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Vulture critic Craig Jenkins hails Phoebe Bridgers’s third album Lost Weekend as a candid, more vulnerable follow-up to Punisher, expanding her sonic range and sharpening her diaristic storytelling; the result is a standout 2026 release that captures the artist’s ongoing reckoning with fame, relationships, and changing paths.
Ars Technica reports that Spider-Man: Brand New Day drops a new trailer about six weeks before its July 31, 2026 release. Peter Parker is an adult living in secrecy after No Way Home’s memory erasure, and the promo teases a troubling mutation that may unleash a powerful threat. Bruce Banner/Hulk and Frank Castle/Punisher join the cast alongside Tom Holland and Zendaya, with appearances by Daredevil and Mac Gargan/Scorpion; Sadie Sink, Liza Colón-Zayas, and Trammell Tillman are in undisclosed roles. Peter asks Banner if he can keep the good parts of the mutation while shedding the dangerous ones, as Banner cautions about defining what parts of nature are “good.” Destin Daniel Cretton directs, and the movie hints at a possible rebirth and a new Spider-Man trilogy for Holland.
That infamous shot in The Punisher: One Last Kill was filmed in-camera with a real stuntman taking the impact while Jon Bernthal’s face was later swapped onto the stuntman’s body; the scene’s artificial look was mainly due to timing/lighting and a face replacement, not AI-generated visuals.
Jon Bernthal’s Punisher returns in The Punisher: One Last Kill, a brutally violent MCU special that raises a key question: how will Frank Castle, a mass murderer, team up with Tom Holland’s family-friendly Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Brand New Day? The self-contained special emphasizes extreme violence and leaves unclear how—or if—the tonal clash will be addressed in the film, which is streaming on Disney+, with Brand New Day hitting theaters on July 31, 2026.
The Punisher: One Last Kill is an almost hour-long Marvel One-Shot that serves as a brisk, violent refresher of Frank Castle’s origin, anchored by Jon Bernthal’s performance; it delivers visceral action and a clear look into the Punisher’s psyche, but its purpose feels unclear as it doesn’t neatly bridge to Daredevil: Born Again or Spider-Man: Brand New Day, leaving viewers wondering how it all connects.
Disney+'s The Punisher: One Last Kill drew online ridicule for an unfinished-looking VFX moment—Frank Castle's fall resembled a PS3-era cutscene—while fans complained of low dialogue in the audio mix. Disney+ acknowledged the audio issue and said a fix is in progress. A production source says the stunt was performed in-camera with Jon Bernthal and a stuntman handling the impact, with some VFX including swapping the stuntman's face for Bernthal's. Despite the hiccup, the special has been well-received overall (86% on Rotten Tomatoes, 91% audience) and continues The Punisher storyline in upcoming projects like Daredevil: Born Again and Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Jon Bernthal's Punisher returns in Punisher: One Last Kill, a brutal 48-minute Marvel Special Presentation that doubles as a PTSD-driven character study. The action is relentless and the gravesite scene is haunting, delivering a darker, more mature tone than typical MCU fare, while raising questions about how the anti-hero will fit into a PG-13 Spider-Man universe.
Director Reinaldo Marcus Green says the Disney+ special’s title One Last Kill is a deliberate misdirection meant to subvert expectations rather than signal the Punisher’s end. The piece frames the project as a deep, one-shot character study that hints at Frank Castle’s continued presence in the MCU with tones that will vary across titles, including a substantial role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Gerry Conway, Marvel Comics writer who created the Punisher and Ms. Marvel and helped shape Spider-Man lore with the Gwen Stacy tragedy, died at 73, leaving a lasting impact on comics and their on-screen adaptations.
Gerry Conway, a pivotal comics writer who co-created the Punisher and the first Ms. Marvel and authored The Night Gwen Stacy Died, has died at 73; his work helped shape both Marvel and DC icons—including Firestorm, Vixen, Power Girl, Jason Todd, and Killer Croc—garnering tributes from Marvel and DC about his lasting impact on pop culture.
Legendary Marvel writer Gerry Conway, who helped redefine Spider-Man with pivotal stories like Gwen Stacy’s death, co-created the Punisher, and expanded Marvel’s storytelling across titles from Werewolf by Night to Ms. Marvel, has died in 2026, with Marvel calling him a transformative force whose work reshaped comics and inspired on-screen adaptations.
Jon Bernthal returns as the Punisher in the Marvel TV special Punisher: One Last Kill, with a violent trailer that shows him set on fire and hearing hallucinations as he pursues vengeance. The special debuts on Disney+ May 12, a week after Daredevil: Born Again’s Season 2 finale, and is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, who co-wrote it with Bernthal.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day signals a broader Daredevil crossover in the MCU, with Sheila Riviera from Daredevil: Born Again shown handing Spider-Man the Key to the City in the trailer, Jon Bernthal's Punisher confirmed to appear, and rumors of The Hand and Claire Temple linking Netflix-era heroes to the film.
Tom Holland returns as Spider-Man in the first trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, a July 31 release that signals a fresh chapter for Parker with a new suit and a broad MCU crossover including Hulk and Punisher, as the world’s memory of his identity remains altered and new allies enter his orbit in what’s framed as a rebooted, hopeful phase for the wall-crawler.
Mark Ruffalo expressed excitement to work with Jon Bernthal's Punisher in the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day, marking Bernthal's first appearance alongside the Hulk and Spider-Man in a film, with the movie set to release on July 31, 2026.