The Punisher just started shooting under-the-radar, with set pics showing Bernthal sporting a mountain-man beard. The show appears to be spending some time on Frank’s past, with casting videos leaking a while back auditioning actors for military roles, perhaps to showcase Castle’s time in the military. I think it’s reasonable to assume that Clancy Brown, who appeared in Daredevil season 2 as Frank’s former commanding officer, would be part of those flashbacks. Will we finally get to see Frank’s family?
Shooting now implies the show will be ready in about a year, making a fall release plausible and backing up a Latino Review report that, like the film side, Marvel is increasing to three content drops a year instead of two. The show is run by Steve Lightfoot and the only other confirmed castmember at the time is Ben Barnes, a roguish actor speculated to be Bobby Saint, the ostentatious son of a well-known gangster. If Barnes is a villain, his suave evil could contrast nicely with Frank’s down-and-dirty ethos a la Cottonmouth and Luke Cage. Another character who was teased at the end of Daredevil‘s second season is Microchip. In the show, he appears to be an old contact of Frank’s who acts as a sort of “tech Alfred” for the Punisher. He was played by Wayne Knight in 2008’s Punisher: War Zone.
I’m pleasantly surprised Marvel is giving Punisher, an unrepentant mass murderer, his own series. Normally, I’d think it would get neutered even with PG-16 boundaries but then I thought: what have they not been able to get away with, really? Someone took a power drill to Punisher’s foot after he hung a bunch of dudes on meat hooks. I don’t think there will be a problem (as long as he doesn’t say “fuck” more than once).
The actor also praised the freedom given on set.
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