further punishment
So I was sitting in the bargain theater, waiting for the $2 matinee of The Incredible Hulk to begin, and I got to thinking about my post calling T.I. Hulk possibly the first film do-over. While the bargain theater doesn't always show the officially attached trailers, I think the Punisher: War Zone teaser trailer debuted in front of Hulk a couple months back, and so though I didn't see it, I got to thinking about whether War Zone isn't a mulligan as well. It seems to be looked at as a sequel, but when the title character doesn't reprise his role in the second film, four years after the first, the semantics might come into play.
Punisher: War Zone shot under working titles of Punisher 2 (of course, Hulk shot under Hulk 2 as well) and the marquee-confounding Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank, the given title of the first in a relatively well-regarded Garth Ennis run on the Punisher monthly.
The troubled Punisher: War Zone production in brief:
John Dahl offered directing job, not interested. Cites script: "not that good."
Thomas Jane "regretfully and painfully" drops out, declines to state reason, though second-hand information claims it's due to his backing of director Walter Hill, whom Lionsgate decided wasn't the guy for the job.
Jane replaced with Ray Stevenson of Rome.
Kurt Sutter, writer of then-current draft, removes himself from credit arbitration (due to numerous other writers, he wouldn't likely have gotten credit in any case).
Lexi Alexander [pictured], director of well-regarded Green Street Hooligans, rumored off project after no-show at Comic-Con panel. Blog posts containing Punisher-related materials replaced with "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" monkeys. Monkey post shortly removed.
Alexander's composer Christopher Franke (who scored her Green Street Hooligans and Johnny Flynton) removed, replaced with Michael Wandmacher.
Extremely violent aggro jock-metal trailer makes rounds after Comic-Con.
Flick set for December 5 release.
Punisher '04 is itself a retry, of course, after Dolph Lundgren starred in an adaptation back in the 90s. And we know how well those both turned out!
Punisher: War Zone shot under working titles of Punisher 2 (of course, Hulk shot under Hulk 2 as well) and the marquee-confounding Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank, the given title of the first in a relatively well-regarded Garth Ennis run on the Punisher monthly.
The troubled Punisher: War Zone production in brief:
John Dahl offered directing job, not interested. Cites script: "not that good."Thomas Jane "regretfully and painfully" drops out, declines to state reason, though second-hand information claims it's due to his backing of director Walter Hill, whom Lionsgate decided wasn't the guy for the job.
Jane replaced with Ray Stevenson of Rome.
Kurt Sutter, writer of then-current draft, removes himself from credit arbitration (due to numerous other writers, he wouldn't likely have gotten credit in any case).
Lexi Alexander [pictured], director of well-regarded Green Street Hooligans, rumored off project after no-show at Comic-Con panel. Blog posts containing Punisher-related materials replaced with "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" monkeys. Monkey post shortly removed.
Alexander's composer Christopher Franke (who scored her Green Street Hooligans and Johnny Flynton) removed, replaced with Michael Wandmacher.
Extremely violent aggro jock-metal trailer makes rounds after Comic-Con.
Flick set for December 5 release.
Punisher '04 is itself a retry, of course, after Dolph Lundgren starred in an adaptation back in the 90s. And we know how well those both turned out!
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