Don't Expect Thomas Jane To Play The PUNISHER Again For MARVEL's NETFLIX Programs

Don't Expect Thomas Jane To Play The PUNISHER Again For MARVEL's NETFLIX Programs

Many comic book fans think Frank Castle aka The Punisher will turn up in one of Marvel's Netflix shows (Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist). However, if he does, he won't be played by Thomas Jane. "I think you'd need an unknown to play Frank." UPDATE

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By MarkJulian - Jan 23, 2015 02:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Punisher
Source: iamRogue
With the Marvel Cinematic Universe exploring street-level superheroes across their four Netflix programs, many fans are speculating that the Punisher could show up to dispense his lethal brand of justice.  After two box-office failures, the rights to Frank Castle returned to Marvel in 2013 [along with Blade, Ghost Rider and Daredevil].  Marvel comic book fans will know that there's a rich history between Daredevil and Punisher, with Punisher representing a darker, deadlier version of what Daredevil fears he could become one day.   While we've received no previous indication that the Punisher will show up on Daredevil, it would certainly be a welcome addition.  However, if Frank Castle does make an appearance, he won't be played by fan-favorite Punisher actor Thomas Jane.   "I feel like I've [played a true version of the character already]. That's why I did [Dirty Laundry]. I wanted to create something that was truer to my own vision of what that [Punisher (2004)] could be. I feel like I put that out there. It was really well received. I hope that The Punisher will continue. I hope they get an idea of what it can be and how to make it successful. I hope that they use that short film as a template for how to make it truer to what that character is.  I said what I wanted to say with that guy. I don't think I ever really was the perfect Frank Castle.  I look at him as Italian. A guy who, I guess I'm the right age now, but I would see him as a weathered guy. My body is not quite perfect for Frank. I would see Frank as more of a square jawed, lock-jawed kind of guy. I don't know who it would be. I think you'd need an unknown to play Frank. He’s really the ideal asshole!"

Do you agree with Jane? Should the Punisher be an older, more weathered, Italian man with a square jaw?   Do you think the Punisher will turn up on one of the Marvel Netflix shows or are you hoping Marvel Studios saves Frank Castle for a film appearance? Sound off in the usual spot below. 

UPDATE: Apparently, a day after the interview ran over at iamRogue, Jane participated in a reddit AMA and said that he actually would be interested in returning to the role, "with the right story". Apparently, Jane has conflicted feelings about a potential return.  

Extra point: The Daredevil showrunner has already let it be known that he'd love to tackle Punisher.
 

 

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Luminus
Luminus - 1/23/2015, 2:14 AM
Why do people keep forgetting the first Punisher film?
jCamer0n
jCamer0n - 1/23/2015, 2:18 AM
Ray Stevenson is the Punisher for me!

But I also love the Thomas Jane movie because of the Punisher vs Russian fight scene.
TheRealIntruder
TheRealIntruder - 1/23/2015, 2:21 AM
Punisher was made to be a TV drama.
aknightinarkham
aknightinarkham - 1/23/2015, 2:29 AM
My pick is still Jon Bernthal. I almost hope he passes on suicide squad if it meant Marvel would sign him. They won't though.
aknightinarkham
aknightinarkham - 1/23/2015, 2:30 AM
@Luminus

It wasn't even Punisher. The walking cartoon Dolph Lundgren wouldn't wear a skull on his shirt, because "it's too cartoony". No death's head, no Punsiher.
Kurne
Kurne - 1/23/2015, 2:31 AM
Rucka's Punisher or Aaron's MAX. Tone it down but bloody try.
Kurne
Kurne - 1/23/2015, 2:32 AM
With it
Lozzy
Lozzy - 1/23/2015, 2:34 AM
The Punisher is long overdue to make his MCU debut. Hopefully one day we get to see this in live action.
Luminus
Luminus - 1/23/2015, 2:36 AM
@aknightinarkham: He had the skulls on the knives as a consolation. Ray Stevenson's skull could barely be seen. All 3 movies sucked hard anyway.
Kurne
Kurne - 1/23/2015, 2:36 AM
Get Deknight to consult. He's onboard.
pepe
pepe - 1/23/2015, 2:37 AM
Punisher needs som movie love
aknightinarkham
aknightinarkham - 1/23/2015, 2:38 AM
@Luminus

That's not a consolation. Also, I actually really liked the Thomas Jane Punisher. The others sucked though.
Kurne
Kurne - 1/23/2015, 2:39 AM
The Netflix series are just getting started yet apparently Marvel has no balls to do Punisher.

