show’s panel at this year’s New York Comic Con. Marvel TV head Jeph Loeb revealed the start of filming on The Punisher at NYCC last year, so it makes sense that he would hold back something to reveal at this year’s convention – especially if Marvel and Netflix aren’t planning on screening the premiere episode like they did with The Defenders at Comic-Con International in San Diego this summer.
As for when The Punisher will actually debut, fans speculate it will premiere on November 10 of this year, the Friday before Veterans Day, to honor Frank’s history in the U.S. Marine Corps. But, until Marvel and Netflix officially reveal the release date, we’ll have to wait and see when The Punisher will premiere.
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The Punisher season 1 premieres on Netflix sometime in 2017. Premiere dates for the new seasons of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist have yet to be announced.[/h]Source: Marvel [via BD]
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— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) September 12, 2017
The poster for Marvel’s The Punisher doesn’t reveal the release date of the Netflix series. Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut during the second season of Daredevil, the first series to launch as part of Marvel Studios’ street-level corner of the world on Netflix. The first season of Daredevil was followed by Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and The Defenders – all part of Marvel’s original deal with Netflix. However, the first spinoff within this universe will hit the streaming service in the final months of 2017 with The Punisher season 1 expected to roll out at some point this year.— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) September 12, 2017
Since The Defenders debuted on Netflix last month, Marvel has begun the promotional lead up to The Punisher with a first trailer, various other video promos, and by revealing the season 1 episode titles. However, amid everything Marvel has unveiled so far, one glaring omission has been The Punisher release date – which still hasn’t been confirmed. It’s not uncommon for Marvel and Netflix to hold back a release date until a few months before a show debuts, but with only three and a half months left of 2017, fans are eager to know when they’ll get to watch The Punisher.
Marvel continues to promote The Punisher by unveiling the show’s official poster, a new promo, and a batch of images featuring much of the main cast. Take a look at the promo above, as well as the images and poster in the gallery below. As evidenced by the promo and poster, Marvel is still holding back the official release date for The Punisher.
In addition to Frank Castle, The Punisher will feature his comic book ally Micro (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), Homeland Security agents Dinah Madani (Amber Rose Revah) and Sam Stein (Michael Nathanson), Frank’s friend Curtis Hoyle (Jason R. Moore), army veteran Lewis Walcott (Daniel Webber), Micro’s wife Sarah Lieberman (Jaime Ray Newman), and Frank’s ally from Daredevil, Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll). Additionally, Ben Barnes plays Billy Russo, Frank’s former friend turned enemy in The Punisher series. All of these characters can be spotted in the images above.
In terms of when The Punisher premiere date will be revealed, it’s likely Marvel will announce it as part of the show’s panel at this year’s New York Comic Con. Marvel TV head Jeph Loeb revealed the start of filming on The Punisher at NYCC last year, so it makes sense that he would hold back something to reveal at this year’s convention – especially if Marvel and Netflix aren’t planning on screening the premiere episode like they did with The Defenders at Comic-Con International in San Diego this summer.
As for when The Punisher will actually debut, fans speculate it will premiere on November 10 of this year, the Friday before Veterans Day, to honor Frank’s history in the U.S. Marine Corps. But, until Marvel and Netflix officially reveal the release date, we’ll have to wait and see when The Punisher will premiere.
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The Punisher season 1 premieres on Netflix sometime in 2017. Premiere dates for the new seasons of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist have yet to be announced.[/h]Source: Marvel [via BD]
[h=1]Netflix’s Punisher Series Will Feature the Battle Van[/h]
Netflix’s The Punisher is set to feature Frank Castle’s Battle Van. Jon Bernthal reprises his role as the iconic Marvel Comics vigilante after debuting in season 2 of Daredevil and is expected to debut by the end of 2017. The series remains largely shrouded in mystery but will contain familiar themes to Punisher fans, such as the main character’s struggles to deal with tragedy and desire for revenge, plus heavy military elements.
Also familiar to fans of the comics is the presence of the Punisher’s ally Microchip, whom Ebon Moss-Bachrach will portray as “Micro”. The former NSA analyst provided Frank Castle with all kinds of powerful equipment in the comics, which included his Battle Van. The vehicle has made dozens of appearances over the years as the antihero’s primary mode of transportation and perhaps his most powerful weapon. It’s now known that the van will not only appear but perhaps get plenty of screen time.
Marvel Television chief Jeph Loeb confirmed via Netflix’s Media Center (as reported on MoviePilot) that the streaming network’s version of The Punisher’s Battle Van will appear in the upcoming series. He tempered expectations for the vehicle’s capabilities, but teased it as something imperative to include:
“They travel around in the Battle Van in the comics, so it was important for us to do our version of that. It’s not the Batmobile, but it’s definitely an iconic character that people know.”
The Punisher’s Battle Van first appeared in the Giant-Size Spider-Man No. 4 comic in 1975, and has appeared in many Punisher, Spider-Man, Deadpool, and Daredevil comics since its inception. Many different versions of the vehicle have been built by both Microchip and the Punisher’s other ally, Mechanic. The van typically boasts advanced driving capabilities and ultra-tough armor to go with a ridiculous amount of high-tech weaponry. There’s a chance that Netflix’s take on the Battle Van will feature a mounted minigun and grenade launcher, as well as an extensive military-grade arsenal stored inside.
Considering that Hot Toys’ recently released figure of Bernthal as The Punisher includes a minigun, it’s highly likely that the weapon will appear on the new series regardless of whether it’s attached to the Battle Van. It’s an encouraging sign for fans of the comics that the spinoff will be faithful enough to include the van as a key weapon for Frank Castle as he uncovers a massive conspiracy. The Punisher has done some positively insane things in the comics, and it appears that Bernthal will carry on that explosive legacy with the Battle Van’s firepower central to his missions in a Netflix series that will be very different from its Marvel predecessors.
It remains to be seen how big of a presence the Battle Van will have in the narrative of The Punisher’s first season, including how long it will take for Frank Castle to obtain it and Micro’s role in its creation. But for a show that is embracing a central character armed with some seriously dangerous weaponry and stripping down any supernatural elements, the use of the battle van and its mighty arsenal will be a welcome addition.
The Punisher is expected out by the end of 2017, but still has no official release date.
Source: Netflix Media Center (via MoviePilot)
Netflix’s The Punisher is set to feature Frank Castle’s Battle Van. Jon Bernthal reprises his role as the iconic Marvel Comics vigilante after debuting in season 2 of Daredevil and is expected to debut by the end of 2017. The series remains largely shrouded in mystery but will contain familiar themes to Punisher fans, such as the main character’s struggles to deal with tragedy and desire for revenge, plus heavy military elements.
