The vigilante who employs murder, kidnapping, extortion, coercion, threats of violence, and torture in his war on crime, is finally getting his own TV series. EW reported that Marvel has ordered a spin-off starring vigilante character who made his debut in Daredevil season 2.
Jon Bernthal will reprise his role as Hell’s Kitchen vigilante who’s the vengeful military veteran Frank Castle, who brings his own lethal form of justice in the neighbourhood.
With The Punisher coming into the picture, this would be the the sixth Marvel’s series ordered as part of the collaboration between Netflix and Marvel Television.
Currently, the other five series are in various stages of production: Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones season 2, The Defenders (which brings together all three of those heroes, plus Daredevil).
With The Punisher coming into the picture, we can expect him to also be a part of the miniseries crossover – Defenders. The MCU has not only managed to capture the cinematic and television market but with The Punisher coming into the picture and the success of Daredevil and Jessica Jones series, it has now captured the Netflix audience as well.
The series will be based on Marvel’s comic character of the same name. In the comic space, The Punisher‘s brutal nature and willingness to kill made him a novel character in mainstream American comic books and he went on to be a part of a wave of psychologically troubled antiheroes and at the height of his popularity, was featured in three monthly publications, including The Punisher War Journal, The Punisher War Zone, and The Punisher Armory.
Netflix and Marvel are expected to publicly announce the project later Friday. As of now, the writer and executive producer for the spin-off series would be Steve Lightfoot (Hannibal) who will serve as showrunner.