New trailers, film stills, and clips are drawing buzz around the King of Wakanda played by Chadwick Boseman. Within 31 days, audiences will see a powerful futuristic African society raise a new superhero in a film largely devoid of white actors. Marvel’s Black Panther is headlined by black actors and actresses, and the female characters who are not assistants nor solely love interests.  As the Panther battles to save the world and his people, fans are going to experience a generational cinematic event akin to DC’s Wonder Woman that shows Hollywood a minority superhero in a minority society can sell at the box office.

THE PUNISHER STAYS IN NEW YORK

Reports indicate production of Netflix’s The Punisher season 2 is likely to remain in New York. Season 1 starring the NYC based, gritty, rage-fueled comic book anti-hero hit Netflix in November 2017. Marvel can’t be more pleased with the reception the show received. Netflix released Frank Castle’s (played by Jon Bernenthal) story late in 2017. Upon release, The Punisher received a 62% from critics on RottenTomatoes (93% fan rating). While Marvel is bringing other vigilantes together (aka The Avengers), The Punisher seems most likely to exact justice as a one-man band. Castle can just as easily endanger his friends as he does his enemies. However, that doesn’t mean the gun-wielding ex Marine won’t fight alongside former ally Daredevil (Charlie Cox) and others if given the opportunity.

Berenthal was asked recently at ACE Comic Con in Arizona about who he would like to appear on screen with. His answer revealed Cox and Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter.

“You know, I love Charlie [Cox]. I’ve worked with him before and I’d work with him again on anything in a heartbeat. He’s the reason I’m doing this.He brought me into this and his performance is what made me want to do it.” Berenthal said on Cox.

“I’m a huge fan of Krysten’s [Ritter] too. She’s killer and I’d love to work with her as well.” Berenthal said on Ritter.

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Sarandos mentioned Marvel’s Luke Cage, which is slated for release on the streaming site later this year, and how it would be followed by Marvel’s Iron Fist and Marvel’s The Defenders in 2017, and that the previously-ordered Seasons 2 and 3 of Marvel’s Daredevil and Marvel’s Jessica Jones would follow some time after. When asked about the possibility of getting more than two shows a year, Sarandos said:

“I doubt that we could produce at the quality that  produce at that speed. But we’re gonna try to make them quicker so we can get less downtime between them.”

On the subject of The Defenders, Sarandos said: “The whole cast is called on for The Defenders, which changes the production schedule for the other shows.”

This is turn led to the question of Jon Bernthal and his role of the Punisher – which has officially been greenlit for a series – and if he would be involved with the gathering of Cage, DD, Iron Fist and Jones: “Uh… stay tuned.” was Sarandos’ response.

Marvel’s Luke Cage is the next Netflix original series to follow in Marvel’s fold, which will star Mike Colter and will be released September 30.

And with that (following Sarandos’ lead) stay tuned for more Comic Nook News as it develops.

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Glorifying a villain as misunderstood due to a deprived, troubled childhood is beyond inappropriate. It’s reprehensible and diminishes the hero, who should be the one being glorified and romanticized or what the heck is the point of the hero? The hero is not the supporting character, what part of “hero” do some hack writers not get? Romanticizing the villain without the character fully and permanently redeeming him or herself isn’t even good writing in terms of character development nor plot so there is no real point of doing it.  Particularly when they are as twisted and evil as DC’s The Joker. There is no redeeming factor for some of these devils as much as can be said for some real life people out there who are just plain evil. Some do it by choice, for others it’s in their nature.  Whatever the case, they commit terror against other people who have every right to live out their lives, so NO. It isn’t grey. It’s clear cut. They kidnap, rape, torture, and kill people in barbaric ways. He or she chose to do the bidding of evil. They are the bad guys. PERIOD. There should be no shades of grey here. A perfect life is rare, even for the hero. This incessant need to humanize villains is off center. It is the victim and the hero with whom the reader should identify with. Not the character who chose the wrong side of justice. We all have problems which is why we should tolerate and be kind to each other instead of miserable. It is part of being a mature, responsible adult and citizen. Most of us still know to take the loss and still do right by others, but glorifying and romanticizing villains, be it mobsters like those seen in The Godfather, The Sopranos, Scarface, and Goodfellas to comic book villains in the upcoming Warner Brothers feature film Suicide Squad, it’s twisted.

Marvel Comics’ The Punisher (Frank Castle), saw his entire family get murdered. He became a vigilante. He took the law into his own hands because he saw the law as slow, full of loopholes, useless. The law frowns upon vigilantism because of population control. The government doesn’t want everyone going around taking the law into their hands. It doesn’t justify the existence and authority of the police and the judicial system, so it’s seen as a crime in its own right. In real life, President Andrew Jackson supported vigilantism. If it was fine for the Democratic President, then it is fine for fictional soldier and citizen Frank Castle; especially when you have an inept criminal justice system and people whipped into fear through shaming and political correctness.

