Netflix has had a busy year with its Marvel releases, but the streaming site isnÂ’t done just yet. MarvelÂ’s The Punisher is still slated to debut following the release of The Defenders, and the gritty show may be dropping sooner than fans expected.

Earlier this month, news broke that The Punisher would go public in November. The much-awaited series wrapped filming a month or so ago, giving Netflix and Marvel plenty of post-production space. Now, MCU Exchange is reporting a source of theirs tipped them off about the exact premiere date of The Punisher. The site says “someone close to the streaming titan” told them the project is slated to go live on November 14.

For fans, the release date would be an unexpected one. November 14 falls on a Tuesday which isnÂ’t usually considered prime premiere real estate. However, it would not be the first time Netflix has ushered a show out on a Tuesday. The site dropped House of CardÂ’s fifth season on a Tuesday, and the season two premiere of Stranger Things will also fall on that day. If The Punisher also falls on the weekday, then the site may be signaling a permanent shift in its premiere schedule.

For now, the report regarding The PunisherÂ’s premiere date can only be classified as a rumor. Neither Marvel nor Netflix have commented on the report or given an exact date for the showÂ’s release. Some fans had anticipated the standalone series to drop closer to Thanksgiving as more viewers would be on holiday break to binge the show, but Netflix may be preparing to surprise its users.

Earlier this year, news broke that The Punisher was eyeing a November release by accident. The Hollywood Reporter did an interview with Dearbhla Walsh, one of the directors for The Punisher. She let the anticipated release schedule for the Marvel show slip during the chat, saying, “[I’ve directed] one other time that hasn't been aired yet, which was an episode of the new Marvel series The Punisher, which I did just before Christmas, but it's not airing until November.”

Marvel's The Punisher is being developed by Steve Lightfoot for Netflix. Lightfoot will serve as showrunner.

Jon Bernthal will star alongside Ben Barnes, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Amber Rose Revah, Deborah Ann Woll, Daniel Webber, Jason R. Moore, Paul Schulze, Jaime Ray Newman, and Michael Nathanson. Production on the first season of The Punisher commenced in October 2016 and wrapped back in April 2017.



The Punisher is based on the Marvel Comics character created by Gerry Conway, John Romita Sr., and Ross Andru. The character debuted in Amazing Spider-Man #129 in 1974. Originally meant to be a Spider-Man villain, the Punisher's brutality resonated with fans and turned him into a cult classic. The vigilante has since starred in several series including three live-action movies: one starring Dolph Lundgren in 1989, another starring Thomas Jane in 2004, and Punisher: War Zone with Ray Stevenson in 2004

The 50 Best Good Bad Movies

The bad special effects, the awful acting, the nonsensical plots — there’s something enchanting about a movie that’s hopelessly bad. After rewatching all the films your favorite actors wish you’d forget, we determined which are the best (well, best worst) ones ever.

Here’s a thing I’m not afraid to admit: I’ve seen Road House more times than I’ve seen The Godfather. I’ve seen Citizen Kane twice in my life — but once watched She’s All That twice in a weekend. You, too, are guilty of something like this.
There’s just something enjoyable about a movie that’s hopelessly committed to its (very bad) vision. Whether it’s due to bad special effects, awful acting, or a completely absurd or nonsensical plot, these films create a sense of sheer wonderment and force you to exclaim, “How is this a movie?!” But the mere fact that something so illogical, or low-budget, or ill-conceived exists is at the root of why we like these movies. They’re so bad that … they’re actually kind of good.

Because it’s summertime — the season when so many Good Bad Movies have bloomed — we wanted to give the subgenre the attention it deserves. We’ll be exploring the genre at length, but no project would be complete without a big list that definitively determines the greatest Good Bad Movies to ever be released. It was a Herculean task (and in this case we’re specifically using that adjective with the Rock’s Hercules in mind); here’s how we did it.

The Qualifications

The Good Bad Movie genre is not easy to define. The line between so-bad-it’s-good and so-bad-I-left-the-theater is quite thin; taste is subjective, and what one person finds to be amusingly bad others may consider plain bad. The emergence of parody movies, meanwhile, raises questions about how integral artistic intent is in giving a film the Good Bad label. Therefore, following these three rules is a solid, efficient way to determine whether a movie is Good Bad:

Enjoyment of the movie must be derived from its badness. Its badness needs to be the thing that creates a sense of bewildered enjoyment.

