The Defenders will be streaming on Netflix August 18th, with The Punisher expected in November of this year.
Early in the series’ development process, Marvel and Netflix maintained that The Punisher would set itself as something different from the rest of The Defenders Marvel/Netflix TV shows.
I think one of the things that is unique to The Punisher, and particularly to Jon Bernthal’s performance, is that the character can stand alone.
I’m not saying that it couldn’t happen and I’m not saying that it wouldn’t happen, I’m just saying [The Punisher] doesn’t immediately lend itself toward, ‘yea, I can see The Punisher and Luke Cage hanging out!’”