The Hollywood Reporter gives us the scoop on the completed casting for The Punisher movie...
Samantha Mathis and Will Patton lead a cast of actors who are checking into Artisan Entertainment/Marvel Studios' "The Punisher" for director Jonathan Hensleigh. Production starts Aug. 2 in Tampa, Fla., with Thomas Jane in the title role. James Carpinello, Mark Collie, Ben Foster, John Pinette, Eddie Jamison and Russell Andrews also have signed on to round out the cast, joining John Travolta, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Laura Harring in the project.
The comic book adaptation tells the story of FBI undercover agent, Frank Castle, who until now has beat considerable odds. A former Special Forces operative, he is finally moving out of the field and into a desk job -- and a normal life with his wife and son. Then Castle's world is shaken to its core by a nightmare he has longed feared: his family is executed as a repercussion from his final undercover assignment. With unparalleled intensity, ferocious intelligence and fearless actions, Castle seeks to punish the murderers -- and finds the one thing he least expected: redemption.