Frank Castle is coming to Netflix. The first season of Marvel’s series about the vigilante antihero The Punisher finally has a release date: November 17th. The announcement came along with a new trailer that shows off some of Castle’s origins.
The 13-episode season will begin streaming the same day that another big superhero franchise hits theaters: DC’s Justice League. That doesn’t seem like a coincidence. Netflix greenlit The Punisher after the character (played by Jon Bernthal) was introduced in the second season of Daredevil, and in the first two trailers we’ve seen, the show is promising a bloody, gun-filled affair. The show appears to have a government conspiracy and thriller feel, which should set it apart from the rest of...