That’s a wrap!The Punisherseason 1 has officially finished production. Netflix has been very busy over the last couple of years creating their own little corner of the Marvel Universe, which is mostly centered on some of the more street level heroes and, in this case, antiheroes from the Marvel canon. Netflix will be expanding upon that later this year whenThe Punisherarrives for his very own series.
TheJon BernthalSourceTwitteraccount revealed that production onThe Punisherseason 1 had wrapped principal photography by posting some photos from the wrap party.Jon Bernthalcertainly looks like he is having a good time in them, which seems to signify he had a good time making the show. He first playedFrank CastleinDaredevilseason 2 last year and the reception to his take on the character was beyond good. Some were even lobbying for him to get some Emmy love, which didn’t happen. That ultimately led to Netflix and Marvel giving him his very own series.
“It’s a wrap! Jon was at the Punisher wrap party yesterday. #JonBernthal #BenBarnes #ThePunisher”
The Punisheris something Marvel fans have wanted to see done in a proper way for quite some time. There have been a few attempts on the movie side of things to make it happen, but that was long before the Marvel Cinematic Universe was a thing. There is the famously badDolph Lundgren,Punishermovie from the late 80s. There was also a better but still not quite there yet attempt made in 2004 with a version ofThe Punisherthat starredThomas Janeas Frank Castle, withJohn Travoltaas the main villain. Most recently wasPunisher: War Zone, which starredRay Stevensonas the beloved antihero. That movie wasn’t very successful, but it has found an audience in the years since its release. Still, after all of that, it wasJon Bernthal’s turn as Frank Castle onDaredevilthat finally nailed it. So seeing an entire season of a show with him doing his thing will likely delight Marvel fans.
Up to this point, details onThe Punisher serieshave been fairly scarce, but sinceDeborah Ann Wollis going to appear as Karen Page, we can assume that at least some of the series will be taking place after the events ofDaredevilseason 2. We also know thatEbon Moss-Bachrachhas come aboard to play Micro, a former NSA analyst whose secrets may be of great value to Frank Castle.Amber Rose Revahalso signed on to play Dinah Madani, a highly-trained sophisticated Homeland Security agent andBen Barneswill play Billy Russo, Franks Castle’s best friend from his days in the Special Forces, who runs a successful private military corporation called “Anvil.”
A release date has not yet been revealed forThe Punisher Season 1, but we do know that it will hit Netflix sometime this year. We can also assume that a trailer isn’t that far off, since production has wrapped and also because a new poster for the show was revealed recently. Netflix also hasThe Defendersdropping in August, so it seems likely thatThe Punisherwill drop after that. You can check out the photos fromThe Punisherwrap party for yourself below.
