First Look At Jon Bernthal In Full Costume For 'Marvel's The Punisher'

08/21/2017 01:04 pm EDT

Marvel and Netflix have released the first photo of Jon Bernthal in full costume as Frank Castle in Marvel's The Punisher.

The photo was released following the debut of a new teaser trailer for Marvel's The Punisher on Netflix, which itself followed the debut of Marvel's The Defenders on Friday.

Take a look below.

Marvel's The Punisher is the first series to spin out of one of Marvel's other Netflix shows. Bernthal debuted the role of Frank Castle in the second season of Marvel's Daredevil.

Frank Castle is an ex-Marine and was a family man. That all changed when a botched police operation intended to bring in the weapons dealer known as Blacksmith cost Castle his family. From that day forth Castle has been a vigilante seeking out and punishing criminals wherever he can find them. As the Punisher, Frank Castle uses any means necessary to dish out lethal justice to criminals in New York City.

Marvel's The Punisher is being developed by Steve Lightfoot for Netflix. Lightfoot will serve as showrunner.

Bernthal will star alongside Ben Barnes, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Amber Rose Revah, Deborah Ann Woll, Daniel Webber, Jason R. Moore, Paul Schulze, Jaime Ray Newman, and Michael Nathanson.

Production on the first season of The Punisher commenced in October 2016 and concluded on April 2017. The series is expected to debut on Netflix in 2017.

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