The Punisher Special Presentation: Jon Bernthal aims to give the audience the version of Frank Castle they're hungry for (2025)

Jon Bernthal has played the Marvel Comics character Frank Castle, a.k.a. The Punisher, in season 2 of the NetflixDaredevilseries and two seasons of his ownThe Punisherseries, and he’s reprising the role in the Disney+ seriesDaredevil: Born Again. Marvel Television boss Brad Winderbaum recentlylet it slipthat Bernthal is also set to star in aThe PunisherSpecial Presentation for Disney+ –and now, Bernthalhas let it be known that he’s aiming to give the audience the version of Frank Castle they’re hungry for.

Winderbaum toldEntertainment Weeklythat Bernthal is writingThe PunisherSpecial Presentation with Reinaldo Marcus Green, who directed Bernthal in the 2022 mini-seriesWe Own This City. Green, whose other credits includeBob Marley: One Love, King Richard, Joe Bell,andMonsters and Men, will also be directing the special. This will mark Bernthal’s first official writing credit.

Winderbaum previously said, “It’s like a shotgun blast of a story, but also has all the pathos and emotion that you want out of a Frank Castle story. It’s so exciting.“

Speaking with Collider, Bernthal said, “I’ve said it a million times: Frank is in my bones, is in my heart. I care about him. In discussing what this thing could be and this sort of version of Frank that I really felt that the audience was hungry for, that the military community was hungry for it, the first responder community, the comic book fans, they were really hungry for it. I presented that version to them, and they encouraged me. They encouraged me to keep coming to the table. As we were talking with different writers, the ideas that we were coming up with started to resonate, and I think they saw how much they resonated with me. I got a great group of vets that I work with. One in particular, my friend Nick, he’s just been incredible. I hope that it goes alright. I don’t like talking about these things because it’s a little bit of bark before there’s a bite, you know? I’m honored and I’m grateful. It’s an incredible group of people that we’re assembling.“

What’s the version of Frank Castle that you’re hungry for and hoping to see in The PunisherSpecial Presentation? Let us know by leaving a comment below.