Also familiar to fans of the comics is the presence of the Punisher’s ally Microchip, whom Ebon Moss-Bachrach will portray as “Micro”. The former NSA analyst provided Frank Castle with all kinds of powerful equipment in the comics, which included his Battle Van. The vehicle has made dozens of appearances over the years as the antihero’s primary mode of transportation and perhaps his most powerful weapon. It’s now known that the van will not only appear but perhaps get plenty of screen time.
Marvel Television chief Jeph Loeb confirmed via Netflix’s Media Center (as reported on MoviePilot) that the streaming network’s version of The Punisher’s Battle Van will appear in the upcoming series. He tempered expectations for the vehicle’s capabilities, but teased it as something imperative to include:
“They travel around in the Battle Van in the comics, so it was important for us to do our version of that. It’s not the Batmobile, but it’s definitely an iconic character that people know.”
The Punisher’s Battle Van first appeared in the Giant-Size Spider-Man No. 4 comic in 1975, and has appeared in many Punisher, Spider-Man, Deadpool, and Daredevil comics since its inception. Many different versions of the vehicle have been built by both Microchip and the Punisher’s other ally, Mechanic. The van typically boasts advanced driving capabilities and ultra-tough armor to go with a ridiculous amount of high-tech weaponry. There’s a chance that Netflix’s take on the Battle Van will feature a mounted minigun and grenade launcher, as well as an extensive military-grade arsenal stored inside.
Considering that Hot Toys’ recently released figure of Bernthal as The Punisher includes a minigun, it’s highly likely that the weapon will appear on the new series regardless of whether it’s attached to the Battle Van. It’s an encouraging sign for fans of the comics that the spinoff will be faithful enough to include the van as a key weapon for Frank Castle as he uncovers a massive conspiracy. The Punisher has done some positively insane things in the comics, and it appears that Bernthal will carry on that explosive legacy with the Battle Van’s firepower central to his missions in a Netflix series that will be very different from its Marvel predecessors.
It remains to be seen how big of a presence the Battle Van will have in the narrative of The Punisher’s first season, including how long it will take for Frank Castle to obtain it and Micro’s role in its creation. But for a show that is embracing a central character armed with some seriously dangerous weaponry and stripping down any supernatural elements, the use of the battle van and its mighty arsenal will be a welcome addition.
The Punisher is expected out by the end of 2017, but still has no official release date.
Source: Netflix Media Center (via MoviePilot)
[h=1]The Punisher’s New Release Date Won’t Hurt Justice League[/h]
Did Marvel just declare war on DC? You can’t blame fans from jumping to this conclusion with the news breaking today that Marvel’s The Punisher has announced its long-awaited release date. The new series starring Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle will begin streaming on Netflix on Friday, November 17th. If that date rings a bell, it should, because November 17th is the release date of some other superhero project fans have been looking forward to – Justice League. By planting their flag on the same day as the Justice League had long been waiving theirs, are Marvel and Netflix purposely taking aim at rival DC? Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
The Punisher‘s release date has been a subject of speculation for many months, fueled by their own cryptic marketing campaign which purposely played coy with the actual release date. Marvel and Netflix were set to make a major announcement at The Punisher panel at New York Comic Con at the beginning of October, but they canceled the event out of respect for the real-life Las Vegas shooting tragedy on October 1st. Some speculated that the announcement at the scrapped Punisher panel would have been the release date, possibly during the month of October, with a buffer between The Punisher and Netflix’s other high-profile series, Stranger Things season 2 on October 27th. The Punisher’s release date was ultimately pushed back to an unspecified date. Now we know the date for sure: November 17th is the date Frank Castle’s guns start blazing.
Pushing The Punisher‘s release date as far from a real-life tragedy eerily similar to the basic subject matter of the series was the only rational course of action for Netflix. Their schedule in October was already crowded with high profile new releases like Mindhunter, produced by David Fincher and Charlize Theron, on October 13th, with the aforementioned Stranger Things 2 looking to be huge as it smartly drops during Halloween weekend. Marvel and Netflix also never officially confirmed any release date for The Punisher, in October or otherwise, until today, so it’s very possible the November release date was what they would have announced at NYCC.
November 17th begs the question, however, why this day of all days in November? Pushing closer to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States would be counter-productive for Netflix to schedule an ultra-violent Marvel vigilante show on a day known for spending time with your family feasting and watching football. But why not earlier in November? Will The Punisher setting its sights on Justice League hurt the DC superhero blockbuster, or vice versa? It’s not likely.
Justice League v The Punisher is the first time Netflix has released a Marvel series head to head with a DC Film. In 2016, Daredevil season 2 released 7 days before Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice hit movie theaters. Looking at their numbers, both projects did very well for themselves. Daredevil‘s second season is the most watched of any Marvel/Netflix series thus far, topping The Defenders, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and Jessica Jones. Meanwhile, Batman V Superman, despite its poor critical reception, opened with a massive $166-million first weekend – the weekend it would be most impacted by Daredevil – and went on to gross in excess of $873-million worldwide, and while it saw a big initial drop-off, those numbers are attributed to poor reviews and word of mouth, not Netflix binge watchers. Neither was hurt by the other. Both projects found their audiences. It was an exciting time for comic book movie fandom, with DC presenting Batman meeting Superman for the first time in a movie while Marvel was showcasing Daredevil encountering the Punisher for the first time in live action as well.
Rather than The Punisher and Justice League going head to head damaging each other by forcing fans to choose, if anything, fans are going to be treated to what will essentially be a Superhero Holiday Weekend from November 17-19 on top what’s already a gigantic month for comic book movies. The anticipation for Justice League, fueled in no small part by the wildly positive reception that greeted Wonder Woman over the summer, is already high. Justice League’s major competition at the box office will actually be Thor: Ragnarok, a sure-fire hit fans are also rabidly excited for, which will be in its third weekend. With both those films in theaters and an entire Marvel Netflix series in the form of The Punisher waiting for them on their streaming devices, fans are getting an embarrassment of Marvel and DC riches in November. There’s ample cause for excitement for all fans. The biggest problem for many will be finding the time to watch it all.
