The Other OTHER Marvel Movie Of 2008
With the major media push going on for Iron Man right now and with things just starting to heat up on the new Hulk film, it's easy to forget that Marvel has a third movie coming out this year.
Due in September, Punisher: War Zone is a semi-sequel to 2004's Punisher film starring Tom Jane. The less said of 1989's Dolph Lundgren version the better (oh, Louis Gossett Jr., how could you?!) The movie isn't going to be a strict sequel, but more of another story. With the origin out of the way, director Lexi Alexander (writer and director of the amazing Green Street Hooligans) decided to forego Jonathan Hensleigh's route of moving Frank to Florida and has brought the Punisher to the mean streets of New York.
Facing off against perennial baddie Jigsaw (Dominic West), Frank (Ray Stevenson) will have help from Microchip (Wayne Knight) and Det. Soap (Dash Mihok) from Garth Ennis's Marvel Knights series.
Though it's pretty bare bones at the moment, the official website for The Punisher: War Zone has launched. It's got all of two photos so far, but you can sign up to be e-mailed of any updates.
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