Deadline is reporting that Fox has bought into a pilot for a TV Series titled The Punisher, a character from the Marvel comics universe, for those who didn’t know.
The Punisher is being heralded by Ed Bernero, who used to be the showrunner for Criminal Minds.
“The Punisher is described as an hour-long procedural with a new take.”
“Frank Castle, a rising star detective with the New York Police Department who moonlights as the vigilante Punisher, seeking justice for those the system has failed.”
The Punisher has been done before for the silver screen… numerous times. Dolph Lundgren played the titular character in 1989, Thomas Jane in 2004, Ray Stevenson in 2008.
There are also tentative plans for a 2014 movie… if that pans out.
The description provided over at Deadline is a bit different than the classic back-story of the Marvel character. Frank Castle, originally, does rogue when his family is killed. He was a vigilante who employed brutal methods to achieve his goals. (Kind of like The Boondock Saints!)
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ABC & Marvel Developing Titles
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It seems that ABC is taking a stab at throwing its hat into the ring of more super hero type shows. Specifically, from Marvel. One of the primary titles they’re thinking about is Hulk… though othe titles on the list of potential titles include the following from the Marvel inventory:
- Hulk,
- Cloak and Dagger,
- Heroes for Hire (Luke Cage);
- The Eternals (Superpowered beings living amongst humanity);
- Agents of Atlas,
- Alter Ego (private investigator takes on cases involving superhumans);
- Moon Knight,
- the Red Hood (a low-rent criminal discovers a cloak that gives him superpowers);
- Ka-Zar (a Tarzan-type man and his saber-toothed tiger);
- Daughters of the Dragon (a dynamic female duo with their own super talents open a private-detective agency); and
- The Punisher (one man wages a war on crime).
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This is just a list of ideas and Marvel wants to take it slow and develop a title or two at a time with their focuses first being on what looks like Hulk and Cloak and Dagger. Of the list of other shows, Punisher has been done again and again. I’m not sure anyone would willingly accept it again.
Heroes for Hire could be pulled off if it’s reimagined properly… and I wouldn’t mind a Moon Knight series, but those kinds of shows don’t always grab any traction with viewers.
We’ll just have to wait and see what comes of this list.
[Heat Vision]