There must be a pervading sense that those who made the film thought what they were doing was great, or at least good. Good Bad Movies have minimal self-awareness. Here are two examples that may help explain this sentiment: (1) MacGruber is not a Good Bad Movie, it’s a tribute to Good Bad Movies, and (2) Fast Five is not a Good Bad Movie, it is a movie that intentionally wades into ridiculousness (and then manufactures a reaction similar to the one a Good Bad Movie elicits naturally).

The movie must have been something of a critical failure when it was released. Critics, god bless them, hold movies to a high standard as an art form and generally don’t reward a movie for being of low quality. In that way, they’re a helpful, as-objective-as-possible resource in determining which films are bad, and therefore eligible to be Good Bad.

After solidifying what qualifies a Good Bad Movie, we moved toward constructing a definitive top-50 list.

The Process

It started in-house, with staff members of The Ringer nominating candidates. After weeding out the nominees that did not adhere to Rule No. 3 above — any film with over a 60 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes was deemed ineligible — the remaining movies were put through this formula:

I know. Stay with me.

CR stands for Cultural Relevance, and was determined by multiplying a movie’s number of Google News hits in the last year (with 1 point being awarded per 100 hits) by the number of years it’s been since that movie’s release. A Good Bad Movie’s ability to stay in the cultural conversation years after it came out is important, and indicates how a respective movie is gaining appreciation and growing a fan base.

RT — this one’s easy — stands for Rotten Tomatoes score. Because Good Bad Movies must overcome an astonishingly low level of quality, our system favors the films with truly abysmal critical receptions, rather than the ones that were reviewed as mediocre to bad.

PO stands for Public Opinion. Overall enjoyment is the absolute end goal of a Good Bad Movie, and how much a Good Bad Movie is liked is core to its rating against other Good Bad Movies. To determine PO, a couple of weeks ago we tweeted out a list of every candidate and asked readers to pick their 10 favorites. After the poll closed and total votes were tabulated, each movie was ranked from 1 to 64, with first place being awarded 64 points, second place 63 points, and so on. Do the 6,700 or so people who voted in this poll appropriately represent the opinion of the viewing public? Probably not. But until the government adds Good Bad Movie questions to census forms, this is the best we’ve got.

GBS stands for Good Bad Score. The higher a movie’s GBS is, the more esteemed it is as a Good Bad Movie.

All right! Now that math class is over, it’s time to learn the 50 best Good Bad Movies ever. — Andrew Gruttadaro

The Ranking

50. ‘Idle Hands’ (1999)
49. ‘Lionheart’ (1990)
48. ‘Cellular’ (2004)
47. ‘Dante’s Peak’ (1997)
46. ‘Obsessed’ (2009)
45. ‘Stone Cold’ (1991)
44. ‘The Wicker Man’ (2006)
43. ‘Youngblood’ (1986)
42. ‘Hercules’ (2014)
41. ‘You Got Served’ (2004)
40. ‘Battleship’ (2012)
39. ‘Save the Last Dance’ (2001)
38. ‘The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift’ (2006)
37. ‘Just One of the Guys’ (1985)
36. ‘Bad Boys 2’ (2003)
35. ‘Spice World’ (1997)
34. ‘Battlefield Earth’ (2000)
33. ‘Surviving the Game’ (1994)
32. ‘Mission: Impossible II’ (2000)
31. ‘Nothing but Trouble’ (1991)
30. ‘Demolition Man’ (1993)
29. ‘The Chase’ (1994)
28. ‘The Last Action Hero’ (1993)
27. ‘The Happening’ (2008)
26. ‘Gigli’ (2003)
25. ‘Catwoman’ (2004)
24. ‘Con Air’ (1997)
23. ‘The Room’ (2003)
22. ‘Troll 2’ (1990)
21. ‘Road House’ (1989)
20. ‘Fear’ (1996)
19. ‘Mortal Kombat’ (1995)
18. ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie’ (1993)
17. ‘Deep Blue Sea’ (1999)
16. ‘Honey’ (2003)
15. ‘xXx’ (2002)
14. ‘No Holds Barred’ (1989)
13. ‘Showgirls’ (1995)
12. ‘She’s All That’ (1999)
11. ‘The Beach’ (2000)
10. ‘Speed 2: Cruise Control’ (1997)
9. ‘Over the Top’ (1987)
8. ‘Final Destination’ (2000)
7. ‘Anaconda’ (1997)
6. ‘White Chicks’ (2004)
5. ‘Batman & Robin’ (1997)
4. ‘Masters of the Universe’ (1987)
3. ‘Congo’ (1995)
2. ‘Wild Wild West’ (1999)
1. ‘Godzilla’ (1998)