While they are both comic book properties, The Punisher and Justice League are also targeted to different audiences in the overall fandom. Justice League is designed as a four-quadrant movie, meant to appeal to the widest possible audience of all age groups. The Punisher, a bloody and violent tale of a gun-toting vigilante, skews towards an older and predominantly male fan base who have embraced that character. Not all comic book properties are alike, and you don’t get more different than brightly-attired superheroes fighting off an alien invasion contrasted against a street-level lone wolf conducting a private blood war against criminals. (Though Batman himself would normally fall under that latter category were he not cheerleading the gathering of a demi-goddess, a merman, a speedster, and a cyborg.)
There are of course fans who are fiercely loyal to one comic book company over the other. Some DC fans cry foul at Marvel dropping The Punisher on Justice League‘s release date. Other DC fans don’t look upon Frank Castle as a threat to the Justice League‘s box office power. There will be Marvel fans who thrill to the idea that the Punisher alone can possibly take down the mighty Justice League and hobble their opening weekend haul. However, it’s healthier to see The Punisher v Justice League not as a war but as a surplus; even more comic book bang for fans on the weekend of November 17th.
What will be your priority on November 17th weekend? Will you be All In with the Justice League or will you be binging The Punisher first?
Did Marvel just declare war on DC? You can’t blame fans from jumping to this conclusion with the news breaking today that Marvel’s The Punisher has announced its long-awaited release date. The new series starring Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle will begin streaming on Netflix on Friday, November 17th. If that date rings a bell, it should, because November 17th is the release date of some other superhero project fans have been looking forward to – Justice League. By planting their flag on the same day as the Justice League had long been waiving theirs, are Marvel and Netflix purposely taking aim at rival DC? Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
The Punisher‘s release date has been a subject of speculation for many months, fueled by their own cryptic marketing campaign which purposely played coy with the actual release date. Marvel and Netflix were set to make a major announcement at The Punisher panel at New York Comic Con at the beginning of October, but they canceled the event out of respect for the real-life Las Vegas shooting tragedy on October 1st. Some speculated that the announcement at the scrapped Punisher panel would have been the release date, possibly during the month of October, with a buffer between The Punisher and Netflix’s other high-profile series, Stranger Things season 2 on October 27th. The Punisher’s release date was ultimately pushed back to an unspecified date. Now we know the date for sure: November 17th is the date Frank Castle’s guns start blazing.
Pushing The Punisher‘s release date as far from a real-life tragedy eerily similar to the basic subject matter of the series was the only rational course of action for Netflix. Their schedule in October was already crowded with high profile new releases like Mindhunter, produced by David Fincher and Charlize Theron, on October 13th, with the aforementioned Stranger Things 2 looking to be huge as it smartly drops during Halloween weekend. Marvel and Netflix also never officially confirmed any release date for The Punisher, in October or otherwise, until today, so it’s very possible the November release date was what they would have announced at NYCC.
November 17th begs the question, however, why this day of all days in November? Pushing closer to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States would be counter-productive for Netflix to schedule an ultra-violent Marvel vigilante show on a day known for spending time with your family feasting and watching football. But why not earlier in November? Will The Punisher setting its sights on Justice League hurt the DC superhero blockbuster, or vice versa? It’s not likely.
Justice League v The Punisher is the first time Netflix has released a Marvel series head to head with a DC Film. In 2016, Daredevil season 2 released 7 days before Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice hit movie theaters. Looking at their numbers, both projects did very well for themselves. Daredevil‘s second season is the most watched of any Marvel/Netflix series thus far, topping The Defenders, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and Jessica Jones. Meanwhile, Batman V Superman, despite its poor critical reception, opened with a massive $166-million first weekend – the weekend it would be most impacted by Daredevil – and went on to gross in excess of $873-million worldwide, and while it saw a big initial drop-off, those numbers are attributed to poor reviews and word of mouth, not Netflix binge watchers. Neither was hurt by the other. Both projects found their audiences. It was an exciting time for comic book movie fandom, with DC presenting Batman meeting Superman for the first time in a movie while Marvel was showcasing Daredevil encountering the Punisher for the first time in live action as well.
Rather than The Punisher and Justice League going head to head damaging each other by forcing fans to choose, if anything, fans are going to be treated to what will essentially be a Superhero Holiday Weekend from November 17-19 on top what’s already a gigantic month for comic book movies. The anticipation for Justice League, fueled in no small part by the wildly positive reception that greeted Wonder Woman over the summer, is already high. Justice League’s major competition at the box office will actually be Thor: Ragnarok, a sure-fire hit fans are also rabidly excited for, which will be in its third weekend. With both those films in theaters and an entire Marvel Netflix series in the form of The Punisher waiting for them on their streaming devices, fans are getting an embarrassment of Marvel and DC riches in November. There’s ample cause for excitement for all fans. The biggest problem for many will be finding the time to watch it all.
While they are both comic book properties, The Punisher and Justice League are also targeted to different audiences in the overall fandom. Justice League is designed as a four-quadrant movie, meant to appeal to the widest possible audience of all age groups. The Punisher, a bloody and violent tale of a gun-toting vigilante, skews towards an older and predominantly male fan base who have embraced that character. Not all comic book properties are alike, and you don’t get more different than brightly-attired superheroes fighting off an alien invasion contrasted against a street-level lone wolf conducting a private blood war against criminals. (Though Batman himself would normally fall under that latter category were he not cheerleading the gathering of a demi-goddess, a merman, a speedster, and a cyborg.)
There are of course fans who are fiercely loyal to one comic book company over the other. Some DC fans cry foul at Marvel dropping The Punisher on Justice League‘s release date. Other DC fans don’t look upon Frank Castle as a threat to the Justice League‘s box office power. There will be Marvel fans who thrill to the idea that the Punisher alone can possibly take down the mighty Justice League and hobble their opening weekend haul. However, it’s healthier to see The Punisher v Justice League not as a war but as a surplus; even more comic book bang for fans on the weekend of November 17th.
What will be your priority on November 17th weekend? Will you be All In with the Justice League or will you be binging The Punisher first?
[h=1]Marvel’s The Punisher Isn’t Bad, But The Netflix Formula Is Wearing Thin[/h]
Marvel’s The Punisher was an unexpected addition to the street-level Marvel line up after Jon Bernthal’s brooding performance in the somewhat disappointing Daredevil season 2 convinced the powers that be that a Frank Castle-led solo program might not be a terrible idea. But in finding a convincing leading man who could help carry another hero’s show, neither Netflix nor Marvel found a compelling enough take on the violent vigilante to entirely justify 13 hours with him.
