UChris Evans uthe ukulunga endimeni yeCaptain America ku-filmingmoven marvel kancane ngonyaka owedlule, kodwa abalandeli sebevele bathola indima entsha - I-Illustrator ngaphansi kwegama lesidlaliso i-TheFunksolbrother eshicilelwe ekhasini lakhe ngochungechunge lwe-Instagram lwezobuciko lapho u-Evans amelelwa khona ngomfanekiso we-punisher, omunye umlingiswa omangalisayo. Esithombeni sokuqala, umlingisi uboniswa egqoke izingubo zakudala, nabalandeli ababili athola ezinye izici zeCaptain America - okokuqala kwazo zonke izinkulumo ngesigqoko sesilo.
I-punisher ingenye yalezo zinhlamvu ezikusasa ezingafakwa ngenye indlela emangalisayo. Okwamanje, leli qhawe leli lihlotshaniswa noJohn Berntal, owayedlala uFrank Castle kumaphrojekthi amabili weNetflix TV: Okokuqala, umlingisi uvele ngesizini yesibili ye- "Sorvigolov", bese eba yinkanyezi eyinhloko yochungechunge oluhlukile "Punter". Lo mbukiso uphume ngo-2017 kuya ku-2019, kuvinjelwe izinkathi ezimbili. Kusukela lapho, abalandeli balindele ukuthi ama-punisher abuyele - manje ngaphansi kwephiko le-Disney ne-Marvel Studios. Uma lo mlingisi eqala kabusha, kungenzeka, azogcwaliseka ngokutshala ngokutshalwa, kodwa omunye umlingisi. Kodwa-ke, naphezu kwezifiso zabalandeli, akunakwenzeka kakhulu ukuthi u-Evans uzoba lo mlingisi.
Yiba yilokho njengoba kungenzeka, akukho lwazi mayelana nokubuya kwama-punisher okwamanje. Ngokunokwenzeka, leli qhawe elimnandi nelinesihluku akufanele lilindelwe kumafilimu wobude obugcwele ama-Marvel aklanyelwe ukubukwa komndeni. Esimweni, uma ama-studio eMarvel enquma ukwenza okuqukethwe "kwabantu abadala", i-punisher ingafika njengoba kungenzeki ngendlela.