The Punisher is coming back to the MCU in a big way, and there's a perfect opportunity to deliver an unexpected but fun series.

Bernthal is also writing the script with his We Own This City director Reinaldo Marcus Green, who will helm this standalone special. “It’s like a shotgun blast of a story, but also has all the pathos and emotion that you want out of a Frank Castle story,” Brad Winderbaum, the head of Marvel Television, tells EW. “It’s so exciting.”

Deadline reports Akiva Goldsman has been hired to develop “a new Universe at Legendary Television” based on the TV series’ of Irwin Allen, beginning with Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants and The Time Tunnel.

Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle will join the MCU proper on Daredevil: Born Again, then he'll return for a Punisher Marvel special on Disney+.

Marvel has confirmed the Punisher's future in the MCU after Daredevil: Born Again. The character will be getting a Werewolf By Night style special, according to Entertainment Weekly. Jon Bernthal will return as Frank Castle and co-write the special with We Own This City director Reinaldo Marcus Green.

Bernthal’s Frank Castle, a.k.a. the Punisher, who returns as the character in Daredevil: Born Again Season 1, headlines the Marvel special, which is said to be in the vein of Werewolf by Night or The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, according to EW, which first reported the news.

The Punisher is getting his own Special Presentation on Disney+, but many are left wondering why such a popular version of a popular character isn't getting a full series or film.

The Punisher will get his own Marvel Studios Special Presentation, and Jon Bernthal will star in it as well as co-write the script.

Jon Bernthal's Punisher is getting a new one-off special after Daredevil: Born Again. Here are five comic book stories that could serve as inspirations.

Bernthal and Cox won't be the only veterans of "Daredevil" returning for the sequel series. They're joined by Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin, Wilson Bethel as Benjamin Poindexter/Bullseye, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson, and Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Fisk.

The standalone show is in the works, with Bernthal to write along with Reinaldo Marcus Green, who will also direct.