The Defenders
AsThe Punishercircles nigher , details have emerged about why Frank Castle operate severally from the rest of the street - level heroes sleep together asThe Defenders , which is an designed move on the part of Marvel . Netflix ’s universe of street - smart heroes and heroines have become a beloved part of the MCU at large and while they have yet to interact with their handsome covert twin they have workedtogether -but Frank has n’t been among them .
That makes sense , up to a point . The Punisher first appeared in 1974 inSpider - Man#129 . Created by author Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr . and Ross Andru , Frank Castle predated the waving of psychologically torture anti - heroes who made up a large portion of the 1980s comic playscript tantrum . The character has since appeared in multiple film adaptation as well as many Marvel comics storylines , but his quality has always operated best alone where he can confront his daimon like the murders of his family .
That ’s something that Marvel TV took into circumstance when writing out their plan for their Netflix programming.Syfy.comsat down with showrunner Steven Lightfoot to discuss Frank Castle ’s personal account and the challenges of adapting a role like him to the screen . According to Lightfoot , Frank ’s own show was a glad accident , a deviance from the original plan to work The Defenders together - perchance inspired by the fan .
When I came in to take the show on , it was always very clear to me that they wanted it to sort of tell its own narration and run on its own track and not really intersect with what was happening in The Defenders . That was part of the brief .
I guess I could speculate on the reasons for that , but I recall from what I understand the original concept for the four part that became The Defenders was always the design and the Punisher spin out of that . But very much surely when I come in the brief was always that it was to be its own show and its own thing separate from that .
Jon Bernthal ’s Frank Castle was a standout of the second time of year ofDaredevil . The fictitious character ’s own show has been criticized by some who feel that he represents an outdated stereotype and does n’t deserve as much concealment sentence as he was get . If this was something that " birl out " of the interest inThe Defenders , fans of the Punisher might desire to start getting concerned as Frank will need a band of keep to get a second time of year for his show .
However , there was clearly enough interest in continuing the part ’s journeying . both from Marvel and the fans enthuse byBernthal ’s performance , to give Frank this prospect for a personal storyline to keep his punishment of the outlaw of the MCU . How far it will go persist up to the fan .
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The Punisherpremieres Friday , November 17 on Netflix . Premiere dates for the Modern seasons ofDaredevil , Jessica Jones , Luke Cage , andIron Fisthave not yet been foretell .
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