Netflix Plotting 'Punisher' Spinoff Starring Jon Bernthal
Netflix may be expanding its relationship with Marvel.
The streaming service is eyeing a potential stand-alone series called The Punisher, a Daredevil spinoff, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
As first reported by TV Line, the potential spinoff — which is in very early development — would star Jon Bernthal and feature The Walking Dead alum reprising his character that is poised to make his debut during season two of Daredevil.
Should The Punisher move forward at Netflix, it would be the streaming service's sixth Marvel drama and join Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and mash-up mini The Defenders.
For Marvel, meanwhile, the comic book power house would have at least eight series on the air if The Punisher moves forward. It would join ABC's Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter. The network is also developing drama Marvel's Most Wanted, a spinoff of SHIELD.
The potential series comes as Netflix is looking to have a new original series to debut every week of the year as part of a $1 billion investment in original programming.
It’s official: The Punisher is getting his own TV series.
EW has learned that Marvel has ordered a spin-off starring vigilante character introduced in Daredevil season 2.
Jon Bernthal will reprise his role as vengeful military veteran Frank Castle, who brings his own lethal form of justice to Hell’s Kitchen.
Writer and executive producer Steve Lightfoot (Hanniba, Casualty) will serve as showrunner.
Marvel’s The Punisher marks the sixth series ordered (so far) as part of the collaboration between Netflix and Marvel Television, including the upcoming Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and the ensemble miniseries The Defenders – along with Jessica Jones and the aforementioned Daredevil. (And in case you’re wondering, as we are, whether Bernthal’s character will also be added to The Defenders lineup, that’s not yet clear – though it seems likely he’ll at least pop in for an appearance.)
Word that Netflix was working on a potential Punisher spin-off was first reported by TV Line last summer. Netflix and Marvel are expected to publicly announce the project later Friday. Here is the first teaser image for the new series:
So long as he keeps his snot in his nose and his spittle in his mouth by not emoting and sharing heart-to-hearts with people, but sticks to extrajudicial executions and general dour vigellanteism, then I'm onboard.
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The Punisher: Ben Barnes Joins Netflix's Latest Marvel Spinoff as Series Regular
Frank Castle, meet thy enemy?
Netflix’s latest Marvel spinoff, The Punisher, has cast English actor Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) in a series-regular role opposite Jon Bernthal’s titular vigilante, TVLine has learned exclusively. Character info is sketchy, but one rumor making the rounds has Barnes — who will next be seen in HBO’s big-budget Westworld — portraying antagonist Bobby Saint, the corrupt crime prodigy played in the 2004 film by James Carpinello.
A Netflix rep declined to comment.
Barnes’ stateside TV credits also include playing Sam Adams in the 2015 History miniseries Sons of Liberty.
I watched PUNISHER WAR ZONE this weekend as double feature with WONDER WOMAN, because PWZ was the historic first major superhero film directed by a woman. I'd heard it was terrible and it didn't disappoint. My favorite part was when Jigsaw burst into tears after glancing into a mirror, and his cannibal brother cheered him up by trashing the place. A comics reviewer once wrote, so-bad-it's-good is rarer than just-plain-good, and this definitely qualified. I'm not betting the farm on Netflix managing to top this.
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They really could've done without the "all vets are broken victims of PTSD" angle.
I didn't see it as that. There's even a line of dialogue where Frank suggests that some folks had a much worse war than others in talking about Afghanistan. To use the old parlance, some folks had a good war, others didn't.
I was surprised to find I liked the PTSD Punisher take pretty well in the first episode. Could have done with less brooding as he tried to live out his life in retirement, but it's a good contrast with the final shot of him as he comes alive as the Punisher.
I'm still very wary of the bullshit conspiracy stuff involving his family's murder. Finding dirt on his old unit is fine, but just let the death of his family be the trigger for turning him into a serial killer.
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I'm only an episode in, but seems the focus is on the broken soldiers.
Maybe I'm not paying attention to the right stuff, but it doesn't seem quite as prevalent as the Crazy Vietnam Vet stuff in the 70s and 80s. My initial reaction is this is an interesting focus for the show, just as Jessica Jones focused on abuse and Luke Cage on #BlackLivesMatter.
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My late father was a Vietnam veteran, and while he was out of his goddamn mind, he always remembered his combat tour as a blast. "Fun" was the word he used most often to describe... uh, everything about the war. He was young, traveled halfway across the globe, killed people and got paid for it. The old man wasn't much for brooding over his service.
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Which is kind of my point. Lately the narrative on vets has been hijacked to fit the "they're all broken" story. We're all different, we all have different experiences, and to paint us all with that same brush sucks, and it's shitty storytelling the same way using other stereotypes is crap.
The support group in the first episode had different layers of messed-up. Most looked to be perfectly functional people who have some problems beneath the surface. Only one drew comparisons to Taxi Driver.
I'll have to get deeper in it to see if my opinion of veteran issues holds up, but two episodes in it feels like there's proper weight here and doesn't delve too far into Crazy Vet territory.
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By the end, the only ones that actually have more than a rough sketch of a story are all screwed up in one way or another - Russo, Frank, Lewis, Curtis.
I'm about halfway through and the early promise I saw with the vets has largely bogged down in pretty cliched bullshit.
There's a fair amount to like in this (Punisher, Micro, and the female agent are all good), but this is shockingly dull. The Afghanistan case just drones on and one and on with relatively few action set-pieces... none of which are particularly memorable, but at least Punisher comes across as less of a suicidal idiot than he did in Daredevil.
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I finished it last night, and I'm actually a little pissed now that I realized who Billy Russo is; turning him into a vet makes the portrayal of vets even more insulting.
Fuck you Lightfoot, et al.
And yeah - the cliches are ridiculous. Almost every single character is a damn cliche.
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