Well it looks like we have confirmation. Jon Bernthal is, in fact, reprising his role of The Punisher in Marvel’s upcoming Daredevil: Born Again series as the actor has appeared on the set of the show alongside Charlie Cox.
- Variety has shared set photos from the production of Daredevil: Born Again, featuring Bernthal in his Punisher costume.
- The three images feature:
- A bloodied Frank Castle in his Punisher gear
- The Punisher and Daredevil seemingly working together
- Bernthal and Cox conversing off camera, still in their respective superhero costumes
- Bernthal portrayed Frank Castle, better known as The Punisher, in Netflix’s second season of Daredevil and later in his own series.
- It was first reported that he would be reprising the role for Daredevil: Born Again more than a year ago.
- Just last month, the actor shared a tease of his return on his Instagram account.
- While Marvel has still not yet made an official announcement of the actor’s return, these set photos ensure that we will be seeing the Punisher in the MCU in the near future.
- Variety also reports news that had been swirling for some time that Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson will also be returning to reprise their roles as Karen Page and Franklin “Foggy” Nelson, respectively, though they did not have any set photos of them on the production to share at this time.
About Daredevil: Born Again:
- The new installment centers on Charlie Cox’s Daredevil, otherwise known as Matt Murdock, an attorney by day and crimefighter by night.
- Wilson Bethel is also set to return as Bullseye.
- Other announced main cast members include:
- Margarita Levieva
- Sandrine Holt
- Michael Gandolfini
- Arty Froushan
- Nikki M. James
- Marvel recently removed the head writers and directors for the series and planned to reboot after seeing the early footage shot for the show back in October.
- A couple of weeks later, Marvel brought on a new creative team for the series.
- Production on Daredevil: Born Again restarted recently, but we do not currently know when we can expect to see the series debut.