The Punisher vs Vincent Vega

I can’t wait to see that bloated scientologist capped
Source: Dark Horizons

Yesterday it was revealed that John Travolta has been cast as the lead villain Howard Saint whose described as “a man involved in the criminal underworld who has managed to conceal his violent beginnings and become a paragon of society until a darker, vengeful side emerges after his son is brutally slain”. Today, Marvel head honcho Avi Arad talked with MTV about the role – “We didn’t want to do a cliché villain. We are going for a dignified businessman [who is] cold but almost charming. And we are going to see his world fall apart like he made Frank’s world fall apart. … There is a lot of pain to what happens to Saint in this movie. And we needed an actor who can carry a real emotional journey”. Arad also revealed that they’ll heavily use Garth Ennis’ acclaimed ‘Welcome Back Frank’ storyline – “It’s great characters. It’s going to be obviously a hard movie, but there were also great scenes [in the comics] that were almost funny…We’d like to take the Punisher saga and turn it into a real interesting film about emotions, about punishment, and deal both with the hero and the villain evenhandedly as people first and see what happens when the shoe is on the other foot. And you really need great actors to pull it off”. Shooting is set to soon take place in Tampa Bay, Florida from July whilst a teaser poster is now online. Arad is keeping busy with “The Hulk” and seven upcoming Marvel film adaptations including “Iron Fist,” “Iron Man,” “The Fantastic Four,” “Werewolf by Night,” “The Sub-Mariner”, “Elektra” & “The Amazing Spider-Man”.