Jon Bernthal is assembling "an incredible group" to work on Marvel's Punisher special

Jon Bernthal has shared an update on the behind-the-scenes progress of his upcoming Punisher special, and teased "an incredible group" being assembled to work on the project.

"I've said it a million times: Frank is in my bones, is in my heart. I care about him," Bernthal told Collider at CinemaCon 2025. "In discussing what this thing could be and this sort of version of Frank that I really felt that the audience was hungry for, that the military community was hungry for it, the first responder community, the comic book fans, they were really hungry for it. I presented that version to them, and they encouraged me. They encouraged me to keep coming to the table."

It was confirmed that the character would be getting a Werewolf By Night-style special (that is, a standalone TV movie) this past February, ahead of Punisher's MCU debut in Daredevil: Born Again. Just what this might entail remains under wraps, but Marvel Television boss Brad Winderbaum teased that "it's like a shotgun blast of a story, but also has all the pathos and emotion that you want out of a Frank Castle story. It's so exciting."

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Bernthal continued, "As we were talking with different writers, the ideas that we were coming up with started to resonate, and I think they saw how much they resonated with me. I got a great group of vets that I work with. One in particular, my friend Nick, he's just been incredible. I hope that it goes alright. I don't like talking about these things because it's a little bit of bark before there's a bite, you know? I'm honored and I'm grateful. It's an incredible group of people that we're assembling."