P unisher: War Zone is the latest Marvel comic book to endure another stab at movie adaptation. Its cinema lineage is long. It's a sequel to 2004's The Punisher, which was preceded by a 1989 film of the same name...

The Film: Really, when you stop and think about it, there really isn't a character better suited for an easy transition from the comic book page to the movie screen than Marvel's Punisher...

. He's also a popular comic book scribe, having penned adventures for such iconic characters as Spider-Man, Thor, and the Fantastic Four. But 2008 marks a new stage in the career of the man who is affectionately known by his passionate fan base simply as JMS...

Punisher: War Zone marks the third attempt to transform Marvel's signature gun-toting psychopath into the star of his own action-movie franchise. That this film is easily the best of the lot has less to do with what War Zone gets right than what its predecessors got wrong. 1989's The Punisher, which starred then-hot B-movie staple Dolph Lundgren, famously had nothing to do with the comic book...

First there was Dolph Lundgren. Then came Thomas Jane. Now it is Ray Stevenson's turn. Over nearly two decades, the three actors have played the Marvel Comics character the Punisher in feature films...

From tween queens to action heroes, it's been a big year for toys based on movies, TV shows and comic books. Here are just a few of the many tie-in toys...

Will the third time be the charm? Some Marvel comic book characters have hit it big in the movies: Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man. Others have been less successful, but given that they are popular characters and valuable commodities, Marvel tries again. For the vengeance seeking Punisher, this is no less than the third time he's been the focus of a movie...

Death Wish done as an ultra-violent superhero saga for the arty graphic-novel set. That's the low concept behind Punisher: War Zone, starring Ray Stevenson as Frank Castle, aka the Punisher, a U.S. commando who turns himself into a vigilante killing machine after his wife and two kids become collateral damage to a gangland execution in a public park. The Castles, of course, were having a picnic...

First there was Dolph Lundgren. Then came Thomas Jane. Now it is Ray Stevenson's turn. Over nearly two decades, the three actors have played the Marvel Comics character The Punisher in feature films. Stevenson's turn at the role, "Punisher: War Zone," opens today. Read comments...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Shrek" producer John H. Williams and his Vanguard Films have picked up rights to the satirical cult comic book series "Emo Boy."

"I haven't had to hit anybody in a long time," Ray Stevenson said, "but, if anyone raises a hand to my child, he'll draw back a stump."

Darth Vader and Santa Claus will kick-start the holiday season Saturday at "A Very Geeky Christmas" charity event at Cup O' Kryptonite...

Underworld helmer Len Wiseman has signed on to direct a big-screen adaptation of the apocalyptic SF comic book Atlantis Rising for DreamWorks, Variety reported...

The relentlessly violent, but seriously silly, "Punisher: War Zone" marks the third time the comic book legend has come to the big screen...

1/83/8 With "Punisher: War Zone," Thomas Jane, the actor with two first names and little acting talent, looks like the smartest guy in the room. He didn't return to the vigilante film series after making one awful movie four years ago. To re-boot the DOA "Punisher" comic-book-to-film franchise, Marvel went out and found the only actor on Earth to make Jane look charismatic. Ray Stevenson,...

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A scene from Punisher: War Zone,a film based on the comic book series,with Dominic West, right, as Jigsaw...

With Punisher: War Zone, Thomas Jane, the actor with two first names and little acting talent, looks like the smartest guy in the room. He didnt return to the vigilante film series after making one awful movie four years ago. To re-boot the DOA Punisher comic-book-to-film franchise, Marvel went out and found the only actor on Earth to make Jane look charismatic. Ray Stevenson, the new...

John H. Williams and his Vanguard Films have picked up rights to the cult comic book series "Emo Boy," setting Kyle Newman to direct the adaptation. Stephen Edmond, the comic's writer-artist, is penning the screenplay...

With "Punisher: War Zone," Thomas Jane, the actor with two first names and little acting talent, looks like the smartest guy in the room. He didn't return to the vigilante film series after making one awful movie four years ago. To re-boot the DOA "Punisher" comic-book-to-film franchise, Marvel went out and found the only actor on Earth to make Jane look charismatic...