Netflix confirms "Marvel's The Punisher" seriesApril 30, 2016 - 11:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - It's official! The Punisher is getting his own series. Netflix has ordered a full first season of "Marvel's The Punisher" focusing on military veteran Frank Castle who was introduced during the second season of "Daredevil", AceShowbiz reports. Jon Bernthal will reprise his badass role as the Marvel vigilante. Steve Lightfoot ("Hannibal") serves as executive producer and showrunner in addition to writing the series' first two episodes. A short teaser is unleashed on Twitter. "We want to thank the fans who are clamoring for more of Jon's stunning and powerful performance as Frank Castle from 'Marvel's Daredevil,' " says Executive Producer/Head of Marvel Television, Jeph Loeb. "Now combined with Showrunner Steve Lightfoot's compelling writing, we're thrilled to bring 'Marvel's The Punisher' to Netflix." "For me, the complexity and unpredictability of Frank Castle make him an incredibly compelling character and I couldn't be more excited to dive into his world," Lightfoot adds. "After watching Jon's performance in 'Marvel's Daredevil' I could not be more excited to be working with him to further develop and progress the story of this anti-hero in a show of his own." "The Punisher" marks the sixth Marvel series ordered by Netflix including "Marvel's Jessica Jones", "Luke Cage", "Marvel's Iron Fist", and "Marvel's The Defenders". Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |