Jon Bernthal returns as Punisher in Marvel’s new Daredevil show

Jon Bernthal will return as Frank Castle — aka the killer vigilante the Punisher — in Daredevil: RebornAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, it is.

Bernthal will join Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio, reprising their roles as Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk, respectively. All three delivered iconic turns as those characters in Netflix’s DaredevilThe streaming video service aired the film from 2015-2018. Bernthal was featured in his two-season series. The Punisher spinoff.

When Netflix’s Marvel shows all went on the chopping block in 2019, fans assumed they’d never see those particular actor/character pairings again — Disney seemed to be angling for family-friendly Marvel content only on its spanking-new streaming service Disney Plus, and the question of whether the Netflix shows were even canon with the rest of the MCU was an open one.

Now, it’s not as bad! Cox was first seen in Spider-Man has no way homeAnd She-Hulk, and and D’Onofrio briefly in Hawkeye;Marvel Studios revealed last summer that the story of their characters would continue in Daredevil: RebornA total of 18 episodes would be available on the Disney Plus channel in 2024.

At the moment, the only clue for what to expect of the series is its title, which references a classic arc by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli where the Kingpin, having learned Daredevil’s identity, sets about methodically ruining his life — and the Punisher doesn’t appear at all. Element of You are Born AgainAs an inspiration, part of season 3 Daredevil on Netflix, but did not get a full adaptation, so it may be that the title is less of a comic book reference, and more of a metatextual one: After half a decade, Marvel’s Netflix shows live once more.