The Punisher
The gist
Jon Bernthal's Punisher is back in the spotlight.
The character's long road from studio-split rights to MCU integration shows how Marvel's on-screen universe came together.
How it unfolded
- 2004Thomas Jane's Punisher appears in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2, a crossover widely accepted to have been inserted by Raimi.
- 2018Jon Bernthal stars in Steve McQueen's crime thriller Widows alongside Viola Davis, Liam Neeson and Michelle Rodriguez.
- 2026Bernthal stars in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and his first solo Frank Castle MCU project, The Punisher: One Last Kill.