Jon Bernthal Joins MARVEL’S DAREDEVIL Season 2 As THE PUNISHER!

Jon Benthal of The Wolf of Wall Street, Fury, and The Walking Dead fame has been cast for Marvel’s Daredevil season 2, coming 2016!

He will be playing none other than Frank Castle, yeah, The fricking Punisher! He is a vigilante who aims to clean up New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen by any means necessary, no matter how lethal the results!

“Jon Bernthal brings an unmatched intensity to every role he takes on, with a potent blend of power, motivation and vulnerability that will connect with audiences,” said Jeph Loeb, Marvel’s Head of Television. “Castle’s appearance will bring dramatic changes to the world of Matt Murdock and nothing will be the same.”

Bernthal will also appear in the upcoming action thriller “The Accountant.”

“Marvel’s Daredevil” is Executive Produced by Doug Petrie (“American Horror Story,” “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”), Marco Ramirez (“Marvel’s Daredevil,” “DaVinci’s Demons”) and Drew Goddard (“Cabin in the Woods,” “Lost”), along with Marvel TV’s Jeph Loeb (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Marvel’s Jessica Jones.”)

“Marvel’s Daredevil” is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios. Season one of “Marvel’s Daredevil” is now streaming on Netflix.

Extra Tidbit:
The scary part is this look at the date!

Another tidbit is Netflix has revealed a new logo for Marvel’s Daredevil season 2.

The new Daredevil logo is riddled with bullet holes, and came attached to the twitter message, “Frank Castle is coming to Hell’s Kitchen. Those who stand in his way shall be punished.”

Frank Castle is coming to Hell’s Kitchen. Those who stand in his way shall be punished. Story: http://t.co/Aa8VVXbYbW pic.twitter.com/ReODBpKICD
— Daredevil (@Daredevil) June 9, 2015

Blinded as a young boy but imbued with extraordinary senses, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) fights against injustice by day as a lawyer, and by night as the Super Hero “Daredevil” in modern day Hell’s Kitchen, New York City. “Marvel’s Daredevil” stars Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson and Rosario Dawson. 

Source: Marvel

Rumours Galore : Suicide Squad Cast Members

Recently news broke out that some of the cast members of the upcoming DC comics movie “Suicide Squad” have already been cast.

Here is a run down of the David Ayer directed movie, note that these are rumours:

In the first instance Jared Leto is eyeing the role to play The Joker in the movie. Now what is interesting is that the Joker is not a part of the Suicide Squad, so this could mean that some things deviate from the comics.

Now for seconds, Margot Robbie is rumoured to play Harley Quinn, this is according to Collider who have not given their source on the matter. But anyway Harley Quinn is to sum the character is the Joker’s lover, who was once a renowned psychiatrist who becomes obsessed about the Joker and eventually becomes a right hand woman for the Joker.

The third piece of the rumour pie is that “The Walking Dead” actor, Jon Bernthal I said to play an unknown role, saying that there is some discussion going on but cannot comment any further.

These are just the only rumours going about, one other rumour says Will Smith, and Tom Hardy are being eyed for role. Another states that Jesse Eisenberg is to play Lex Luthor in the “Suicide Squad” movie.

Suicide Squad is set to be released 5th August 2016.