As a huge huge fan of the punisher from 2004 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Punisher_(2004_film) that has John Travolta, I'm a little disappointed to see the new one coming out this year not even acknowledge it.

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"Punisher: War Zone[3] is an upcoming action film based on the comic book vigilante and anti-hero The Punisher, a fictional character whose adventures are published by Marvel Comics. The film is not a sequel, and has no relation to, 2004's The Punisher, directed by Jonathan Hensleigh."

this guy is the punisher?


not sure if i buy it or not. I wish they would have tied them together some how.

6/23/2008 7:59:33 AM

ghey.

i thought thomas jane rocked as the punisher

6/23/2008 8:06:27 AM

The last guy to play The Punisher was terrible. Dolph freakin' Lundgren did a better job, that's just sad. The Punisher should be brutal, twisted, borderline insane, not some emo dude that isn't sure of himself (see 2004 Punisher).

6/23/2008 8:52:05 AM

i liked the character that thomas jane played, but that sure as fuck wasn't the punisher

6/23/2008 9:14:47 AM

What's up with the unrelated comic book movies about the same characters that just happen to come out within a few years of each other? First the Hulk, now this (unless the Hulk movies were related - I could be wrong in my belief that they aren't)

6/23/2008 9:19:24 AM

^ At least this new Hulk didn't rehash everything from the other movie, which is atypical of non-sequel movies about the same superhero.

I could've sworn I saw the 2004 film, but can't remember a damn thing about it...

6/23/2008 10:17:02 AM

dolph punisher was awesome, the 2004 punisher was fucking terrible, i'm glad they're acting like it didn't happen, i hope this one is good.

6/23/2008 10:28:57 AM

isn't this the guy that played Titus Pulo in Rome?

6/23/2008 11:11:09 AM

^ yeah and he kicked ass in Rome so I think he'll make a good Punisher. With that said I thought Dolph sucked and that whole movie sucked. I liked Thomas Jane as Punisher and thought the last one was pretty good. But they're bringing in new directors and everything to revamp it because I guess Marvel wasn't convinced. Either way I will be seeing this.

6/23/2008 11:21:17 AM

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"What's up with the unrelated comic book movies about the same characters that just happen to come out within a few years of each other?"

That's because those ones weren't fully made by Marvel (and consequently were lacking in quality). Marvel is remaking the movies themselves. I think Marvel wants to set a baseline of actors and supporting actors for their Avengers film. I'm pretty sure that the Punisher has never been in the Avengers, but they will probably try and cram a good bit of Marvel superheroes in there anyway.

6/23/2008 1:54:05 PM

I am intrigued by the cast listing for this movie. Jigsaw is enough to get me interested, but seeing Nicky Cavella's and Cristu Bulat's names make me think that this movie could have the potential to be really twisted. These two appeared in the MAX books, and some of the storylines revolving around them are really demented. Nicky Cavella finds where Frank's family is buried, and he digs them up so he can piss on their corpses. Frank doesn't take very kindly to that. And Cristu Bulat ran a sex slavery ring until Frank tortured him to death by stringing up his entrails from a tree while he was still alive.

I really hope that these don't just wind up being auxiliary characters. The MAX stories are hands-down the best incarnations of the Punisher ever because the "rules" go right out the window.

6/23/2008 2:01:38 PM

I have no problem with unrelated Punisher movies every 4 years.

Favorite comic book ever.

6/23/2008 4:51:58 PM

are they trying to tie this in to the avengers?

6/23/2008 6:09:55 PM

It has McNulty as Jigsaw.

6/23/2008 6:44:08 PM

^^


He's going to be Captain America! But really I doubt there will be much of a tie in. I'm don't know all the story lines, but I don't think The Punisher has ever had very much to do with The Avengers.

6/23/2008 7:05:52 PM

I liked the 2004 Punisher movie, but then again I don't know much at all about Punisher.

6/23/2008 7:22:52 PM

I am thinking out my ass but, I think they are redoing this movie like they did Hulk. But, I dont know why.

6/23/2008 7:50:21 PM

starring Tiny Lister as Barracuda

6/23/2008 8:03:20 PM

^^^^ man I loved the "What If..." comics. I have just about all of them, though some are much better than others. Some of the better ones I remember are What if Spiderman killed the burglar? (which he kinda did in the first movie), What if the Punisher killed Spiderman? What if the Kingpin killed Daredevil? They had several with the Punisher killing Marvel Superheroes because he thought they were bad.

