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Four new images from Marvel’s The Punisher

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With a little over a month to go until The Punisher arrives on Netflix, the streaming service has released four images from the upcoming Marvel solo series featuring Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal), Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll), Micro (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), and Bill Rawlins (Paul Schulze); take a look below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for […]

Why David Fincher Is Right And Wrong About Marvel

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Neil Calloway asks whether making movies for Marvel is what directors want… David Fincher has become the latest director to stick his oar in and have a slight pop at Marvel studios. Nothing surprising there, it’s sort of his job to fly the flag for grown up drama and it’s certainly his job to get […]

Rumour: Silver Surfer to appear in Avengers: Infinity War

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If bringing together Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and virtually every other supporting player from the first ten years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe isn’t enough, it seems that Avengers: Infinity War may be set to introduce another classic Marvel here… although you may want to have your pinch of salt at […]

The Punisher showrunner talks Frank Castle’s nemesis Jigsaw and possible second season

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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 […]

Marvel’s The Punisher divides critics in early reviews

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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

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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 […]

Jon Bernthal provides The Punisher creator’s favourite rendition of the character

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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 […]

Marvel pulls The Punisher from NYCC in the wake of Las Vegas shooting

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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 Week in Spandex – NYCC roundup, Justice League, Thor: Ragnarok, The Punisher, Runaways, Gambit, Constantine, Spawn and more

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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 […]