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The Week in Disappointment – Iron Fist, The Punisher, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Man of Steel, Deadpool, The Walking Dead, Ghostbusters, Spider-Man

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Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Rumour: Marvel to replace Iron Fist Netflix series with The Punisher” Let’s start with he week’s most disappointing news. The Iron Fist Netflix series potentially getting scrubbed for a Punisher series. Marvel has been trying to get Punisher right for ages. And after seeing Daredevil, […]

Comics to Read Before You Die #29: The Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank

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In the latest edition of Comics to Read Before You Die, Jessie Robertson looks at The Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank… Collected in The Punisher Vol. 4 #1-12 (Apr 2000- March 2001) Writer Garth Ennis Penciller Steve Dillon Inker Jimmy Palmiotti Letterer(s) Comicraft, Wes Abbott, Richard Starkings Colorist Chris Sotomayor Editor(s) Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Quesada For […]

Rosario Dawson talks Daredevil season 2, The Punisher and crossing over into other Marvel shows

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Last month it was announced that Rosario Dawson will be reprising the role of Claire Temple for the second season of Daredevil (as well as potentially featuring in any of Netflix’s other Marvel series) and now the actress has been speaking to MTV about what the future holds for her character. “She’s funny, she’s wry, […]

Tom Hardy wants to play The Punisher

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Hopefully Marvel Studios’ creative teams are up-to-speed on social media, because Collider just broke a story that Mad Max: Fury Road star Tom Hardy wants to play The Punisher. In a new interview with  The Dark Knight Rises alum, Collider asked Hardy about his recent Suicide Squad departure and asked if he’d be interested in playing more comic book characters. Hardy seemed […]

Jon Bernthal is “thrilled” to play The Punisher in Daredevil

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Last week, Marvel announced that The Punisher is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Jon Bernthal securing the role of Frank Castle in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s Daredevil. Now, during a promotional interview with ABC News, the Fury and The Walking Dead star has briefly shared his excitement, say’s he’s “thrilled” with the […]

Daredevil showrunner wants to see hard-R Punisher series

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Daredevil is set to kick off the road to The Defenders this month, with the show set to be followed on Netflix by A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. Asked by SciFiNow which other Marvel characters he’d like to see joining those on the streaming service, Daredevil showrunner Steven S. DeKnight has revealed […]

Jon Bernthal joins Daredevil season 2 as The Punisher; logo revealed

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What once seemed a pipedream has now become a reality, as Marvel has officially announced that The Punisher has joined the ranks of Daredevil‘s second season. Not only that, but he’ll be played by The Walking Dead and The Wolf of Wall Street alum Jon Bernthal. And if that wasn’t enough, we’ve got a new logo too: Marvel didn’t […]

The Punisher rumoured for Phase Two of Marvel’s Netflix schedule

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Have you seen Daredevil on Netflix yet? If not, why? I think we can all agree that it was awesome and the partnership between Marvel and Netflix has gotten off to an extremely fruitful start. Still to come of course over the next couple of years is A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist […]

Details on Disney’s new streaming service and its original content, The Defenders shows remaining at Netflix

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Last August it was announced that Disney will soon be launching its own dedicated streaming service, which will become the exclusive home for Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm feature film content, as well as its program library  from The Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD. As noted in the initial announcement, it will also feature […]

Avengers: Infinity War directors considered using The Defenders, but it was “practically impossible”

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Way back when Avengers: Infinity War was first announced, there was a huge amount of speculation as to whether the Marvel blockbuster would see its big screen heroes joined by characters from the likes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the various Marvel Netflix shows. Sadly for fans of the shows, it was later announced that […]