The standalone show is in the works, with Bernthal to write along with Reinaldo Marcus Green, who will also direct.

It’s so exciting.” Bernthal has felt a strong affinity for the character since assuming the Punisher mantle in the second season of Netflix’s Daredevil, which led to two seasons of a spin-off series on the streamer.

Bernthal will co-write a Punisher special — in the same vein as the one-installment MCU specials Werewolf by Night and the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special — with writer/director Reinaldo Marcus Green, director of the HBO true-crime drama We Own This City, in which Bernthal starred as corrupt Baltimore police officer Wayne Jenkins.