6/23/2008 8:12:17 PM

I fucking hated Barracuda.

York: "He's the baddest man to ever walk this earth. But you? You're just a joke."

I couldn't have been any happier when Frank killed him.

6/23/2008 11:28:00 PM

teaser trailer:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/punishernews.php?id=7337

looks a lot darker, a lot more bad ass

[Edited on June 24, 2008 at 1:21 PM. Reason : $$$]

6/24/2008 1:19:25 PM

that looks terrible

6/24/2008 2:19:45 PM

i didn't have sound but everytime i saw ray stevenson move his lips i heard, in my head, a british accent. please tell me this isnt the case.

6/24/2008 2:35:40 PM

no, he uses an american accent in this one

6/24/2008 3:48:30 PM

That looks kinda... um...? My first thought reaction is "not like the Punisher."

6/24/2008 10:56:59 PM

ok i watched the trailer again. Im just not impressed yet. Just seems like a generic action movie with a superhero's name tacked on. But i'll give it a fair shot of course

6/25/2008 7:49:30 PM

^

also, he looks dumb as hell in that costume, like he's walking around with a barrel around his chest.

6/25/2008 7:53:48 PM

^yes! that's what i thought, especially around his neck area.

6/25/2008 8:07:10 PM

he looks like he didn't worked out for the role at all.

6/25/2008 8:08:30 PM

It's a teaser trailer, it's not meant to give you a lot to go on. And it really didn't give you any idea of the story. Typical teaser trailer to me

6/25/2008 8:43:28 PM

or, he looks like he is wearing a shit ton of body armor.

I think the first punisher might have ended in a way where there was no clear sequel direction. So they remade it. eh

6/25/2008 9:15:33 PM

The Punisher's suit, at least in the traditional comics, always went up his neck. In the teaser looks like they went a little overboard on the neck armor though, especially in the front. Could be an inch or two shorter and would have looked much better.

I really wish Marvel was making this movie in house (Iron Man and new Hulk), or someone had bought up the rights away from Lions Gates. Oh well. Looks semi-eh, but I still have a little hope.

6/25/2008 9:24:34 PM

i just want my kids back

6/25/2008 9:33:55 PM

when i saw him spinning from the chandelier, i thought it looked pretty bad

then came the line "Sometimes, i wish i could get my hands on God"

i'm washing my hands of this

6/25/2008 9:40:53 PM

The whole "I wish I could get my hands on God" is straight out of one of the recent MAX books. Still, it doesn't exactly transfer well onto the big screen.

6/26/2008 1:38:10 AM

i think his whole look fits in very well with the MAX series

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"Just seems like a generic action movie with a superhero's name tacked on."

thats what they did with the Dolph Punisher (which i like because it is still a bad ass action movie), i don't think this one will fall into quite the same trap, at least they are having an actual big time Punisher villain be the main bad guy,

[Edited on June 26, 2008 at 2:36 PM. Reason : $$$]

6/26/2008 2:25:49 PM

looked ok except for the stupid costume
looks like he is wearing a thick turtle neck

6/26/2008 3:20:34 PM

The trailer was badass.

6/26/2008 3:52:08 PM

The trailer was badass.

6/26/2008 3:52:08 PM

The trailer was badass.

6/26/2008 3:52:08 PM

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/punisher-war-zone/comic-con-trailer

thats the red band trailer which is incredibly bad ass.

but i'm getting pretty worried because there is a rumor that the director has been fired, and now the studio is gonna fuck it up

7/28/2008 11:06:42 PM

Well, they sure didn't tone down the violence

7/28/2008 11:27:59 PM

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"The trailer was badass."

jesus that shit was on a rambo gratuitous violence type level

7/28/2008 11:35:54 PM

The trailer was badass.

7/28/2008 11:39:45 PM

Holy shit.

That trailer was awesome.

7/28/2008 11:43:33 PM

Jesus Christ.

That's the most awesome trailer that I've ever seen.

7/28/2008 11:48:41 PM

I don't think I've seen so many heads and eyes explode on the big screen in a while...

7/29/2008 1:29:35 AM

Still extremely skeptical about this...

7/29/2008 2:09:03 AM

this is what a punisher film should be, makes 2004 look like bambi

7/29/2008 5:00:08 AM

The trailer was badass.

7/29/2008 7:18:44 AM