Based on the Punisher character from Marvel Comics, Steve Lightfoot produced the American television series Marvel's The Punisher for the streaming site Netflix. It takes place in the same continuity as the other television shows and movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It is a spin-off of the 2015–2018 Marvel Netflix original series Daredevil. Marvel Television, in collaboration with ABC Studios and Bohemian Risk Productions, created The Punisher. Lightfoot oversaw the showrunner role.
Reunited with Daredevil, Jon Bernthal plays vigilante Frank Castle/punisher, a man who fights crime with deadly force. Starring with Ben Barnes are Deborah Ann Woll, Jason R. Moore, Amber Rose Revah, and Ben Barnes. For the first season, they are joined by Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Daniel Webber, Paul Schulze, Michael Nathanson, and Jaime Ray Newman; for the second season, they are joined by Josh Stewart, Floriana Lima, and Giorgia Whigham. Fox committed to a planned pilot of a Punisher-themed television series in 2011, but that project was shelved. Bernthal was chosen to play the character in Daredevil's second season in June 2015. By January 2016, a spin-off was under development, and that April, with Bernthal's cooperation, Netflix ordered the series.
and Lightfoot was verified. Filmed in New York City, the series delves into the anguish and brutality of the title character.
On November 17, 2017, the first season of Netflix was made available in its entirety. The second season was made available on January 18, 2019. Despite receiving a mixed bag of reviews, they were nominated for a Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award and won several other awards. The Punisher was canceled by Netflix on February 18, 2019. On March 1, 2022, all Marvel Netflix programs were taken from the platform as Disney was granted permission to reclaim the license for them. Disney+ started offering them for streaming on March 16. In the next Daredevil: Born Again series on Marvel StudiosDisney+, Bernthal will play Frank Castle once more.
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