The Punisher: One Last Kill has its first trailer out, with Marvel Television confirming the special presentation arrives on Disney Plus on May 12. The footage makes clear the production is not dialing down the character’s trademark violence for the streaming platform.
The trailer shows Jon Bernthal as a visibly deteriorating Frank Castle moving through crime-ridden New York with his characteristic approach: gunfire, baseball bats, and at least one body sent over a building ledge. By Marvel standards the footage is deliberately graphic, sitting closer in tone to what Netflix‘s version of The Punisher delivered than the comparatively restrained approach of most Disney Plus Marvel entries. Marvel’s brief synopsis describes Frank as someone who “searches for meaning beyond revenge, when an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.”
A new poster for the special released alongside the trailer on Thursday shows Bernthal’s Frank in a posed, isolated shot. Marvel is treating One Last Kill as a standalone chapter within its broader 2026 release slate, formatted as a special presentation rather than a full series or feature film.
The creative team
Reinaldo Marcus Green directs the special from a script he co-wrote with Bernthal. Bernthal is also credited as executive producer, a level of involvement that goes beyond the typical lead actor role. Green directed King Richard in 2021 and has extensive television credits, giving him experience in both character-driven drama and action-heavy production.
Jason R. Moore co-stars as Curtis Hoyle, Frank’s longtime friend and a former U.S. Navy Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman. Moore originated the Hoyle role in Netflix’s The Punisher, which aired for two seasons between 2017 and 2019 before cancellation. His return places One Last Kill in direct continuity with that earlier run rather than treating the character as a clean-slate reintroduction.
Frank Castle’s 2026 schedule
One Last Kill is the first of two Bernthal appearances in Marvel projects this year. The Punisher also features in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which opens July 31. The pairing has featured in early marketing for that film, though the nature of their relationship in the story has not been detailed. In the source comics, the two characters have a complicated and often adversarial history, which gives the on-screen pairing built-in tension regardless of which direction the film takes.
Bernthal last held the role as a series lead in 2019, when Netflix’s The Punisher wrapped its second and final season. One Last Kill and Brand New Day together represent his most substantial return to the character since that cancellation, with the two projects arriving within three months of each other.
The Punisher: One Last Kill premieres on Disney Plus on May 12.