Marvel Had Surprising Direction for Disney+ TV Shows Before Recent MCU Pivot

Before Marvel Studios Overhauled its tv operations, returning to a extra conventional mannequin that included showrunners and multi-season plans, the corporate was reportedly planning on growing restricted collection centered round villains.

Marvel Studios was planning on making extra villain-focused Disney+ reveals earlier than tv pivot

On the heels of the title reveal and launch date for The Punisher: One Last Kill, Bullseye actor Wilson Bethel revealed that he could be open to headlining his own Marvel Television Special Presentation. “From your lips to God’s ears, man. I sure hope so,” the Daredevil: Born Again actor stated after being requested if he could be open to such a venture.

The trade led to scooper Cryptic HD QUALITY revealing on x that Marvel at one level “wanted 1 or 2 vilains [sic] to have mini shows a few years back.” It’s unclear which Marvel villains had their eyes on for Disney+ reveals, because the studio has to date developed tasks for each returning and new characters, like Tom Hiddleston’s reformed villain Loki and Hulk’s cousin She-Hulk.

Villain-centric Special Presentations aren’t a brand new concept, as one centered round Sacha Baron Cohen’s Mephisto was reportedly within the works at one level. In March 2023, journalist Jeff Sneider reported {that a} Mephisto particular was being filmed on the set of the Disney+ collection Agatha All Along. However, three years later, Marvel has nonetheless not introduced a Mephisto particular, calling into query the validity of the report.

The Punisher: One Last Kill would be the third Special Presentation, after Werewolf by Night and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (each 2022). In the Disney+ particular, Jon Bernthal reprises his position as Frank Castle/The Punisher, along with co-writing the screenplay with its director, Reinaldo Marcus Green.

The logline for the particular reads as follows: “As Frank Castle searches for meaning beyond revenge, an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.” One Last Kill will choose up after the occasions of Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 and reportedly lead into the character’s role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

The Punisher: One Last Kill arrives on Disney+ on May 12, 2026.