Not lengthy after Marvel unveiled the first trailer for Daredevil: Born Again, which options the return of Jon Bernthal to the function of Frank Citadel, an older iteration of the character is making rounds on streaming. The Punisher, the 2004 movie starring Thomas Jane and John Travolta, has climbed to the #8 spot on Tubi. The superhero flick follows an undercover FBI agent who turns right into a vigilante and guarantees to say vengeance on the corrupt enterprise officers who killed his total household. Along with Travolta and Jane, The Punisher additionally stars Samantha Mathis and Laura Harring, and the movie sits at scores of 29% from critics and 63% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. It additionally earned $54 million on the worldwide field workplace in opposition to a $33 million finances.
Jonathan Hensleigh and Michael France wrote the script for The Punisher, and Hensleigh additionally directed the movie. Hensleigh is finest recognized for his work as a scribe on the unique Jumanji movie starring Robin Williams and Kirsten Dunst, and he additionally made his screenwriting debut a number of years earlier than that, in 1993, with A Far Off Place, the desert journey thriller starring Reese Witherspoon. Extra not too long ago, Hensleigh wrote and directed The Ice Street, the 2021 motion thriller starring Liam Neeson and Laurence Fishburne, and he additionally wrote and directed Kill the Irishman, the 2011 R-rated true-crime thriller with a star-studded solid led by the late Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, and Vincent D’Onofrio. A few of his different well-known work got here from writing the script for Subsequent, the 2007 time-traveling sci-fi thriller starring Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore.
Will Thomas Jane Ever Reprise His Position Because the Punisher?
It’s unlikely that Thomas Jane will ever return to Marvel and reprise his function as Frank Citadel/The Punisher, however it’s inconceivable to rule out, due to the magic of the multiverse. With Avengers: Secret Wars only a few years away, and the movie anticipated to be a multiversal blowout flush with cameos from totally different eras of Marvel tales, the MCU may faucet Jane to function in a scene as Frank Citadel, doubtlessly even starring alongside Bernthal’s Punisher. Solely time will inform whether or not a return to the enduring Marvel function is in retailer for the actor who final suited up for a function movie greater than 20 years in the past.
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The Punisher
- Director
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Jonathan Hensleigh
- Runtime
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124 Minutes
