If any of you have been on the IMDB page for "Captain America: The First Avenger" or the IMDB page for "The Avengers," you will notice on the cast list that an actor named Craig Fairbrass appears on both IMDB pages.
Next to his name, it says that he is rumored for the role of The Punisher.
Now most of you know that The Punisher has had a lengthly comic book movie history in the past twenty years. The first film was released in 1989 and starred action hero Dolph Lundgren. It changed many details from the comic book which included the disappearance of the famous skull on Castle's shirt. The second film was released in 2004 and starred Thomas Jane. This time they got the costume right, but it was just mediocre. More recently, we got a Punisher film by the name "Punisher: War Zone." This was released in 2008 and starred Ray Stevenson (who is playing Volstagg in Thor) and this was truly a hard R, action packed Punisher film. Unfortunately, this film did not even make half of it's $30 million budget. At the end of the film's theatrical run it only made $10,089,373. Now, if this new information about the Punisher from IMDB is true, this could mean Lionsgate has finally lost the rights to make another Punisher film, and Frank may now be able to exist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
So if true: here is how I think The Punisher could appear in "Captain America: The First Avenger." We know that the bookends of the film will be in present-day, probably after Cap was frozen. The Nazis were searching for him, eventually found him, and Cap now resides in some secret base in World War II. After countless search efforts to find Cap, Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D hire Frank to search for the base, infiltrate, bring back the Star Spangled Avenger to be a part of the Avengers Initiative.
So, what are your thoughts on the Punisher possibly appearing in the Marvel Cinemtic Universe? Do you think Craig Fairbrass is right for the role? Post your thoughts and confirm/debunk in the comments below.