After the disappointment of Iron Fist and The Defenders, not to mention the utter failure that was Inhumans, it feels as though Marvel TV is simply green lighting new projects because it can, when it should be green lighting new projects based on the strength of the idea around a character and a unique creative vision behind it, one that challenges the audience’s perception of what a story about a particular hero (or antihero) can look like. But even though The Punisher is an improvement from what we’ve seen from Marvel TV of late, it still lacks a truly compelling take on the character.
One of the appealing things about the Punisher is the relative simplicity of the character. Like the skull emblazoned on the chest of his otherwise non-descript costume, the character’s ethos is very much black and white: if you’re a bad guy, you die. While that kind of straightforward simplicity works well in the two-dimensional world of the comics, it’s proven less successful in live-action adaptations. The character has been the star of three separate theatrical releases, and all were films that either failed completely or were simply disappointing.
Part of the problem with Frank Castle is that he’s little more than a rage-filled murderer, and one with an arsenal of automatic weapons at his disposal to boot. It’s no easy task turning that into an interesting three-dimensional character for two hours, let alone thirteen. And it’s even more difficult considering how real-world events recently delayed the release of the series. As such, watching The Punisher, it’s challenging to disengage from the depressing frequency with which mass shootings occur in this country, and how often the actions of the series’ hero can feel like an unwelcome reminder of that.
This doesn’t mean that The Punisher is an unforgivably bad show or that it shouldn’t have been made. For starters, it’s miles ahead of Iron Fist in terms of quality and given Bernthal’s moody performance that’s enhanced by the actor’s knack for delivering convincing action sequences –a like a construction site brawl where Frank takes on a trio of gun-toting thugs with nothing more than a sledgehammer – there’s plenty of reason to think the show could work.
And while aspects of the show do work well, like the diverting interplay between Bernthal’s Castle and Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s David ‘Micro’ Lieberman, The Punisher as a whole is slow, and lacks focus. Series showrunner Steve Lightfoot (Hannibal) might have had an edgy hit on his hands if he could have trimmed up the show’s many frayed edges, but as it stands, the series simply lacks a truly gripping story.
Instead, the series spreads itself across a multitude of plot points, the most unnecessary of which is the military conspiracy that rewrites the Punisher’s origin and essentially hits the reset button on everything that was already established in Daredevil season 2. It’s here that you start to see the Netflix/Marvel series formula come into play, and it does the show no favors. While Frank gets back to punishing at a snail’s pace, the series introduces a supporting cast of uninteresting law enforcement characters played admirably by Amber Rose Revah and Michael Nathanson. The characters, Dinah Madani and Sam Stein, are virtually indistinguishable from any other cop on these shows who begins by chasing the hero down, but eventually learns to trust that the vigilante in question is ultimately trying to do the right thing.
Despite some anemic attempts to flesh Madani’s character out by focusing on her career and Persian heritage – which opens the door for a welcome appearance by Shohreh Aghdashloo as her mother – and introducing a romance with Ben Barnes’ Big Bad Billy Russo, she and Stein mostly serve as a conduit for an extraordinary amount of exposition, a function that’s not only unnecessary since the plot isn’t exactly challenging, but it also grinds the narrative’s already slow-moving gears to a halt.
So much of what happens in the first six episodes feels like padding out a story that desperately needs to be much more concise. Beats are performed repetitiously until they numb those watching. After a while, the attempt to visually express Frank’s emotional turmoil and sense of culpability for his family’s tragic deaths fails to resonate at all. Meanwhile, a subplot tackling the treatment of military veterans once they return home doesn’t rise above being a commendable effort to address a real-world concern. And a midway-point injury that requires the hero to be out of commission for an hour before making a miraculous recovery smacks so much of the episodic rhythms already seen in Daredevil and Luke Cage, it’s like the series is just filling in the blanks on a boilerplate template.
The consistency of Bernthal’s performance and the casting of Moss-Bachrach, a talented performer who enjoys terrific chemistry with his co-star and brings a welcome surplus of levity to their scenes together, become the saving grace of the season’s first half. The two continually call one another out on their respective nonsense, which is completely necessary in order to make it even remotely possible to root for these characters, considering one is a serial killer and the other is basically a creep in a bathrobe spying on his wife and kids while playing the Man in the Chair.
All in all, so much of the first half of The Punisher season 1 inadvertently revolves around the question: Just how much time do we want to spend with these characters? And in trying to answer that question it becomes clear how the Marvel/Netflix formula and 13-episode mandate does the series absolutely no favors. There’s a reason why Garth Ennis’ Punisher: MAX series found success by turning Frank Castle into a supporting character in his own series – it’s incredibly difficult to make one man’s endless homicidal rage into an absorbing television series without fundamentally altering the dynamic of the show or watering down the character to the point that becomes the Reprimander.
This isn’t a bad show, but the inherent problems with the character are amplified by the season’s excessive length and garden-variety approach to the Punisher’s way of doing things. At this point, the methods of operation for both Frank Castle and Neftlix’s corner of the MCU could stand to be refreshed.
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[h=1]The Punisher is ‘Even More Realistic’ Than Other Marvel Netflix Shows[/h]
We interviewed The Punisher star Ben Barnes, who plays Billy Russo, about his role as the series villain and the show’s violence. When Marvel TV and Netflix announced their own series of shows that would culminate in a team-up miniseries, they already had a plan in place for the lineup that would come to include Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and The Defenders. Each series has been successful in its own right, and Netflix has ordered additional seasons of every show except The Defenders (though it’s still early yet to see if that will continue). However, what wasn’t part of the plan was Marvel’s The Punisher series being spun off from Daredevil.
In season 2 of the first Marvel Netflix series, Matt Murdock faced off against Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) aka The Punisher, but they eventually discovered they weren’t necessarily enemies. Bernthal’s Punisher quickly became a fan-favorite of Daredevil season 2, and it wasn’t too long after that Marvel and Netflix gave the green light for his own solo series. Now, The Punisher has finally hit Netflix, introducing fans to a whole host of new characters existing in the world of Frank Castle. One such character is Frank’s best friend, Billy Russo, played by Ben Barnes.
[h=3]Related: Marvel’s The Punisher Series Premiere Review[/h]In an interview with Screen Rant to talk aboutthe latest Marvel Netflix series, Barnes discussed the violence of The Punisher, how he landed the role of Billy Russo, and whether there was another Marvel – or other – superhero character he had his eye on before landing this role. Barnes also addresses Netflix and Marvel’s decision to cancel The Punisher panel at New York Comic Con, as well as the series’ delayed premiere date
What drew you to this project?
