Punisher: War Zone Director Approves of Bernthal

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Punisher War Zone Helmer Gives Bernthal Frank Castle A Stamp of Approval

By Anthony Couto

Published Nov 17, 2017

Punisher: War Zone director Lexi Alexander has publicly given her blessing for the new Marvel/Netflix live-action interpretation of Frank Castle.

Punisher: War Zone director Lexi Alexander (The CW's Supergirl) has given Jon Bernthal's interpretation of Frank Castle her blessing.

Taking to Twitter, Alexander wrote about the new Marvel/Netflix series' star, "Watch it as its own interpretation of the source material," adding, "I like Jon Bernthal a lot and he looks like an amazing Punisher. You’re not being disloyal to PWZ if you enjoy this new version or if you like it better. There is room for all of us."

Watch it as its own interpretation of the source material. I like Jon Bernthal a lot and he looks like an amazing Punisher. You’re not being disloyal to PWZ if you enjoy this new version or if you like it better. There is room for all of us. https://t.co/EXR4nJeuwU— Lexi Alexander ‎ (@Lexialex) November 17, 2017

Alexander's Punisher: War Zone, which was distributed by Lionsgate (before Disney/Marvel re-acquired the rights to the character a few years later), earned $10.1 million on a $35 million production budget. It starred future Marvel Cinematic Universe actor Ray Stevenson (Thor) as the titular character.

Currently available to stream on Netflix, The Punisher stars Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle, Ben Barnes as Billy Russo, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Micro, Amber Rose Revah as Dinah Madani, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Daniel Webber as Lewis Walcott, Shohreh Aghdashloo as Farah Madani and Paul Schulze as Rawlins.