How deep does the cover up go? pic.twitter.com/q6HIt1G0Ou
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) September 12, 2017
Netflix is getting us super psyched for its Punisher series, with a new teaser and poster that suggests the show will focus on bureaucratic cover ups and Frank Castle’s military history.
Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle was by far the best thing about Daredevil season 2—I started skipping ahead to scenes where he was featured—and the performance was so well-received that Bernthal and Frank got a show all their own. In case you missed the teaser trailer put out in August that introduces Punisher‘s cast, here it is:
Fall in. pic.twitter.com/nq7kxyidIC
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) August 28, 2017
As Comicbookmovie points out, there’s the familiar face of Deborah Ann Woll, and the rest of the cast also hints at the shape the show will take: “Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) making the jump to the new show from Marvel’s Daredevil, Billy Russo (Ben Barnes), known in the comics as the villain Jigsaw, Micro (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), Castle’s ally from the Marines, and Dinah Madani (Amber Rose Revah), a Homeland Security officer tasked with dealing with the Punisher.” Those characters show that Punisher is doubling down on Castle’s troubled history with the military and the government. The theme of corrupted government also seems particularly apropos for our times.
The authorities are not Frank Castle’s friend, and the promotions around the Punisher seems to suggest its plot will go deep into conspiracy-land at the highest levels, considering the amount of redacted “Confidential” documents and the new tagline “The Truth Must Be Taken.” However, the choice of Punisher’s archenemy Jigsaw, who in the Marvel comics was not in the military or government but a regular ol’ criminal, means that the Punisher could also be doing some side work cleaning up the mean streets of Manhattan.
In an ingenious bit of social media marketing, the Punisher Twitter account recently tweeted out a series of messages in Morse code, which fans have deciphered and decided must be the show’s episode titles. If these don’t whet your Punisher appetite, I don’t know what will:
…– / .- —
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) August 28, 2017
“3 AM”
– .– — / -.. . .- -.. / — . -.
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) August 28, 2017
“Two Dead Men”
-.- .- -. -.. .- …. .- .-.
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) August 28, 2017
“Kandahar”
.-. . … ..- .–. .–. .-.. -.–
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) August 28, 2017
“Resupply”
–. ..- -. -. . .-.
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) August 28, 2017
“Gunner”
– …. . / .— ..- -.. .- … / –. — .- –
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) August 28, 2017
“The Judas Goat”
-.-. .-. — … … …. .- .. .-. …
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) August 28, 2017
“Crosshairs”
-.-. — .-.. -.. / … – . . .-..
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) August 28, 2017
“Cold Steel”
..-. .-. — -. – / – — .– .- .-. -.. / . -. . — -.–
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) August 28, 2017
“Front Toward Enemy”
…- .. .-. – ..- . / — ..-. / – …. . / …- .. -.-. .. — ..- …
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) August 28, 2017
“Virtue of the Vicious”
-.. .- -. –. . .-. / -.-. .-.. — … .
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) August 28, 2017
“Danger Close”
…. — — .
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) August 28, 2017
“Home”
— . — . -. – — / — — .-. ..
— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) August 28, 2017
“Memento Mori”
What an incredibly cryptic and awesome way to get our attention, Netflix. Next can you encode the series’ release date? Right now that’s the biggest secret of all.
(via Comicbookmovie, image: Netflix)
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