People refer to the Punisher as one who is glorifying guns, others see him as a hero who is getting rid of some bad guys before they hurt others. His character is reminiscent of Charles Bronson’s character in the Death Wish franchise and Clint Eastwood’s character in the Dirty Harry series.  Punisher is doing Batman‘s job but in a more permanent way that goes against Batman‘s views.  Both characters are known in their respective universes as needing psychiatric attention; Frank Castle is Dick Tracy on steroids. He just happens to be a more believable character than Bruce Wayne is. One whose existence could be possible and probable. He doesn’t have the luxuries Wayne has so he needs to come up with money and he needs guns.  It’s hard to fight evil without a gun when evil has guns. He has to fight fire with fire. The difference is, the gun in Punisher’s hand is used for good; to take out evil. The guns in the bad guys hands are used to carry out crimes, usually heinous ones. Yet both Batman and The Punisher find that more often than not they have to work under the cover of night where there are less witnesses out and about. The night gives them the extra chance to disappear into the darkness without being caught by the local and/or government authorities who despise vigilantes because vigilantes are doing a better job than the ones deputized to do the work in the first place, particularly in literature.

Writers need to stop humanizing and glorifying a depraved individual like The Joker. When the final installment of the Christopher Nolan Batman movie premiered in a theater out west, a lunatic shot up a movie theater and killed a number of people. That sick individual did it for the notoriety. What made him into the monster that he is, isn’t guns or comic books. It was the medication he was on and his warped feelings toward society. Taking gun rights away from all Americans wouldn’t have changed anything. When you get an evil nut like him out on the street, he’ll figure something out to kill a large number of people. From building a homemade bomb to simply locking everyone in the theatre from the outside and setting the building on fire.

The movie theater tragedy re-ignited the gun debate. The irony  is not lost here. The Batman character himself has his origin in gun violence as we have seen it played out time and time again in the comics, on film, and in animated media. As a result of  what happened to his folks, Batman does not carry a gun. He originally did but that was before they concocted his origin; after his origin was explained, he never really carried a gun again and he never killed until recent reboots of the character by DC that is. Bad move on DC because DC just destroyed the most admirable part of the character. The issue here is mental illness, not the gun. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have guns and they have them at home to protect their families. Hundreds of thousands of these guns were not used in a crime today. It’s not the weapon. It’s who has possession of it. Much like Batman’s utility belt, the gun is a piece of technology and like any other piece of technology, it can be used for good or bad. The Punisher uses guns for the side of good; his enemies use them for evil.

The movie theater killer is an insane guy who got dressed up as the equally insane Joker with the only difference being that The Joker is fictional. He committed a heinous act while an audience watched the Batman movie, something like The Joker would do in the comics. Maybe that nut was trying to call out a real life Batman to his real life Joker.  Surprisingly, the Media and the politicians did not attack comic books over this issue.

They chose not to because superhero movies are big box office for Hollywood and Hollywood is politically active. Hollywood gives lots of money and perks to the politicians who do its bidding. There is the crime that really goes unpunished. Comic Books are glorifying guns and evil as much as the rest of the entertainment industry is. It’s where the money is.

To quote the late professional wrestler Randy “Macho Man” Savage: “Where money lies, honor dies”…and usually it’s with a body count.

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Jon Bernthal will — of course — be reprising the role of Frank Castle, and Hannibal executive producer Steve Lightfoot is set to serve as the series’ showrunner.

“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,’” said 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.”

“Jon hooked our global audience with his performance as Frank Castle from the moment he stepped on screen in ‘Marvel’s Daredevil,’ and we are looking forward to seeing more of him in this role under the vision of Steve Lightfoot,” said Cindy Holland, Netflix Vice President of Original Content.

“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,” said Lightfoot. “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.”

It’s currently unknown when production will begin for The Punisher. Most likely it would not be until some during or after the release of Marvel’s The Defenders, which will see Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist band together after their respective first and second seasons.

As always, stay plugged in to SEV for more Comic Nook News as it develops.

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Just when Matt thinks he is bringing order back to the city, new forces are rising in Hell’s Kitchen. Now the Man Without Fear must take on a new adversary in Frank Castle and face an old flame – Elektra Natchios. Bigger problems emerge when Frank Castle, a man looking for vengeance, is reborn as The Punisher, a man who takes justice into his own hands in Matt’s neighborhood. Meanwhile, Matt must balance his duty to his community as a lawyer and his dangerous life as the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen, facing a life-altering choice that forces him to truly understand what it means to be a hero.

Marvel’s Daredevil season two will see (no pun intended) the return of Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson, Scott Glenn as Stick and Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple. Jon Bernthal and Elodie Yung join the cast this season as Frank Castle/The Punisher as the crimson clad assassin Elektra Natchios respectively.

Doug Petrie (American Horror Story, Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Marco Ramirez (DaVinci’s Demons), Drew Goddard (Lost, The Cabin in the Woods), and Marvel TV’s own Jeph Loeb (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel’s Jessica Jones) serve as executive producers, and is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios.

As always, stay plugged in to SEV for more Comic Nook News as it develops.

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