Another one of Netflix’s The Defenders is being revived on Disney+. We already knew Jon Bernthal will return as Frank Castle a.k.a. The Punisher in Marvel’s current revival project Daredevil: Born Again, but Entertainment Weekly has learned that New York City’s favorite rifle-toting anti-hero will star in his own TV special on Disney+, similar to Marvel’s other specials like Werewolf By Night or the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.
Bernthal is co-writing the script for the new special with his collaborator and We Own This City director Reinaldo Marcus Green, who will also direct this standalone episode. EW says the episode will tie in with Daredevil: Born Again; at some point in that series, Matt Murdock will recruit The Punisher for a violent act that he’s unwilling to do as Daredevil, and the new special will revolve around that event.
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