Last summer, rumors floated that now that they've established their first slate of Netflix programming including "Daredevil," "Jessica Jones," "Luke Cage," and "Iron Fist," Marvel was beginning to take a look at their Phase II slate of shows. And among the contenders to get their own series was The Punisher, Blade and Ghost Rider, which as you might've noticed, have all previously had big screen incarnations (albeit from different studios). Well, it looks like one of them might be on the way. TVLine reports that Netflix is developing "The Punisher," after seeing Jon Bernthal's performance as the character in the upcoming second season of "Daredevil." It seems to pretty early stages as no showrunner or writers have been revealed, but my guess is that they are starting the wheels in motion and perhaps waiting to see what audience response is before giving the whole thing a firm greenlight. But it says something.
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