Punisher Set to Receive “Special Presentation” on Disney+
The solo special will follow the character's appearance on the upcoming "Daredevil: Born Again".
Jon Bernthal’s Punisher will headline a Marvel Studios Special Presentation for Disney+.
What’s Happening:
- Continuing 2022’s Werewolf by Night and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, a new Punisher special is in the works from Marvel Television.
- Entertainment Weekly reports that Jon Bernthal’s Punisher will appear in the upcoming Daredevil: Born Again for the streamer, which directly led to talks over a solo special for the character.
- Bernthal will co-write the script with director Reinaldo Marcus Green, who will direct the special.
- This version of The Punisher first appeared on the original Netflix Daredevil series, then receiving a two-season spin-off in 2017.
- The Marvel Studios Special Presentation moniker was highlighted as a new form of storytelling for Marvel Television back in 2022 when the first specials debuted, but they have since been dormant.
- Brad Winderbaum, head of Marvel Television, has also hinted at bringing back more of Marvel’s Defenders from their respective Netflix series, which would be a phenomenal use of these Special Presentations.
- Disney+’s first appearance of The Punisher starts on March 4th with the debut of Daredevil: Born Again.
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