DISCIPLINE & PUNISH
It’s coming.
Real life horrifyingly intervened, but the long-anticipated Punisher series is finally getting close to launch. AÂ second trailer has just been released. Mark your calendars.
IT’S (A) KILLER
Deadline Hollywood has the deets on the release date and the lead-up:
Just over two weeks after a New York Comic-Con panel for Marvelâs The Punisher was cancelled because of the October 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas, the Netflix series now has a premiere date.
When Punisher would actually appear was a closely held secret that Marvel and Netflix has previously teased. Back in September, the comic giant and the streaming service sent out a press release with a redacted date for the launch of the Steve Lightfoot-showrun series. Not long afterwards, a Metallica-fueled Punisher trailer was released with the launch date also blurred.
Coming before an as-yet unspecified third season of Daredevil and Season 2 of both Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, the Punisher series comes after the vigilante character was first introduced in Season 2 of the Charlie Cox-led show. First introduced in the comics by Marvel in The Amazing Spider-Man in 1974, former soldier Frank Castle ruthlessly hunts down the criminal underworld and far more. Losing his family to killers in the series, the incredibly well-armed Punisher takes few prisoners, if you know what I mean.
The Punisher TV series features The Walking Dead alum Bernthal, plus Daredevil & The Defenders alum Deborah Ann Woll reprising her role as Karen Page. Westworldâs Ben Barnes and Girlsâ Ebon Moss-Bachrach also appear in the Jeph Loeb executive-produced show.
JUSTICE BELEAGUERED
Are you psyched? We know we are. This show looks awesome.
But don’t just take our word for it. Check it out for yourselves: