Steve Lightfoot, showrunner for The Punisher, has spoken about telling an origin story for the show’s villain.The Punisher has well and truly arrived on Netflix, being as gruesome and brutal as one might expect. Aside from telling Frank’s tale of revenge against those that murdered his family, the show also acts as an origin story […]
Marvel’s The Punisher divides critics in early reviews
It won’t be long before we can’t watch our favourite small-screen Marvel heroes on Netflix, what with the impending upgrade of Disney’s streaming service, so it’ll be interesting to see if the final few runs can fix the issues that have blighted the most recent batch of 13 episode hour-longs. Namely a plot stretched thin […]
Marvel’s The Punisher gets a new trailer and premiere date
Marvel and Netflix have released the latest trailer for The Punisher, which also finally gives us a premiere date of November 17th! The series will see Jon Bernthal reprise his role from Daredevil‘s second season as Frank Castle, aka The Punisher. Watch the trailer here…SEE ALSO: Jon Bernthal provides The Punisher creator’s favourite rendition of the […]
Jon Bernthal provides The Punisher creator’s favourite rendition of the character
The co-creator of The Punisher, Gerry Conway, has said that Jon Bernthal has provided his favourite screen version of the character.There is a lot of excitement building around the release of Netflix’s upcoming The Punisher series, with fans already seeing a lot they like in actor Jon Bernthal’s performance of the character in Daredevil season […]
Rumour: Netflix may delay The Punisher
Earlier this week Marvel and Netflix announced that they had cancelled this weekend’s planned New York Comic Con panel for The Punisher in the wake of the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas.During our report, we speculated that Netflix may also opt to postpone the release of the show itself, and now Newsday is reporting […]
Marvel pulls The Punisher from NYCC in the wake of Las Vegas shooting
Following on from the tragic Las Vegas shooting this past Saturday, Marvel and Netflix have announced that they have decided to pull the panel for the upcoming series The Punisher from the New York Comic Con schedule.“We are stunned and saddened by this week’s senseless act in Las Vegas,” reads the official statement from the […]
The Week in Spandex – Justice League, Thor: Ragnarok, X-Men: The New Mutants, Gambit, Avengers: Infinity War, DC TV struggling in ratings
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Wonder Woman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Gotham, Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, Batman: The Animated Series, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Black Panther: Trouble […]
The Week in Spandex – NYCC roundup, Justice League, Thor: Ragnarok, The Punisher, Runaways, Gambit, Constantine, Spawn and more
Due to New York Comic Con, birthdays and anniversaries, it’s an abridged version of The Week in Spandex this week. Normal service will be resumed this coming Saturday…The big news from the weekend was of course the release of the latest trailer for Warner Bros.’ upcoming blockbuster Justice League, while on the DC front we […]
Stephen King’s Pet Sematary remake finds its directors
Paramount has found the directors for its adaptation of Pet Sematary.The Stephen King novel has been adapted before in 1989 for a feature film directed by Mary Lambert. But now Paramount is eyeing a new cinematic version of King’s creepy story.Paramount have been on the lookout for directors and have now landed on Kevin Kolsch […]
Disney developing Hocus Pocus TV reboot
Deadline is reporting that The Disney Channel is in early development on a TV movie reboot of the cult classic Hocus Pocus, which starred Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy who are inadvertently resurrected in present day Salem, Massachusetts. The reboot is being penned by Scarlett Lacey (The Royals), with the film’s original […]
