Lead Actor Ray Stevenson to Direct Punisher 3?

I hope Ray can pull it off if it happens. By the way, if the film comes out on the 12th, then it would be NEXT Friday...fyi

Yup i also heard its this friday. So looking forward to it. The actions scenes look good like they should. And thank goodness that they realized that the punisher is a grity intense charactor (ha didn't use the word dark)
and i do hope punisher goes all the way past sequel statis. Oh yeah and Fantastic Four should be reboted as well. (just incase anyone with authority reads this)

i hope that the punisher will not turned out to be punishment to all moviegoers....

First off, dark is necessary when we talk about dark characters. It's what fits them. Punisher, Batman, GhostRider and Daredevil are all dark superheroes and they're movies should represent them accurately or else don't bother.

And as for Fantastic Four is concerned, the movies couldn't have been any better even though they sucked. They sucked cause the characters sucked. They stayed true to them and it still failed because they suck. They had good scripts, great actors, amazing special effects and sucked louder than any commercial vaccum you can buy. They, as superheroes, just flat out suck. They don't have any "challenges" that are unique to them as characters like the X-men or Spider-man or or Ironman... other than paying they're electricity bill. They have a cool concept as a team but they don't amount to anything in particular. Any of they're so called "challenges" could be handled by any other superhero with even more gusto! They serve no purpose. And THAT is the main reason why i KNOW that a Captain Marvel: Shazam movie will suck. There's just nothing special about him and there's nothing that only he could possibly overcome as a challenge. Even though they do have their own slew of fans, these characters are not BOX OFFICE MATERIAL. You can make all the PG-13 reboots you want, there will never be enough of a mass lining up to see it so they'd make enough money to even consider calling it a hit.

It's unfortunate but as for Punisher goes, to us fans he's a comic book childhood hero but to the masses, he's just an action movie star. So yes, it will be a good action film but won't have much more success then Jane's version. And if these movies are just made to be cool action flicks than i don't think they do the character justice and i really don't think that they deserve a third one. I think what Punisher needs is a cool HBO R rated animated series like Spawn. That would really do him justice.

You want a non/girly Punisher movie that actually kicks ass? Go rent RAMBO. For some reason, i really don't see WARZONE being in the top three for more than 2 weeks depending on what comes out in the following weeks... Sorry to be the rain on your parade guys. I hope it kicks ass because i hate buying DVD's just to be let down but i'm not going to see this one on the big screen.

Have to agree with Shaman, to most people he is just a rock em sock em action flick type of guy who isn't going to get the cred he deserves in a movie setting. Also, the HBO anmated series in the tone of the Spawn series would be AWESOME!!!!! It would definitely do him justice, done right, with a straight adaptation, directly from comic book page, to HBO. Even though I don't subscribe to HBO (or any movie channel for that matter...On Demand, Hello!) It is a great idea. Also in agreeance, this isn't going to be a blockbuster movie, it just isn't. The ONLY reason they would do a sequel is if this sells to the masses like crazy. I don't think it's going to do bad, but it's not going to be the December to Remember type movie.

Well, because of the newly provided "ultra violent" trailer for Punisher:Warzone, which i can't see at work, and by seeing all those comments of people dehidrated by all the drool produced... i just might go see it... once. It's still not gonna attract masses to it like the ever so popular Rambo. People in general (comic book fans aside) don't connect with the punisher character. And in my opinion, TOM JANE is undesputed as the best punisher no matter what Stevenson does. And if Stevenson directs the 3rd one, it's gonna be BLADE TRINITY all over again.

Punisher 3, straight to DVD? More likely, straight to the garbage dump. Why Marvel refuses to get behind this franchise is beyond me.