Thomas Jane's PUNISHER shortfan film

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

Anyone else see this?

Him and Ron perlman got together to make a short (10 min) return for the PUNISHER with Jane in the lead role again....

Anyone think the Hollywood producers will see this and give them a shot to make a feature like this....It is FAR better than the film version!!!

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Saw this yesterday, meant to post it. It shows a lot of promise. It's pretty cool that the two of them got together for this - it's getting enough buzz that it just might get them another shot at a feature. I did enjoy War Zone a lot though...

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

Me too..War Zone was a pretty good action movie.....definitely violent enough....

I think I remember reading the director of this new short also did U2 RATTLE AND HUM....

EDIT: or maybe he would be better pushing for a PUNISHER TV SERIES...maybe HBO

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Either way, if done right, it'd be cool. There's plenty of different stories and directions they could go with using the character and Jane was good in the role.

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

Won't Jane get in trouble for making this?.....i mean, does he have the legal rights to do it??...I thought MARVEL was touchy about these things.....or does that only apply to artists ???

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Not sure. There was no money made on it and I think in order to sue for damages, money has to be made.

Did DC sue over that Batman fan film that got all that buzz a few years ago? I don't think they did.

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

Ah yeah..you are probably right about the money aspect....but surely they dont want people going off making their own version of MARVEL characters...

EDIT....but there are ROBIN, BATMAN and a whole range of other fanfilms (pretty professional ones too) out there..Just unusual for actual movie stars to make their own!!!


Found this online

DC Comics was known to actively discourage the creation of fan movies in the 1990s. In 2008, however, DC Comics changed its tune when its president, Paul Levitz, gave provisional permission to fan filmmakers, stating definitively, "We're against anything that monetizes our assets and our copyrights without our permission. We are not against things where people use our assets if they don't do anything monetarily with them.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Found this online

This seems unusually sound and reasonable coming from a big faceless corporation.

[Alex K. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Alex K.]

I think the Thomas Jane Punisher was a little underrated. If it was more violent and had a more vengeful Punisher it would've been way better. This short rectifies that to say the least.

Hope something comes of this. The same thing happened with that teaser for a reboot of Mortal Kombat which lead to a pretty damn good web series and forthcoming new movie.

[Geten Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Geten]

Personally I hold the Thomas Jane Punisher as the best. War Zone and the Dolph versions are alright but there is something about the Jane version, just a great flick. And a nice short, really hope something more will come out of it.

[Paul L Scholar of Sleaze Find all posts View Profile Close Paul L]

I think the Thomas Jane Punisher was a little underrated. If it was more violent and had a more vengeful Punisher it would've been way better. This short rectifies that to say the least.

I sort of enjoyed the Tom Jane Punisher movie, but had some issues with it - the boozing, the moping, the rewriting of the character's 'backstory' (although it was nice to see Roy Scheider), the weak villain. That said, I'd like to see him get another stab at the character, but I doubt it's high on Marvel's priority list.

[paul h. woly boly Find all posts View Profile Close paul h.]

Nice short.

that 3:1 aspect ratio is a bit too wide. Needs to be opened up on top & bottom a bit.

I liked the brutality of War Zone, and I like Thomas Jane as a lead. I hope something comes from this.

More Punisher please.

[Newt Cox Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Newt Cox]

Ah yeah..you are probably right about the money aspect....but surely they dont want people going off making their own version of MARVEL characters...

EDIT....but there are ROBIN, BATMAN and a whole range of other fanfilms (pretty professional ones too) out there..Just unusual for actual movie stars to make their own!!!


Found this online

Wasn't Boner from Growing Pains in the Batman Deadend Fan film?

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

Not a clue.....but I also saw one called GRAYSON that was a pretty solid short about Robin...

[Randy G Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Randy G]

Nicely done, it would be great to seem to do something closer to the Ennis comics, I liked War Zone but it became a little too action-flickish near the end, I'd prefer something tighter in structure.