When it comes to Marvel, everyone is well aware of its hype. Marvel fans never miss a chance to be updated from any news across The Marvel Universe. Amongst all Marvel characters, The Punisher has gained more popularity.
The Punisher is an American crime series that has been inspired by the Marvel Comics character. This series is a perfect blend of action, thriller, conspiracy, crime, and drama. All that you want in a perfect show.
After the huge success of The Punisher’s first two seasons, fans are constantly urging for its Season 3. It has been confirmed that season 3 may be aired anytime soon by its team members.
The Punisher season 1 premiered on 17 November 2017 while it’s the second season that was aired on January 18, 2019. Both the seasons had 13 episodes each that streamed on Netflix. It was on the 18th of February when Netflix canceled the copyrights of this series.
This series received 9 nominations in different categories and bagged the Saturn Awards for the Best New Media Superhero series.
Excited to know more about The Punisher Season 3?
Then, go on read the next paragraphs for its season 3 updates.
RELEASE DATE
Everyone might be aware of the cancellation of the contract between Netflix and Marvel officials. It is expected that this season may stream on Netflix only but Disney Hotstar and Hulu may run for the Copyright to stream this thriller series on their platforms too. The team is looking for other broadcasting channels too.
After Netflix canceled two superhero series, Disney owned the Marvel Punisher series as such it is now confirmed that The Punisher may not be streamed on Netflix. Still, it is impossible to predict when Season 3 of The Punisher will be aired.
It is because of the COVID-19 pandemic that there is only a slight chance of season 3 to be premiered.
CAST
Following is a list of all the cast members that can be expected in The Punisher Season 3, after their most heart-stealing acting in the first two seasons.
- John Bernthal will be reprising his role as Frank Castle
- Amber Rose Revah may feature as Dinah Madani
- Jason R Moore is expected to play the same role of Curtis ‘Curry Hoyle
- Ben Barnes will be returning in the series as Billy Russow
- Josh Stewart will be reprising his role as John Pilgrim
All the members in season 3 might be the same as the other seasons. Since there has been no information on whether new members could be added to the present casting list.
Lightfoot had once told in an interview that he had some pretty good ideas about The Punisher Season 3 where fans would get their unanswered questions answered like Frank’s motive behind being a Punisher and such other things.
The team of Punisher just expects it’s fans to be patient and wait for some till it gets revived in any suitable streaming channel.
PLOT
Frank is the ex-head of the Force Recon Marine who beheld unique shooting skills.
His life of retirement was made a living hell by his goons partners whose life he had taken during his period of service.
This thriller series centers Frank as the lead whose life revolves around revenge against the people responsible for his beloved family’s death while he was sleeping. This incident gave him the sole motive to find the killers of his family. After his execution to avenge the people he was called ‘the Punisher’ throughout New York City.
The storyline ended with Frank murdering one of the killers.
Season 3 is expected to continue the same storyline with some changes.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
This series has an IMDb rating of 8.3.
The second season came to an end with Russo as well as Anderson and Eliza Schultz who were the corrupted business tycoons.
Season 3 is expected to continue the same storyline with even more spirit.
Frank Castle screen- debut for daredevil’s second season caused a ruckus. This made fans expect that Charlie Cox would get a chance to be featured in one of the episodes of The Punisher.
Matt Mudrock is also expected to be seen in his form as an alter-ego.
Amongst Jessica Jones, Daredevil The Punisher, and Luke Cage, The Punisher received an enormous response. This superhero series received a good collection and is still widely popular among people.
There is still a lot more to know about Frank which is expected to be known in Season 3.
If the series is to be revived, then Bernthal would only be featured instead of recasting any new actor in the series because that’s what fans would love to see.
CONCLUSION
Due to the current prevailing situation globally, everything has been put on hold. The contract of its copyrights has to be given to some other platform after it’s drop out from Netflix; It is expected to be aired on Disney Hotstar or Hulu. The shooting of The Punisher season 3 may continue once everyone is back to their normal routine and lives.
Till then, all the fans across the world are expected to stay patient. Also, The Punisher Season 3 will be as lit as the other two seasons and would receive the same hype and response from its fans. It will probably continue to be a much-awaited season until it is released.
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