From what I’ve seen of The Punisher, there’s a lot of action, what did you do to prepare for those scenes?
Marvel’s The Punisher was an unexpected addition to the street-level Marvel line up after Jon Bernthal’s brooding performance in the somewhat disappointing Daredevil season 2 convinced the powers that be that a Frank Castle-led solo program might not be a terrible idea. But in finding a convincing leading man who could help carry another hero’s show, neither Netflix nor Marvel found a compelling enough take on the violent vigilante to entirely justify 13 hours with him.
After the disappointment of Iron Fist and The Defenders, not to mention the utter failure that was Inhumans, it feels as though Marvel TV is simply green lighting new projects because it can, when it should be green lighting new projects based on the strength of the idea around a character and a unique creative vision behind it, one that challenges the audience’s perception of what a story about a particular hero (or antihero) can look like. But even though The Punisher is an improvement from what we’ve seen from Marvel TV of late, it still lacks a truly compelling take on the character.
One of the appealing things about the Punisher is the relative simplicity of the character. Like the skull emblazoned on the chest of his otherwise non-descript costume, the character’s ethos is very much black and white: if you’re a bad guy, you die. While that kind of straightforward simplicity works well in the two-dimensional world of the comics, it’s proven less successful in live-action adaptations. The character has been the star of three separate theatrical releases, and all were films that either failed completely or were simply disappointing.
Part of the problem with Frank Castle is that he’s little more than a rage-filled murderer, and one with an arsenal of automatic weapons at his disposal to boot. It’s no easy task turning that into an interesting three-dimensional character for two hours, let alone thirteen. And it’s even more difficult considering how real-world events recently delayed the release of the series. As such, watching The Punisher, it’s challenging to disengage from the depressing frequency with which mass shootings occur in this country, and how often the actions of the series’ hero can feel like an unwelcome reminder of that.
This doesn’t mean that The Punisher is an unforgivably bad show or that it shouldn’t have been made. For starters, it’s miles ahead of Iron Fist in terms of quality and given Bernthal’s moody performance that’s enhanced by the actor’s knack for delivering convincing action sequences –a like a construction site brawl where Frank takes on a trio of gun-toting thugs with nothing more than a sledgehammer – there’s plenty of reason to think the show could work.
And while aspects of the show do work well, like the diverting interplay between Bernthal’s Castle and Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s David ‘Micro’ Lieberman, The Punisher as a whole is slow, and lacks focus. Series showrunner Steve Lightfoot (Hannibal) might have had an edgy hit on his hands if he could have trimmed up the show’s many frayed edges, but as it stands, the series simply lacks a truly gripping story.
Instead, the series spreads itself across a multitude of plot points, the most unnecessary of which is the military conspiracy that rewrites the Punisher’s origin and essentially hits the reset button on everything that was already established in Daredevil season 2. It’s here that you start to see the Netflix/Marvel series formula come into play, and it does the show no favors. While Frank gets back to punishing at a snail’s pace, the series introduces a supporting cast of uninteresting law enforcement characters played admirably by Amber Rose Revah and Michael Nathanson. The characters, Dinah Madani and Sam Stein, are virtually indistinguishable from any other cop on these shows who begins by chasing the hero down, but eventually learns to trust that the vigilante in question is ultimately trying to do the right thing.
Despite some anemic attempts to flesh Madani’s character out by focusing on her career and Persian heritage – which opens the door for a welcome appearance by Shohreh Aghdashloo as her mother – and introducing a romance with Ben Barnes’ Big Bad Billy Russo, she and Stein mostly serve as a conduit for an extraordinary amount of exposition, a function that’s not only unnecessary since the plot isn’t exactly challenging, but it also grinds the narrative’s already slow-moving gears to a halt.
So much of what happens in the first six episodes feels like padding out a story that desperately needs to be much more concise. Beats are performed repetitiously until they numb those watching. After a while, the attempt to visually express Frank’s emotional turmoil and sense of culpability for his family’s tragic deaths fails to resonate at all. Meanwhile, a subplot tackling the treatment of military veterans once they return home doesn’t rise above being a commendable effort to address a real-world concern. And a midway-point injury that requires the hero to be out of commission for an hour before making a miraculous recovery smacks so much of the episodic rhythms already seen in Daredevil and Luke Cage, it’s like the series is just filling in the blanks on a boilerplate template.
The consistency of Bernthal’s performance and the casting of Moss-Bachrach, a talented performer who enjoys terrific chemistry with his co-star and brings a welcome surplus of levity to their scenes together, become the saving grace of the season’s first half. The two continually call one another out on their respective nonsense, which is completely necessary in order to make it even remotely possible to root for these characters, considering one is a serial killer and the other is basically a creep in a bathrobe spying on his wife and kids while playing the Man in the Chair.
All in all, so much of the first half of The Punisher season 1 inadvertently revolves around the question: Just how much time do we want to spend with these characters? And in trying to answer that question it becomes clear how the Marvel/Netflix formula and 13-episode mandate does the series absolutely no favors. There’s a reason why Garth Ennis’ Punisher: MAX series found success by turning Frank Castle into a supporting character in his own series – it’s incredibly difficult to make one man’s endless homicidal rage into an absorbing television series without fundamentally altering the dynamic of the show or watering down the character to the point that becomes the Reprimander.
This isn’t a bad show, but the inherent problems with the character are amplified by the season’s excessive length and garden-variety approach to the Punisher’s way of doing things. At this point, the methods of operation for both Frank Castle and Neftlix’s corner of the MCU could stand to be refreshed.
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[h=1]The Punisher is ‘Even More Realistic’ Than Other Marvel Netflix Shows[/h]
We interviewed The Punisher star Ben Barnes, who plays Billy Russo, about his role as the series villain and the show’s violence. When Marvel TV and Netflix announced their own series of shows that would culminate in a team-up miniseries, they already had a plan in place for the lineup that would come to include Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and The Defenders. Each series has been successful in its own right, and Netflix has ordered additional seasons of every show except The Defenders (though it’s still early yet to see if that will continue). However, what wasn’t part of the plan was Marvel’s The Punisher series being spun off from Daredevil.
In season 2 of the first Marvel Netflix series, Matt Murdock faced off against Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) aka The Punisher, but they eventually discovered they weren’t necessarily enemies. Bernthal’s Punisher quickly became a fan-favorite of Daredevil season 2, and it wasn’t too long after that Marvel and Netflix gave the green light for his own solo series. Now, The Punisher has finally hit Netflix, introducing fans to a whole host of new characters existing in the world of Frank Castle. One such character is Frank’s best friend, Billy Russo, played by Ben Barnes.
