BREAKING MOVIE/TV NEWS

Thursday, December 06, 2007

"Punisher: War Zone"...

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Lionsgate's "Punisher: War Zone", started filming in Montreal October 2, directed by Lexi Alexander, starring actor Ray "Rome" Stevenson as 'Frank Castle' aka 'The Punisher'.

The R-rated screenplay is by Nick Santora, Kurt Sutter, Matt Holloway and Art Marcum.

Producers are Gale Anne "Hulk" Hurd, Kevin Feige, and Avi Arad, with financing from MHF Zweite Academy Film.

Stevenson is the third actor to play the Marvel Comics Marine-turned-vigilante cop character, following actors Dolph Lundgren in 1989 and Thomas Jane in 2004.

The new film set in 'New York', has Castle running up against the mobster known as 'Jigsaw'.