The Punisher cancelled: Why has #ThePunisher been cancelled? Can it be saved?

The Punisher has become the latest of the Netflix Marvel series to be cancelled. The Punisher and fellow Netflix Marvel show Jessica Jones were cancelled in one fell swoop by Netflix today (Monday, February 18), though there are some signs the series starring Jon Bernthal can be saved on another platform. Netflix Marvel shows Daredevil, Iron Fist and Luke Cage were all cancelled previously by the streaming service.

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Why has The Punisher been cancelled?

Netflix has not revealed their reasons for The Punisher and the rest of the Netflix Marvel series being cancelled.

However, there has been much speculation about why the streaming service decided to cancel all of its Marvel content.

In November 2019, in an article on The Ringer titled “Why is Netflix giving up on its Marvel shows”, journalist Miles Surrey wrote about how the streaming platform was cancelling shows made by outside production companies.

He wrote: “What do the recently cancelled Netflix shows American Vandal, Daredevil (and Iron Fist, and Luke Cage), and Seven Seconds all have in common?

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF THE PUNISHER?

still from the punisherThe Punisher has been cancelled by Netflix (Image: NETFLIX)

“Netflix wasn’t producing these shows itself; they came from outside sources.

“Now that Netflix is becoming a programming behemoth, it appears to be placing more value on renewing shows that are made

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