[h=3]Related: Marvel’s The Punisher Series Premiere Review[/h]In an interview with Screen Rant to talk aboutthe latest Marvel Netflix series, Barnes discussed the violence of The Punisher, how he landed the role of Billy Russo, and whether there was another Marvel – or other – superhero character he had his eye on before landing this role. Barnes also addresses Netflix and Marvel’s decision to cancel The Punisher panel at New York Comic Con, as well as the series’ delayed premiere date
What drew you to this project?
It was a combination of the fact that I had met some of the Marvel guys over the years on a couple of different projects and I hadn’t quite been the right fit for any of their characters. They obviously had these very specific archetypes in their minds particularly usually for their characters. And then they actually have memories [like] elephants at Marvel and they tend to bring people back in when they think of something that they do fit for.
It was a combination of that and speaking with our showrunner Steve Lightfoot, who was very keen to ground the show in a way that was even more realistic than the other Netflix Marvel shows in that you can portray this particular world without necessarily having anyone with any superpowers. So you can ground it in a way that is impossible for other properties.
The thing that got me really excited actually was my screen test that I did and they sent me these sides – which are the lines for the audition – and they send you dummy sides, they’re not real lines from the show that they’re going to do so that nobody gets overexcited that they’re auditioning for something that they know about. And they’d written this speech for Billy Russo, which was a speech about this childhood, which actually wasn’t in the end anything to do with the show and I was very, very disappointed when I found out I wouldn’t be able to give this speech in the series – in fact, I even said at one point to Steve on the phone, ‘If this speech is in the show, I’ll do the show, that’s as simple as it is.’ And he goes, ‘It’s not, but we’ll write you something similar’. It was actually this crazy story about a little kid beating up another little kid with a bat and I just found it really powerful and thought if this the sort of style that they’re going for, then it’s something that I would be really keen on.
Were aware of the other Netflix shows when you got involved, had you seen any of the others?It was a combination of that and speaking with our showrunner Steve Lightfoot, who was very keen to ground the show in a way that was even more realistic than the other Netflix Marvel shows in that you can portray this particular world without necessarily having anyone with any superpowers. So you can ground it in a way that is impossible for other properties.
The thing that got me really excited actually was my screen test that I did and they sent me these sides – which are the lines for the audition – and they send you dummy sides, they’re not real lines from the show that they’re going to do so that nobody gets overexcited that they’re auditioning for something that they know about. And they’d written this speech for Billy Russo, which was a speech about this childhood, which actually wasn’t in the end anything to do with the show and I was very, very disappointed when I found out I wouldn’t be able to give this speech in the series – in fact, I even said at one point to Steve on the phone, ‘If this speech is in the show, I’ll do the show, that’s as simple as it is.’ And he goes, ‘It’s not, but we’ll write you something similar’. It was actually this crazy story about a little kid beating up another little kid with a bat and I just found it really powerful and thought if this the sort of style that they’re going for, then it’s something that I would be really keen on.
Yes, I’d seen Daredevil and Jessica Jones because I’d worked with both Charlie Cox, who plays Daredevil, and Krysten Ritter, who plays Jessica Jones. They’re both friends of mine, so I’m always very very keen to follow all my friends’ careers and I was really excited both of their shows got great reactions. So I called them when I got the offer and said, ‘Is this a great place to come and work?’ They were both very supportive of the choice.
So yeah I’d watched those shows and I just thought they were terrific. They were eminently bingeable shows so I moved through them quite quickly. Then I watched the other two that were out. While we were actually prepping or in the early stages of shooting The Punisher, I was making my way through the others. That’s one of the great things about being an actor, is that you can pretend watching television is homework.
So yeah I’d watched those shows and I just thought they were terrific. They were eminently bingeable shows so I moved through them quite quickly. Then I watched the other two that were out. While we were actually prepping or in the early stages of shooting The Punisher, I was making my way through the others. That’s one of the great things about being an actor, is that you can pretend watching television is homework.
From what I’ve seen of The Punisher, there’s a lot of action, what did you do to prepare for those scenes?
Well my particular involvement in the action was structured in a way that I had more time near the beginning to train than some other people. So I found myself, any day that I wasn’t shooting I would go into the – they’d set up a Punisher dojo with a giant Punisher skull spray-painted on a wall in a warehouse in Brooklyn. I would go in there everyday and I would have our fantastic stuntmen – Tom Williams is the stunt coordinator – particularly one stunt guy called Evan who took me through all sorts of various techniques. They took me to firing ranges and got me familiar with the weapons that will be used – a lot of knife training. In the end, I was calling him Mr. Miyagi because it felt very much like the montage sequences from Karate Kid to be honest, without the painting of the houses and sanding the floors obviously.
I said I wanted to learn how to do this and I’m quite accident prone, so every time to actually apply these skills that I learned on the set, I would inevitably fall over something and come home covered in various bruises, but it was really fun doing the training. We did a lot of boxing, a lot of knife fighting and gun training.
I watched a lot of Special Forces documentaries as well. I would watch them on the comfort of my sofa and try and work out how far into the training I think I could get, and I usually decided not very far. But I must have watched about 10 of those documentaries about Navy Seals training or Green Berets training or Special Forces training. I must have watched at least 10 of those documentaries as well.
In regards to The Punisher, the issue of gun control is obviously a big topic in today’s political climate, how aware were you during production of how this show might be perceived through that light? Did it impact your character or performance at all?I said I wanted to learn how to do this and I’m quite accident prone, so every time to actually apply these skills that I learned on the set, I would inevitably fall over something and come home covered in various bruises, but it was really fun doing the training. We did a lot of boxing, a lot of knife fighting and gun training.
I watched a lot of Special Forces documentaries as well. I would watch them on the comfort of my sofa and try and work out how far into the training I think I could get, and I usually decided not very far. But I must have watched about 10 of those documentaries about Navy Seals training or Green Berets training or Special Forces training. I must have watched at least 10 of those documentaries as well.
The truth about our show, and also the truth about the world in general, is that it’s a very complicated and traumatic place and I think these characters, even more so than in other superhero shows – which is why you don’t see a lot of guns in other superhero shows unless it’s a gun being kicked out of a nameless bad guy’s hand by a hero that would rather be nonviolent. But I think our characters are complex, particularly the character of the Punisher, he’s very much an anti-hero. He’s almost a villain character in some of the comics and the Daredevil series.
