Jon Bernthal is returning as The Punisher in Daredevil: Born Once more. As per The Hollywood Reporter, The Strolling Useless actor is ready to reprise his function because the antihero Frank Fortress within the upcoming Disney+ collection — for the primary time since Netflix’s Punisher wrapped in 2019. The final we heard of Bernthal suiting up as The Punisher was in August 2022 when actress Rosario Dawson — whose character was launched in Netflix’s Daredevil — let slip that info, solely to retract it later. Daredevil: Born Once more is a part of Part 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and is slated to launch in early 2024.
The report notes that Bernthal will reunite with actors Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio within the collection, after having beforehand collaborated with them in Netflix’s interconnected Marvel collection run. Filming begins in New York Metropolis later this month, with the collection being poised as an extended epic than different Marvel Studios productions corresponding to She-Hulk: Lawyer at Legislation (9 episodes) and Moon Knight (6 episodes). Daredevil: Born Once more is deliberate as an 18-episode-long affair, co-written and government produced by Matt Corman and Chris Ord. The collection itself is a mushy reboot, of types, primarily based on the eponymous 1986 comedian e-book run — written by Frank Miller — which particulars the masked vigilante’s descent into madness on the Kingpin’s arms, as he struggles to construct a brand new life for himself.
The Disney+ collection, nonetheless, is poised to deviate from that plot to an unspecified diploma. The Punisher, as an example, by no means appeared in that story, whereas Matt Murdock/ Daredevil continued his paranoia-driven battle in opposition to the Kingpin. Bernthal’s The Punisher first appeared in Netflix’s Daredevil season 2, the place he waged a one-man warfare in opposition to crime, finally crossing paths with Cox’s Daredevil and tying him as much as show that deadly forces are essentially the most viable technique to eradicate crime. His arc finally branched right into a standalone The Punisher collection, which ran for 2 seasons, earlier than Netflix cancelled the present in 2019. Netflix quickly misplaced its license for Marvel content material in 2022, which led to exhibits corresponding to Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and the aforementioned The Punisher, shifting to Disney+ Hotstar.
That mentioned, different supporting characters from the Netflix-Marvel run corresponding to Deborah Ann Woll’s Karen Web page and Elden Hensen’s Foggy Nelson are reportedly not a part of the forged lineup for Daredevil: Born Once more. Cox was reinstated into Kevin Feige’s MCU in 2021, making a cameo in Spider-Man: No Approach Residence, after which he made a short look within the last two episodes of She-Hulk: Lawyer at Legislation. Within the latter, he was seen sporting a yellow-and-red go well with, impressed by the traditional Marvel comedian books.
Again in 2021, Bernthal said in an interview that he hopes some other iterations of the Punisher character must be shrouded in darkness. “It must be a stage of darkness. I feel if there’s any let-up on that character, you do a disservice to the character, to each iteration of the character, to each comedian e-book that is come earlier than, and to the entire unbelievable followers of the character. This character means a lot to individuals within the army,” he mentioned. “So, like I mentioned earlier than, it isn’t about whether or not you do the character; it is about whether or not you are able to do it proper, and I am solely excited by doing it proper.”
Daredevil: Born Once more is ready for launch in early 2024, throughout Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar.
