The landscape of streaming platforms continues to change as companies try to figure out the best ways to deliver their programming to viewers. We’ve seen Warner Bros. Discovery making a lot of changes with HBO Max and now Paramount+ and Showtime, previously two separate platforms, are looking to merge. As with HBO Max, these changes resulted in the cancellation of several Showtime projects, including Jon Bernthal’s. american gigolo. We don’t know what will happen to the actor, so… maybe a return to Punisher.
It so happens that just as THR is reporting it american gigolo don’t move on to another season, we know Daredevil: Born Again is gearing up to begin filming a massive 18-episode season that is expected to run the rest of the year. Bernthal probably couldn’t have committed to a show like this with his responsibilities other than him, but now that he’s been released from that, maybe there’s a chance?
If filming starts very soon, we can assume that the scenario of Daredevil: Born Again, is largely complete. It’s probably too late to do a massive rewrite to include Frank Castle if the character wasn’t already there to begin with. And it is also possible born again it was already set to include a Berthal cameo that he could have done while filming another show as well. Of all the characters from Netflix’s old Marvel shows that fans wanted to see return, Bernthal’s Punisher is probably second only to Charlie Cox’s Daredevil, and he was in the old Reckless series in which The Punisher first appeared.
Knowing that Netflix’s Marvel heroes could become canon MCU characters again, it’s at least possible Bernthal would return as The Punisher, but with his other responsibilities on the show, it probably would have been difficult for him to return in a meaningful way. . Now that the hurdle has been lifted, so if Marvel Studios wanted to bring The Punisher back, the actor would likely be able to go through with the deal, assuming he’d like to return. In the past, Bernthal has hinted that he’s open to returning, as long as the character is handled right.
At some point, we’re almost certain to see the Punisher in the MCU and the only question is who will play the role. While the return of Charlie Cox as Daredevil and Vincent D’Onofrio as the Kingpin shows a willingness to bring back the actors who played the roles previously, we don’t have enough to know if this will be the exception or the rule . We don’t know if Marvel Studios wants Bernthal back, but if he does, now’s the time to make it happen.
Source: Cinemablend