I think it was always laid out for us that the violence in our show was supposed to make you uncomfortable and you’re supposed to see the wear and tear on characters if they are violent. Nobody, I think, in our show is violent and lauded for it, especially if they’re using weapons. So that’s definitely not a message that’s being put out there, and that was something that was talked about, but obviously the conversation gets hugely heightened when things happen in the world – the tragic events in Las Vegas and everything – when the conversation escalates. But it was certainly something that wasn’t taken lightly, the violence on our show was never something that was meant to be glorified.
What did you think of Marvel’s decision to cancel the show’s New York Comic Con appearance and delay the premiere date?
The Punisher season 1 is available in its entirety on Netflix.[/h]
I think it was always laid out for us that the violence in our show was supposed to make you uncomfortable and you’re supposed to see the wear and tear on characters if they are violent. Nobody, I think, in our show is violent and lauded for it, especially if they’re using weapons. So that’s definitely not a message that’s being put out there, and that was something that was talked about, but obviously the conversation gets hugely heightened when things happen in the world – the tragic events in Las Vegas and everything – when the conversation escalates. But it was certainly something that wasn’t taken lightly, the violence on our show was never something that was meant to be glorified.
What did you think of Marvel’s decision to cancel the show’s New York Comic Con appearance and delay the premiere date?
Obviously, on a personal level, you see on Twitter that there are people who have bought tickets to come and meet you and obviously it’s difficult to know you’ve disappointed people through no action that you’ve taken. But I thought – y’know they decided between themselves that it wasn’t an appropriate time. I fully supported that. I mean, you have to be very careful what imagery you push into the public consciousness and the timing of when you do that and they decided that that was not the right time to air a show which has guns in it and I think that’s absolutely the right, responsible thing to do.
Switching gears a little bit, before you were cast as Billy Russo, were there any Marvel characters that you were interested in playing, any that haven’t been cast yet?
Oh, that’s interesting. … My old roommate used to have a book – I’m sure you’ve seen it before – but it’s like the big bad book of Marvel characters or something and it’s a huge, huge, huge coffee table book. I used to flip through it thinking – because when you’re an actor, you always think, ‘Oh well if I was to ever play a superhero who would it be.’ And then slowly you kind of realize they’ve all been picked off the list. There was a time a couple of years ago when Batman and Superman and Spider-Man were all young British actors and I was thinking, ‘Well hang on a minute, you’re not leaving me one!’ And I could never sort of work out which one it would be.
Inevitably it’s always one that you’ve never really thought of at all, but I think there’s something that happens to actors when you hit 35 and you get the opportunity to spread your wings a little bit in terms of the types of characters that become available to you and [what] people take seriously are lots of different types of things. Actually the opportunity to – not originating a character, this character has been on screen before, but to really sketch out a character, then flesh it out, then create a character really because the version of Billy Russo that we see in this show is not one we’ve really seen before.
Have you heard anything about Westworld season 2, if you’re coming back or not?Inevitably it’s always one that you’ve never really thought of at all, but I think there’s something that happens to actors when you hit 35 and you get the opportunity to spread your wings a little bit in terms of the types of characters that become available to you and [what] people take seriously are lots of different types of things. Actually the opportunity to – not originating a character, this character has been on screen before, but to really sketch out a character, then flesh it out, then create a character really because the version of Billy Russo that we see in this show is not one we’ve really seen before.
I definitely have heard because I can tell you that I have been on set at least once already.
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saw episodes 1 till 3
not bad, drama-esque and actioney but so far not that BOOM BOOM that i saw in dd s2 yet
not bad, drama-esque and actioney but so far not that BOOM BOOM that i saw in dd s2 yet
Finished season 1
Oh frank you messed billys face real bad but he deserved it.
best bit in the series micro and frank's bromance yeah.
good show but not the best from marvel that still is DD S1 followed by DD S2
this one comes after DD S1 AND 2 and slightly after luke cage. better than jessica and iron first (for sure)
Oh frank you messed billys face real bad but he deserved it.
best bit in the series micro and frank's bromance yeah.
good show but not the best from marvel that still is DD S1 followed by DD S2
this one comes after DD S1 AND 2 and slightly after luke cage. better than jessica and iron first (for sure)
[h=1]Marvel’s The Punisher Season 2 is Officially Happening[/h]
Netflix renews Marvel’s The Punisher for season 2 less than a month after the show’s debut, but it’s unclear when exactly the series will return. In 2015, Marvel and Netflix launched their joint venture with season 1 of Daredevil kicking off a smaller corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that focuses on street-level heroes based in New York City. Since then, Netflix has unveiled freshman seasons of Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, the team-up mini-series The Defenders, and an additional outing from Daredevil. However, while these series were all planned from the start of Marvel and Netflix’s partnership, they recently unveiled the first spinoff in The Punisher.
Continuing the story of Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal), who debuted in the second season of Daredevil as a semi-antagonist to Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), The Punisher season 1 dove deeper into the character’s history. Over the course of the first season, Frank evolved into the fully-formed Punisher as he tracked down the people responsible for the deaths of his wife and children, and crossed paths with characters fans know from the comics. Although reviews of The Punisher were decidedly mixed, Netflix and Marvel are bringing Frank back for another season of the solo series.
Related: The Punisher Doesn’t Really Fit Into the MCU
Announced on the official The Punisher Twitter, Marvel and Netflix revealed season 2 of the series is officially coming – but don’t specify when exactly the show will return. With five solo Marvel series currently ongoing – plus the possibility of The Defenders reuniting – Netflix has a number of comic-inspired shows in its lineup and it remains to be seen how The Punisher season 2 will fit into their slate.
Still, it remains to be seen when The Punisher will return. We know Jessica Jones season 2 is the next Marvel series to hit Netflix, with the premiere date set from March 2018. Plus, further seasons of Luke Cage and Daredevil are also expected to debut in 2018. If Marvel/Netflix stick to only releasing three new seasons a year, the earliest The Punisher season 2 could debut is 2019 – and likely not until the summer or fall because Iron Fist season 2 will likely hit in the early part of that year.
So, while fans of The Punisher will need to wait some time before Frank Castle’s solo series returns, they can at least take comfort in the fact that a second season is officially confirmed.
