Jon Bernthal's Punisher is making a comeback! Following the conclusion of Daredevil: Born Again Season 1, the character will star in a Marvel special reminiscent of a Guardians of the Galaxy style adventure.
Entertainment Weekly revealed that Bernthal will also contribute to the script alongside We Own This City director Reinaldo Marcus Green.
Brad Winderbaum, head of Marvel Television, described the special as "a shotgun blast of a story, but also has all the pathos and emotion that you want out of a Frank Castle story." He added, "It's so exciting."
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News of this Punisher standalone project arrives as Marvel Television prepares the return of the Defenders on Disney+. This street-level superhero team – Daredevil (Matt Murdock), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter), and Iron Fist (Finn Jones) – previously appeared on Netflix before transitioning to Disney+ and becoming integrated into the MCU.
Winderbaum previously commented to Entertainment Weekly, "It’s certainly exciting to be able to play in that sandbox… We’re dealing with actors and time and the massive scale of production in order to build a cinematic universe, especially on television. But…it is certainly something that is creatively extremely exciting and that we are very much exploring.”
Daredevil: Born Again, premiering March 4th, continues the Daredevil saga that originated on Netflix. It features returning characters like the Punisher and Wilson Fisk (Kingpin), played by Vincent D'Onofrio. This time, they face a formidable adversary: the art-obsessed serial killer, Muse.
