There have been three movie incarnations of The Punisher since he was created by Gerry Conway and John Romita Sr. in 1974, and while a popular character in comics, his movies never quite seemed to connect with audiences. The first movie was in 1978, with Dolph Lundgren as Frank Castle/The Punisher. It was okay, though […]
For some reason Marvel Comics’ Punisher has been a difficult nut to crack–despite the fact that the character is essentially Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) from 1974’s Death Wish, a movie that went on to do pretty well at the box office. His first appearance was in New World Pictures 1984 movie The Punisher, and despite the criticism that surrounds that movie, […]
With Marvel Studios’ Guardians Of The Galaxy coming August 1st, there’s a lot of speculation as to what other characters they will bring to the big screen. That combined with Marvel being interested in working with Aaron Eckhart on an unnamed project, I wonder if it’s a relaunch of the Punisher. It’s important to notice that […]
Frank Castle, when his family is gunned down by mobsters, declares an all-out war on crime as The Punisher. As a comic character, his popularity at times has approached that of DC Comics’ Batman, though he never successfully made the leap to feature films. First Dolph Lundgren tackled the character, and while physically his portrayal […]
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