Netflix renews Marvel’s The Punisher for season 2 less than a month after the show’s debut, but it’s unclear when exactly the series will return. In 2015, Marvel and Netflix launched their joint venture with season 1 of Daredevil kicking off a smaller corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that focuses on street-level heroes based in New York City. Since then, Netflix has unveiled freshman seasons of Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, the team-up mini-series The Defenders, and an additional outing from Daredevil. However, while these series were all planned from the start of Marvel and Netflix’s partnership, they recently unveiled the first spinoff in The Punisher.
Continuing the story of Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal), who debuted in the second season of Daredevil as a semi-antagonist to Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), The Punisher season 1 dove deeper into the character’s history. Over the course of the first season, Frank evolved into the fully-formed Punisher as he tracked down the people responsible for the deaths of his wife and children, and crossed paths with characters fans know from the comics. Although reviews of The Punisher were decidedly mixed, Netflix and Marvel are bringing Frank back for another season of the solo series.
Related: The Punisher Doesn’t Really Fit Into the MCU
Announced on the official The Punisher Twitter, Marvel and Netflix revealed season 2 of the series is officially coming – but don’t specify when exactly the show will return. With five solo Marvel series currently ongoing – plus the possibility of The Defenders reuniting – Netflix has a number of comic-inspired shows in its lineup and it remains to be seen how The Punisher season 2 will fit into their slate.
Time to reload. #ThePunisher Season 2 is coming. pic.twitter.com/J76ksLfDqx
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) December 12, 2017
With season 1 essentially wrapping up Frank’s quest for revenge on those who killed his family, there are plenty of directions in which The Punisher season 2 could go. Certainly, there are a number of storylines from the comic books that showrunner Steve Lightfoot could adapt – perhaps even the recent The Punisher’s War Machine storyline – or the series could go in a completely new direction altogether. In terms of villains, The Punisher set up Billy Russo to become Jigsaw, an antagonist of Frank’s from the comics, and he will no doubt be a bigger foe in season 2.— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) December 12, 2017
Still, it remains to be seen when The Punisher will return. We know Jessica Jones season 2 is the next Marvel series to hit Netflix, with the premiere date set from March 2018. Plus, further seasons of Luke Cage and Daredevil are also expected to debut in 2018. If Marvel/Netflix stick to only releasing three new seasons a year, the earliest The Punisher season 2 could debut is 2019 – and likely not until the summer or fall because Iron Fist season 2 will likely hit in the early part of that year.
So, while fans of The Punisher will need to wait some time before Frank Castle’s solo series returns, they can at least take comfort in the fact that a second season is officially confirmed.
[h=1]The Punisher Returns In Season 2 Teaser Trailer; Premiere Date Confirmed[/h]
The Punisher season 2 premieres Friday, January 18th on Netflix.
The Punisher season 2 premieres Friday, January 18th on Netflix.
[h=1]Deborah Ann Woll Says The Punisher Season 2 is 'Most Likely' The Last[/h]
Actress Deborah Ann Woll seems to think that The Punisher season 2 will be the last in the series. Woll debuted in the role of Karen Page in Daredevil, before her character crossed over into The Defendersand The Punisher in 2017.
The release of The Punisher season 2 is right around the corner, and Netflix has kept their fans happy by releasing several new The Punisher posters as well as new trailers for the next season. The first season of The Punisher focused on Frank Castle tracking down the people who were responsible for his wife and children's deaths, which ended in a grisly battle between Castle and his long-time friend Billy Russo. The war between Castle and Russo seems to be the focus of this next season, but the series will also be bringing back Woll as Karen Page. With the release of season 2 inching closer, Woll reveals something that fans of the show won't want to hear.
Related: WATCH: Jigsaw Hides His Scars During Therapy Session in Punisher Season 2 Clip
Posting on Instagram, Woll shared her hopes for the future of the show - as well as some pragmatism that it may not have a future after season 2. She also congratulates Jon Bernthal (Castle) and the other cast members, but fans will likely be more interested in her thoughts on season 3 and the future of her character. Woll's full post can be seen below.
While Netflix is definitely releasing season 2 of The Punisher, the future of the series is unknown at this point. Several of Netflix's superhero shows have been canceled in recent months, including Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and most recently Daredevil. As of right now, The Defenders hasn't been officially canceled, but that's only because a second season was never really planned in the first place. Jessica Jones season 3 is also expected to come out at some point in 2019.
While The Punisher hasn't officially been canceled yet, Woll seems to think that she won't have an opportunity to return for a third season. Netflix could be holding off from canceling the show until people have a chance to enjoy season 2, but given the fates of the other shows, it's only a matter of time before The Punisher is canceled as well. That being said, nobody knows how The Punisher season 2 will end, so perhaps they will set up a third season since the show has generated a huge fan base, but only time will tell.
Source: Deborah Ann Woll
Actress Deborah Ann Woll seems to think that The Punisher season 2 will be the last in the series. Woll debuted in the role of Karen Page in Daredevil, before her character crossed over into The Defendersand The Punisher in 2017.
The release of The Punisher season 2 is right around the corner, and Netflix has kept their fans happy by releasing several new The Punisher posters as well as new trailers for the next season. The first season of The Punisher focused on Frank Castle tracking down the people who were responsible for his wife and children's deaths, which ended in a grisly battle between Castle and his long-time friend Billy Russo. The war between Castle and Russo seems to be the focus of this next season, but the series will also be bringing back Woll as Karen Page. With the release of season 2 inching closer, Woll reveals something that fans of the show won't want to hear.
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Posting on Instagram, Woll shared her hopes for the future of the show - as well as some pragmatism that it may not have a future after season 2. She also congratulates Jon Bernthal (Castle) and the other cast members, but fans will likely be more interested in her thoughts on season 3 and the future of her character. Woll's full post can be seen below.
While Netflix is definitely releasing season 2 of The Punisher, the future of the series is unknown at this point. Several of Netflix's superhero shows have been canceled in recent months, including Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and most recently Daredevil. As of right now, The Defenders hasn't been officially canceled, but that's only because a second season was never really planned in the first place. Jessica Jones season 3 is also expected to come out at some point in 2019.
While The Punisher hasn't officially been canceled yet, Woll seems to think that she won't have an opportunity to return for a third season. Netflix could be holding off from canceling the show until people have a chance to enjoy season 2, but given the fates of the other shows, it's only a matter of time before The Punisher is canceled as well. That being said, nobody knows how The Punisher season 2 will end, so perhaps they will set up a third season since the show has generated a huge fan base, but only time will tell.
Source: Deborah Ann Woll
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