Frank Castle won’t be appearing in Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 but he won’t be far behind. Ahead of the streaming debut of the sophomore season of the Daredevil revival, Marvel has announced the release date for The Punisher Special Presentation along with an official title.
The Punisher: One Last Kill will drop on Disney Plus on May 12th, the same day as the Season 2 finale of Daredevil: Born Again.
Co-written by star Jon Bernthal and Reinaldo Marcus Green, the feature will follow Castle and see him take on Ma Gnucci, the head of the Gnucci crime family. In terms of MCU Punisher continuity, Ma Gnucci makes quite a bit of sense as an antagonist for the project given that Frank wiped out several members of the Gnucci Crime Family, including her son Tony, in Episode 1.01 of The Punisher, “3 AM.“
As Frank Castle searches for meaning beyond revenge, an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.
-Official synopsis for The Punisher: One Last Kill
Ma Gnucci tried to take Frank Castle out in Volume 5 of The Punisher, written by Garth Ennis. The 12-issue arc, known as “Welcome Back, Frank”, launched Ennis’ 49-issue run with the character and has long been hailed as a classic Punisher tale. Harboiled and gruesome, “Welcome Back, Frank” took the character back to his roots and allowed him to do what he does best: kill bad guys with extreme prejudice…and a flamethrower. If the Marvel Television Special Presentation takes any inspiration from Ennis’ arc, fans should prepare for an extraordinarily violent hour or so.
It’s going to be dark; Frank has no interest in breaking out the darkness. It’s not going to be easy. I don’t know if that’s the Netflix tone then that’s what it’s going to be. It will not be Punisher-lite, I promise you that.
-Jon Bernthal
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