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Someone somewhere in the mid- to late 1980s had the brilliant idea that Sweden's Dolph Lundgren - the man who portrayed Captain Ivan Drago in "Rocky IV" and He-Man in "Masters of the Universe" - would be the perfect lead for the big screen debut of Marvel Comics character Frank Castle, aka The Punisher.

When model Rebecca Romijn turned to acting after years on the fashion runways and in the pages of Sports Illustrated , Hollywood attempted in vain to typecast her as a wild heartbreaker.

The entertainment career of former karate champion turned action film star Dolph Lundgren has served as a vivid reminder that in Hollywood, fame, success and respect do not necessarily arrive together.

There have been a LOT of terrible comic book movies over the years, but when one is compiling a list of the very worst there are a few things you have to take into consideration.

Sunday, noon: BORED of bad weather and yearning for the return of the sun? Let our picks of what's best on TV tonight bring some sunshine into your Sunday night..... Top TV ITV1, 6.30pm Harry Hill's TV Burp The comedian reviews the past week's TV, subjecting the latest soap sagas, reality shows and documentaries to his unique brand of scrutiny.

Remember the 2004 version of The Punisher that starred Thomas Jane and an over the top John Travolta ? The film was critically panned, and easily forgotten by fans but that didn't stop the studio from making a sequel.

While most people know illustrator Tim Bradstreet from his disturbing covers for the John Constantine: Hellblazer and Clive Barker books as well as his noir ones on The Punisher, not many know that he runs Raw Studios with actor Thomas Jane.

Rebecca Romijn, Lindsay Price and Jaime Ray Newman star in the new ABC sereies "Eastwick." Prepare to be enchanted along with Roxie, Kat and Joanna! In the seaside village of Eastwick, three very different women are about to discover some bewitching talents they never knew they had.

More and more, movie producers are turning to comic books. So much of the work is already done.

Does anyone actually remember 1994 when "Pulp Fiction," and the return of John Travolta to our movie screens seemed welcome, almost like having an old friend back in town? Now, reviving Travolta's career seems like just one more thing we can blame on Quentin Tarantino, along with wrecking Uma Thurman's, and championing the torture scene in modern ...

In "The Punisher," the celluloid adaptation of the popular Marvel comic book, this scene comes about 30 minutes into the film.

The first feature for this Los Angeles-based screenwriter-director, "Fresh" , was a gritty depiction of a 12-year-old Brooklyn drug runner.

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Like it or not, John Travolta is a bonafide Hollywood legend. After a career spanning four decades he's the true embodiment of the Hollywood success story.

Nice guy John Travolta plays a rare role as a full-blown evil villain in Columbia Pictures' The Taking Of Pelham 123.

Mark Collie, performing at Kickers Saturday, won film festivals galore with his 1998 portrayal of Johnny Cash in 'I Still Miss Someone.' 'He asked me to play him,' Collie says about Cash, who died in 2003.

Born into a long line of female actresses, Samantha Mathis made her name initially in the classic brat-pack teen rebellion story "Pump up the Volume" . As Christian Slater's on-screen love interest, she began a number of patterns that would persist throughout her career - " including choosing films that made her an honorary pin-up for the geek ...

According to Variety , Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer have joined the cast of Code Entertainment's The Irishman .

Run a Quick Search on "The Punisher" starring Thomas Jane to Browse Related Products: Review New York Times, 04/16/2004, p.E20, "Jonathan Hensleigh's movie version of the Punisher's origins stays true to its hero by being similarly stripped-down, efficient and mean." Chicago Sun-Times, 04/16/2004, p.33, "[T]he film, directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, ...