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And So It Begins

Prepare, People: Punisher Pilot Production Pushed by, uh… P’Fox

by Susana Polo | 10:30 am, October 21st, 2011


Lets see, we know we’ve been promised or seen hints of a number of Marvel television shows, including the Hulk and a few other properties, but Frank Castle? Haven’t heard much talk about bringing the Punisher back to screens in a while.

Until last night, when Fox announced that it will be producing a pilot for an hour long procedural series starring Frank Castle as a New York police officer who moonlights as the vigilante known as the Punisher.

Says Deadline:

This marks the first sale this season and the first one ever outside of ABC for Disney-owned Marvel, which is developing TV series based on its properties through ABC Studios. Last season, the company set up Hulk with Guillermo del Toro and David Eick and AKA Jessica Jones with Melissa Rosenberg at ABC.

Punisher joins the Spectre as a superhero series in development at Fox, a character from rival company DC. Edward Bernero, a writer, producer, and director on Criminal Minds and Third Watch is spearheading the pilot himself.

(via Deadline.)

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  • Carey Cauthen

    Is that a jumping shark I see behind him?

  • Anonymous

    It is surprisingly difficult to find a picture of the Punisher that can be cropped down to about 580×250 and still be a picture of the Punisher. 

    …in Soviet Russia shark jumps you?

  • John Wao

    It’s on FOX? It’s already got two strikes against it. Don’t get too attached to it.

  • http://twitter.com/Nakedhobo Glenn Buettner

    I can’t see the Punisher playing well on network TV.  It will end up so neutered that it won’t really be worth watching.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7G4SWUX2MCWWXLMYNN347JMIZY Frodo Baggins

    Works as a New York Cop by day? That isn’t canon, is it?

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