Marvel has officially announced that it’s “time to reload” forThe PunisherSeason 2. Many expected that there would be another installment to the critically acclaimedPunisheron Netflix, but Marvel decided to let the cat out of the bag early. Jon Bernthal first appeared as Frank Castle in season 2 ofDaredevil. He probably will not appear in other Netflix titles which will likely precedeThe Punisherseason 2, which include the on-the-way second seasons ofLuke Cage,Jessica Jones, andIron Fist. Show co-runner Steven Lightfoot recently revealed in a newPunisher behind-the-scenes videothatThe Punishertakes place outside ofThe Defenderstimeline, making the show its own thing.
Marvel took to Twitter to announce thatThe PunisherSeason 2 is officially happening, but that was all of the information that they chose to share at this time. There is not release date set, but it’s safe to say that it’s going to be a while since Season 1 just premiered recently. Now that we know that Netflix is getting another season, where will they take the story ofFrank Castlethis time. It appears as if he’s already avenged the death of his family twice, so we’re probably going to get a Jigsaw origin story.
As is the case with the majority ofNetflix shows, it’s hard to gauge just how popular the show really is, but an announcement of a second season more than likely means thatThe Punisherdid something right. The show had an incredible amount of buzz before it premiered and has been hailed for finally gettingThe Punisherright, but some have also criticized the show for being slow and a bit on the boring side. However,The Punisheroffers a character that isn’t shown too often, an unhinged, dark, andgritty anti-herowho is just a bad ass and a loner for the most part.
In the comics, after the mob killed his family, Frank Castle became the vigilante known asThe Punisher, becoming judge, jury and executioner for those who crossed ways with the law. The character was first introduced as an anti-hero to serve as a foil for Spider-Man. In 1974, writer Gerry Conway and artist Ross Andru introducedThe Punisherin Amazing Spider-Man Number 129. The Punisher’s death’s-head costume, with the teeth of the skeleton formed by his cartridge belt, was designed by then-Marvel art director John Romita.
Now thatThe Punisheris coming back for Season 2, maybe the production can get some more dough for some better original music. The original trailer was set to a remixed version of Metallica’s “One” and it was perfect.Metallica and the Punisherare two things that need to go together and hopefully both parties can come to an agreement to get this all to work out and get some Metallica on the second season instead of the even worse thanSons of Anarchy(who knew that was possible?) theme music. Anyway, Marvel has officially announced that Frank Castle will return to Netflix for a second season and you can check out the announcement below, courtesy ofMarvel Entertainment’s Twitteraccount.
