The Punisher on broadcast television?
It'll probably be lame.


Fox Developing Marvel's 'Frank Castle' The Punisher Television Series!
Fox Developing Marvel's 'Frank Castle' The Punisher Television Series!
Recent reports suggest that Fox has bought a television series for MarvelComics character Frank Castle, better known as 'ThePunisher
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The trades of Variety, among other media outlets, are suggesting that Disney's ABC channel has sold a television series based on famous Marvelcomicscharacter Frank Castle, better known as 'The Punisher,' to FOX. Learning only last year that Marvel Studios retained the rights to the character, find out below vaguely what they have planned for the vigilante.
The Punisher is described as an hour-long procedural with a Marvel signature and a new take on one of comic book giant’s iconic characters, Frank Castle, a rising star detective with the NYC Police Department who moonlights as the vigilante Punisher seeking justice for those the system has failed. Bernero will executive produce along with Marvel. This marks the first sale this season and the first one ever outside of ABC for Disney-owned Marvel, which is developing TV series based on its properties through ABC Studios.

The Punisher on broadcast television?
It'll probably be lame.
So many cries of inequality stem from one of group
of people doing little or nothing and then bitching
about another group that actually does something
to improve their lives.


While The Hulk may have been given the, ahem, green light, it has now been revealed by The Hollywood Reporter that The Punisher will not be joining him on the small screen. Despite the fact that Fox and ABC Studios were planning on moving ahead with Criminal Minds' Ed Bernero on a pilot, Paul Lee (the president of the latter network) has confirmed that it is not moving ahead. No reason was given, but you can read his comments about working on other Marvel TV shows by clicking HERE. The series was originally described as an hour-long procedural which would have made Frank Castle a rising NYPD detective who moonlights as The Punisher in order to seek justice for those that the system failed. Fans weren't too happy with those changes to continuity and may not be all that broken hearted by the news.
Marvel And Fox No Longer Moving Ahead With THE PUNISHER TV Series
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