Has Marvel Just Confirmed That Jon Bernthal's Punisher Will Star In THE DEFENDERS?
There's been speculation for a while that Jon Bernthal would return as Frank Castle/The Punisher in The Defenders and that may have now been inadvertently confirmed by Marvel. Find the details right here!
The cast of The Defenders is massive as Marvel has added just about every supporting character from Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist over the past year or so. However, one name not confirmed for the series is Jon Bernthal as The Punisher but Bleeding Cool believes he may have now been added to the cast of the highly anticipated Netflix series which premieres this coming August.
That's down to a cast list they've been sent featuring the names who will be in attendance for The Defenders panel at this year's San Diego Comic-Con next Friday. Listed are Mike Colter, Finn Jones, Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Elodie Yung, Deborah Ann Woll, Jessica Henwick, Marco Ramirez, Jon Bernthal and Jeph Loeb. So, does this confirm that Frank Castle will make his presence felt here?
It could just be that he's there to reveal new details about The Punisher, especially as that too is set to premiere in 2017. It's strange, though, that no other cast members will be joining him but that could be put down to the actor showing off a trailer here and then the show getting a proper push at the New York Comic-Con in the fall. We'll have to wait and see but Frank helping out the team seems likely!
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