Jon Bernthal’s "Punisher" TV Special Gets Title and Premiere Date

After returning in “Daredevil: Born Again” Season 1, Jon Bernthal is back for the Marvel Special Presentation, “Punisher: One Last Kill”.

The special is set to release May 12 — one week after the “Daredevil: Born Again” Season 2 finale on May 5.

The eight-episode season 2 of “Born Again” premieres on Tuesday, with weekly episodes except for episodes 2 and 3, which will both premiere on March 31.

Bernthal originally starred as Frank Castle in Season 2 of Netflix’s “Daredevil” series in 2016.

He faced off against Charlie Cox’s blind vigilante, and later teamed up with him.

Castle, a military veteran driven to vengeance after the massacre of his family, proved to be popular enough to headline his own “Punisher” spinoff show that ran for two seasons from 2017 until 2019.

Netflix’s street level heroes, including Bernthal’s Punisher, Cox’s Daredevil and Krysten Ritter’s Jessica Jones, slowly made their way back into the MCU.

After his Netflix show ended, Cox reprised his role as lawyer Matt Murdock in “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” then “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” and “Echo.”

In 2025, he starred in the revival series “Daredevil: Born Again” on Disney+, which was the first M-rated Marvel series.

Bernthal also appeared on the show, reuniting with Cox and teaming up with him against corrupt New York City mayor Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio), aka the Kingpin.

After the success of “Daredevil: Born Again,” which is renewed through Season 3, it was revealed Bernthal would star in his own Punisher MCU special.

But that’s not all for Bernthal’s character: He’ll also appear in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” with Tom Holland.

It also features reappears from fellow MCU characters like Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk and Michael Mando’s Scorpion from “Spider-Man: Homecoming”.