Jon Bernthal has appeared in a number of Marvel tv collection because the stone-cold vigilante generally known as the Punisher, even headlining his personal collection.
Now he’s taking his weapons to the large display screen.
Bernthal has joined Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Model New Day, the newest Spider-Man film from Sony and Marvel. Destin Daniel Cretton is directing the characteristic, which can shoot in England this summer time and has a July 31, 2026, launch date.
A lot of the film stays shrouded in thriller. Film rumor web sites have listed upwards of a dozen attainable villains, from crime bosses to alien symbiotes, who might seem within the characteristic, in addition to a few totally different variations of the Hulk.
The one factor clear at this stage is that Zendaya and Jacob Batalon are reprising their roles as MJ and greatest pal Ned, though how substantial these roles might be stays unclear. And Stranger Issues star Sadie Sink is the large new addition to this point. The story takes place after the occasions of the earlier film, Spider-Man: No Manner Residence, during which your complete world knew Peter Parker was Spider-Man after which had that data erased.
Having Bernthal because the Punisher appears to level to a barely extra grounded angle on the story because the character hails from the gritty avenue nook of Marvel’s universe and, within the comics at the least, makes use of fists, knives and weapons to tussle with unhealthy guys, fairly than spells or fancy tech. However hey, having him sq. off in opposition to a rampaging Hulk could possibly be enjoyable, too.
Bernthal first confirmed up as vigilante Frank Fortress, aka the Punisher, in Marvel’s Daredevil Netflix collection, then starred in his personal collection that ran for 2 seasons. He lately returned for a couple of episodes in Daredevil: Born Once more on Disney+.
Marvel is betting on extra Punisher and Bernthal within the months and years to come back. The character is ready to return for season two of Born Once more and Marvel is bringing Bernthal again for a Punisher stand-alone characteristic for Disney+. Bernthal is co-writing the latter. Curiously, one nonnegotiable he had for his return to Daredevil was sustaining the character’s violent, R-rated really feel. It is going to be attention-grabbing to see how that interprets into the extra kid-friendly tone of the Spider-Man motion pictures.
Bernthal and Holland have a charmed historical past collectively in the case of Marvel. The duo have been engaged on the 2017 characteristic Pilgrimage when prepping to audition for his or her Marvel roles. The actors helped one another with their audition tapes.
This yr, Bernthal’s big-screen output has included starring reverse Ben Affleck in The Accountant 2 for Amazon and showing within the Rami Malek thriller The Newbie for 20th Century Fox.
Bernthal is repped by CAA and Sloane Supply.