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We knew Disney+ was prepping a standalone special for The Punisher, but we didn't cognize it was coming truthful soon. The Punisher: One Last Kill premieres connected May 12. This is conscionable 1 week aft nan play 2 finale of Daredevil: Born Again, which starts up this week. It's imaginable The Punisher will beryllium featured successful that, truthful we could beryllium successful for 8 consecutive weeks of skull-shirted shenanigans.
One Last Kill was really co-written by prima Jon Bernthal, who has been playing nan vigilante for a decade now. It's been described arsenic a emotion missive to nan character, but crippled specifications person been kept nether wraps. Marvel TV caput Brad Winderbaum has called it "a shotgun blast of a story." Reinaldo Marcus Green is directing, who antecedently made We Own This City pinch The Wire's David Simon.
We do cognize that Frank Castle survives immoderate convulsive ordeal he goes done successful nan special. That's because The Punisher is featured prominently successful nan trailer for nan adjacent Spider-Man film. This will beryllium nan first clip Bernthal's return connected nan characteristic will show up successful an existent movie.
He first took connected nan domiciled successful play 2 of nan original Netflix Daredevil show. Bernthal was a instrumentality favorite, which led to two seasons of a spin-off show earlier Netflix and Marvel ended their full associated TV experiment.
This isn't nan only Netflix-era leader getting a resurgence connected Disney+ and beyond. Charlie Cox returned to nan domiciled of Daredevil for Spider-Man: No Way Home and She-Hulk: Attorney astatine Law before getting his ain show. It's besides been reported that Krysten Ritter's Jessica Jones is coming backmost this play connected Born Again and Mike Colter has been dropping hints that his type of Luke Cage could beryllium gracing televisions successful nan adjacent future.
