Punishment

Punishment is a live-action series that takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but will generally remove itself from all the big alien stuff that the movies follow, focusing more on the gritty, urban gang war that Frank Castle wages. Punishment has already been aired on the CW and has been given the green light for a 2nd Season. It's Australian free to air Season 1 premier is Tuesday May 6th, 2014 with season 1 ending on Tuesday July 22nd, 2014. The season will have 13 episodes and will air on Australian Television channel 7.

Main cast
Frank Castle/Punisher: Jim Caviezel

Matt Murdoch/Daredevil: Joel Kinnaman

Wilson Fisk/Kingpin: Tom Hardy

Bill Russo/Jigsaw: Jon Bernthal

Plot (Season 1)
Season 1 will follow Frank Castle's arrival as the angel of death for criminal as well as showing off characters like Jigsaw, Daredevil, The Hand, The Kingpin and more. We'll also see some other street level heroes and SHIELD making appearances and the final episodes will feature a threat so big, Frank may need help.

Plot (Season 2)
Season 2 is a more war centered season, depicting Punisher and Daredevil creating an insurgent group to deal with the Kingpin's Dark Reign of Hells Kitchen. This Insurgent group is made up of Punisher, Daredevil, Elektra, Luke Cage, Hawkeye, Jessica Jones and Black Widow. The group is called the Defenders, introducing this team to the MCU. The Australian free-to-air release date is January 6, 2015 and the finale will air on March 14, 2015.