It appears some of the news we have been hearing from the Punisher: War Zone camp may have been fabricated. The following scoop from cinematical via Vic will hopefully put them to bed.
Vic Holtreman at ScreenRant has passed along a post (sent to them by a poster who’s been a steady presence in the comment field on every Punisher: War Zone story — hi, Nomad) that cinematographer Steve Gainer made on The Raw Board. Gainer is pretty fed up with all the rumors circulating, and insists that Lexi Alexander is not off the film, she’s very much involved in the editing process, the film will not be PG-13, and that she did get married. Gainer writes, “When I hear vicious unfounded troll rumors like the “film was unwatchable” or “a total mess” it makes my blood boil.
Well I for one am glad that the Restricted rating will remain. Quality gun violence needs the freedom of a Restricted rating, and the Punisher requires that level of excellence. At this point I am wondering what’s real and what’s fake with regards to all of the news we have heard about this film. I suppose that we will see soon enough and be able to make the decision based on the finished work.
One of the downsides of internet news is that often it will swirl around the globe 30 times before someone finds out that it’s bullshit. This is all fine and good if you follow the story for the correction, but if you just read a false news blurb and never touch the story again, the false news will remain truth to you.
