Jon Bernthal is the New Punisher in Daredevil Series

[FSTargetDrone]

Direct from Marvel:

Jon Bernthal Cast as Frank Castle in the Netflix Original Series 'Marvel's Daredevil'

The dynamic actor will punish Hell's Kitchen in the next season of the Netflix series, coming in 2016!

on Bernthal (“Wolf of Wall Street,” “The Walking Dead, ” “Fury”) joins the upcoming season of “Marvel’s Daredevil,” streaming only on Netflix in 2016!

Bernthal will portray The Punisher, one of Marvel’s most popular characters. He is a vigilante who aims to clean up New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen by any means necessary, no matter how lethal the results.

“Jon Bernthal brings an unmatched intensity to every role he takes on, with a potent blend of power, motivation and vulnerability that will connect with audiences,” said Jeph Loeb, Marvel’s Head of Television. “Castle’s appearance will bring dramatic changes to the world of Matt Murdock and nothing will be the same.”

Bernthal will also appear in the upcoming action thriller “The Accountant.”

“Marvel's Daredevil” is Executive Produced by Doug Petrie (“American Horror Story,” “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”), Marco Ramirez (“Marvel’s Daredevil,” “DaVinci’s Demons”) and Drew Goddard ("Cabin in the Woods," "Lost"), along with Marvel TV's Jeph Loeb ("Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," "Marvel’s Jessica Jones.”)

"Marvel's Daredevil" is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios. Season one of “Marvel’s Daredevil” is now streaming on Netflix.

I was hoping Thomas Jane would have a shot at this, but I think this is an excellent choice. Thoughts?

[Gandalf]

Given season one of Daredevil, I am way excited.

[Iroscato]

Never read or watched a damn thing from the character except the fan-film Dirty Laundry, but I'm extremely excited about this, and particularly with the casting choice

[Lord Revan]

The Punisher is one of those characters that end being really bad if depicted in a wrong way.

That said being in Daredevil means he will be mostly against normal humans which helps.

[Broomstick]

I really only know of Mr. Bernthal's work from The Walking Dead, but I was OK with his performance there. Really, what I hope for most is that we get another great season.

[FSTargetDrone]

Never read or watched a damn thing from the character except the fan-film Dirty Laundry, but I'm extremely excited about this, and particularly with the casting choice

My exposure to the character is the Jane short, the old Dolph Lundgren movie, some issues of the Armory series and a few individual others, mostly when he appeared in crossovers when I collected a few Marvel titles in high school. I think Bernthal will work very well here.

[Zaune]

If they make him into a HARD MAN making HARD DECISIONS (while HARD) I shall be really sad. Frank Castle works best as a fundamentally good man who's lost everything he's ever loved and is trying to channel his grief and survivor guilt into something proactive.

[Crown]

So both Elektra and the Punisher are coming AND SO AM I!!!