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2004’s The Punisher, starring Thomas Jane as Frank Castle, is getting a Best Buy-exclusive 4K Ultra HD SteelBook release early next year.
Lionsgate’s 2004 Thomas Jane-led Marvel film The Punisher is getting a 4K Ultra HD SteelBook release, courtesy of Best Buy.
Per an official press release, The Punisher – Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook will be available for purchase starting on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022 with a retail price of $27.99 USD. The SteelBook includes two physical copies of the movie — one on 4K Ultra HD and one on Blu-ray — as well as a digital copy. The SteelBook case itself features brand-new artwork from artist Orlando Arocena.
As far as special features go, there’s audio commentary by director Jonathan Hensleigh, deleted scenes (which also feature optional commentary by Hensleigh), the music video for “Step Up” by Drowning Pool and such behind-the-scenes featurettes as “Keepin’ It Real: The Punisher Stunts,” “Army of One: The Punisher Origins,” “War Journal: On the Set of The Punisher” and “Drawing Blood: Bradstreet Style.”
Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name created by Gerry Conway, John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru, Lionsgate’s The Punisher originally released in theaters on April 16, 2004. Directed by Hensleigh and starring Jane as Frank Castle/the Punisher, the film centers around an ex-G-man who swears violent revenge after his entire family is killed in a mob hit.
In addition to Jane as the title character, 2004’s The Punisher starred the likes of John Travolta as Howard Saint, Will Patton as Quentin Glass, Rebecca Romijn as Joan and Roy Scheider as Frank Castle Sr., among others. While the film marked Jane’s one and only time playing Frank Castle in an official capacity, the actor later reprised his role in director Phil Joanou’s 2012 fan film The Punisher: Dirty Laundry.
Hensleigh’s Jane-led Punisher movie was actually the Marvel vigilante’s second major live-action feature film. Over a decade prior, Dolph Lundgren starred as Frank Castle in Mark Goldblatt’s The Punisher, which originally premiered in West Germany in 1989 before making its way to the United States in 1991.
Following the 2004 film, Frank Castle received yet another cinematic reboot in the form of director Lexi Alexander’s Punisher: War Zone, which released in 2008 and starred Ray Stevenson in the lead role. Jon Bernthal would be next to take up the mantle, debuting as Frank Castle in the second season of the Netflix original series Marvel’s Daredevil in 2016. Bernthal subsequently reprised the role in Marvel’s The Punisher, a spinoff series than ran on Netflix for two seasons from 2017 to 2019.
The Punisher – Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook goes on sale Jan. 25, 2022.
Source: Lionsgate
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