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    Superhero Bits: Fantastic Four, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, Ms. Marvel, Arrow, The Flash

    By Angie Han August 12th, 2015

    What's Wonder Woman gonna be doing in Batman v Superman? Did you catch all these Fantastic Four Easter eggs? How badly does Lexi Alexander want a Ms. Marvel movie? Who's Jim Parrack playing in Suicide Squad? And who's Rutina Wesley playing in Arrow? Wanna play a Marvel-themed version of Risk? What does Henry Cavill have to say about Warner Bros.' plans…

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  • Punisher: War Zone Gets R-Rating

    By Hunter Stephenson October 3rd, 2008

    For a comic book film based on a Marvel character, official updates on the status of Punisher: War Zone remain few and far between. Back in August, rumors circulated that the December release from Lionsgate would be re-cut for a PG-13 rating. No word from the studio was released to confirm or deny this. Today,…

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  • Lionsgate Gunning For A PG-13 Punisher: War Zone?

    By Hunter Stephenson August 15th, 2008

    Slowly but surely, Punisher: War Zone is being lowered into a grave of WTF by Lionsgate. First, Lexi Alexander, director of the gorey Marvel actioner, was seemingly kicked off the project. We still don't know what happened exactly. Her candid, rah-rah website was suddenly wiped clean of all prior updates on the film, save for…

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  • Director Lexi Alexander Booted Off Punisher: War Zone By Lionsgate?

    By Hunter Stephenson May 19th, 2014

    I've put out the word for further confirmation from our staff---against terrible odds of hangovers and lipstick shenanigans---but a rumor is quickly circulating that Lionsgate/Marvel has kicked director Lexi Alexander off Punisher: War Zone. The film, which opens this December, is finished filming but apparently HUGE creative differences arose over...final cut? There's a lot of…

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  • Red Band Clip For Punisher: War Zone Is Very Cruel To Faces

    By Hunter Stephenson July 25th, 2008

    Judging from the number of heads that explode, collapse and squirt in this new Comic Con footage for Punisher: War Zone, I imagine these luminaries attending a press screening: Rambo, Ricki-Oh, Lucio Fulci and the "Crushing Your Head" guy from Kids in the Hall. When the first trailer hit and underwhelmed fans, director Lexi Alexander…

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  • Punisher War Zone Movie Poster

    By Hunter Stephenson June 30th, 2008

    With the boffo box office and good worth of mouth for Wanted, we look toward the next violent and proud, R-rated comic book adaptation, Punisher: War Zone, opening this December. IGN received a new teaser poster for Lexi Alexander's Marvel/Lionsgate reboot starring Ray Stevenson as Frank Castle, and besides the Indiana Jones rip-off tagline (look…

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  • Lexi Alexander Talks Punisher: War Zone's Exploding Heads, Color Scheme, Trailer, Tom Jane Fan Club

    By Hunter Stephenson June 16th, 2008

    When I posted the teaser trailer for Punisher: War Zone last Thursday, the 70+ comments from you guys were impressively heated and divisive. Until then, the R-rated Lionsgate/Marvel actioner from director Lexi Alexander (Green Street Hooligans, karate) had flown under the radar, with many pegging the movie as a star-less runt in Marvel's newly consolidated, unpredecented game plan. And many fans still do, even after the teaser, but Alexander appreciates the…

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  • Punisher: War Zone Movie Trailer

    By Hunter Stephenson June 13th, 2008

    Opening with a scene/yelp recalling The Bride's headshot in Kill Bill, the teaser trailer for director Lexi Alexander's Punisher: War Zone plays it hard and fast underneath cyber-noirish lighting (Swordfish, much?) that is sure to turn some people off. However, besides an emasculated bit of firearm ballet atop a chandelier (re: marketing dept., ditch it!),…

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  • Punisher: War Zone Moves To December. Director Lexi Alexander Implies Lots Of Blood.

    By Hunter Stephenson April 9th, 2008

    Confident female action movie directors with veddy dirty mouths rock. Lexi Alexander (above), the candid director behind Punisher: War Zone, has posted an update for the semi-quiet Marvel reboot on her tidy official site. She informs that the film was screened for studio brass this month, that it went reasonably well, and she seems cool…

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    Punisher: War Zone Website Launches

    By Hunter Stephenson March 14th, 2008

    The official website for this September's Punisher re-do Punisher: War Zone is now online. The site is pretty bare right now, offering a mere two stills from the film, but the presentation is heavy on tone, with hushed police sirens, faint voices and a buzzing drone of dread all present as gunshots pierce glass and…

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    Screenwriter Kurt Sutter Takes Name Off Punisher: War Zone, Cites Difference In Vision

    By Hunter Stephenson February 16th, 2008

    Screenwriter Kurt Sutter has removed his screenwriting credit from Marvel and Lionsgate's superhero reboot, Punisher: War Zone, due in September, and he's explained his decision quite frankly on his personal blog, while alluding to dissonance with the flick's creative direction as well. He says that he didn't "deserve" credit for the screenplay, as little of…

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    First Look: The Punisher: War Zone

    By Peter Sciretta December 6th, 2007

    The photo above is our first look at Ray Stevenson (Rome) as Frank Castle aka The Punisher in Lionsgate's The Punisher: War Zone. Click on the photo to enlarge. I've always thought that The Punisher would be one of the best comic book to film adaptations, however I wasn't a fan of the previous Thomas…

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