Gtfo.
aknightinarkham
aknightinarkham - 1/23/2015, 2:40 AM
@kurne

Should be based on the 2005 Punisher game. It was an adataption of Welcome Back, Frank written by Garth Ennis and Jimmy Palmiotti, with small changes to fit into the Punisher 2004 movie universe. Could easily make the same changes to fit into the MCU.
aknightinarkham
aknightinarkham - 1/23/2015, 2:41 AM
Agents of SHIELD did drop a Microchip shoutout like near the end of the first half of S2. So hope that means something.
TheRealIntruder
TheRealIntruder - 1/23/2015, 2:41 AM
There's a difference between having balls and being stupid.

Daredevil doesn't have to be R rated on Netflix to do his origin right.

A hard PG-13 or TV-MA would be more than sufficient.

Its like you want a R rating just because it "looks" cool and you might see some nudity.

Grow up.
TheRealIntruder
TheRealIntruder - 1/23/2015, 2:43 AM
Punisher: War Zone was damn near NC-17... Did THAT rating help The Punisher in any way? No.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 1/23/2015, 2:48 AM
My options for The Punisher would be any of Scott Adkins, Jon Bernthal or Owain Yeoman.
TheRealIntruder
TheRealIntruder - 1/23/2015, 2:48 AM
And by the way.. Disney can make R rated films through Touchstone Pictures
LittleDanglyThing
LittleDanglyThing - 1/23/2015, 2:49 AM
Thomas Jane is the right age and has the look if he does his hair a certain way.
TheRealIntruder
TheRealIntruder - 1/23/2015, 2:53 AM
Disney made one of the most graphic mainstream films of all-time with Pulp Fiction. So yeah.. They can get dirty if they want to.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 1/23/2015, 2:55 AM
A PG-16 (TV-MA) is just about right for Punisher. It doesn't have to be a Frank Miller wet dream to suit the character. My only problem with the PG-13 rating for him is the limitations on language that would seem suitable to the various gangsters he'd be punishing.

But ratings are bullshit, anyway. You can send the same movie twice to the MPAA and get different ratings.
tongtong
tongtong - 1/23/2015, 3:00 AM
Thomas Jane was a better escort than Amell.
DemonBowler
DemonBowler - 1/23/2015, 3:03 AM
Thomas Jane should play Negan in The Walking Dead!
Luminus
Luminus - 1/23/2015, 3:04 AM
@aknightinarkham: Thomas Jane's Punisher was alright. I'd say it's the best one, but that's not saying much. That Ray Stevenson one was incredibly bad. He couldn't even take out that one cop in hand to hand combat. What a loser.
Natetrix79
Natetrix79 - 1/23/2015, 3:13 AM
It's not about the rating it's about the story, Daredevil will be a rated R type of series because if they stick to the source material DD will end a few episodes with his suit in shreds & him covered in blood. The Punisher needs blood & violence not because it looks cool but to tell his story. He's NOT a hero, he's not doing it to save people or for the greater good, he wants the people that hurt his family to pay that's it & the violence that uses lets you know just how far he will go. That's what War Zone was missing, Jane's Punisher made you feel his pain & his anguish where they lost it was the villain & Frank giving a monologue to Travolta at the end. The Punisher would have tourtured the man who had his family killed then blew his ass up. You slap that ending on Jane's movie & it would have been almost perfect (wasn't a fan of the C.I.A. part either) but in Jane's defense he didn't direct the movie!!!
SaxoWolf
SaxoWolf - 1/23/2015, 3:17 AM
TheDozarian
TheDozarian - 1/23/2015, 3:40 AM
I hate to say it but I liked Ray Stevenson as The Punisher better than I liked Thomas Jane. He just had the look. Now, as far as movies go, I enjoyed both and I have nothing against Jane. Dirty Laundry was awesome. But Stevenson's Punisher was sadly overlooked in the mainstream.
jessepostal
jessepostal - 1/23/2015, 3:44 AM
Dolph was an awesome punisher, you could see the pain he was in. He looked so numb and broken. Sure it's an 80s action movie but he def played the role.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 1/23/2015, 4:01 AM
I've still not seen Warzone. I saw it on TV once and recorded it, but just never watched more than five minutes...

The Jane film was seriously flawed, but it had some brilliant sequences and Jane's performance was perfect. Like Chris Evans' Cap, I didn't think Jane had the right look for Castle until I saw him bring the exact right soul to the part.

Great tie-in game, as well.
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