Netflix Casts Pivotal Roles For Marvel’s ‘The Punisher’

Production is officially in full swing on Marvel’s ‘The Punisher’ for Netflix.

Marvel has revealed three more cast members that will be joining Jon Bernthal in the series, Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia). Barnes who is slated to play Billy Russo, Frank’s Castle’s best friend from his days in the Special Forces who runs a successful private military corporation called “Anvil;” Ebon Moss-Bachrach (“Girls”) will play Micro, a former NSA analyst whose secrets may be of great value to Frank Castle and everyone around them; and Amber Rose Revah (Indian Summers, Son of God) joins as Dinah Madani; a highly-trained sophisticated Homeland Security agent who is vexed by the Punisher.

Netflix has set Steve Lightfoot (Hannibal) as showrunner on ‘The Punisher’, with Jim Chory and Marvel’s Jeph Loeb as executive producers.

‘The Punisher’ has already begun the early stages of production, though the series is not expected to premiere until at least 2018 after Marvel’s ‘Iron Fist’ and the crossover ‘Defenders’ series have taken their bow.