History Trivia / PunisherWarZone

* RoleReprise: In the Japanese dub, The Punisher is voiced by Creator/AkioOhtsuka, who voiced him in the [[Film/ThePunisher1989 1989 film's]] dub.

* StarDerailingRole: Not for Ray Winstone, who was able to [[CareerResurrection bounce back]] into prominence (funnily enough, via another Marvel role – Volstagg in ''Film/{{Thor}}''), but for Creator/JulieBenz. This was the third poorly-received film of 2008 where the actress had a significant role, the first two being ''Film/RamboIV'' and ''Film/SawV''. While those films at least had adequate financial returns, this film's Box Office Bomb status extinguished Benz's chance of becoming a leading lady in film. Since this film's failure, her most notable work has been on TV.

* CreatorKiller: This did not get Marvel Knights off to a great start; they only made [[Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance one other film]], and it didn't fare well either.

* RoleReprise: In the Japanese dub, The Punisher is voiced by Creator/AkioOhtsuka, who voiced him in the dub of the [[Film/ThePunisher1989 1989 film]].

* StarDerailingRole: Not for Ray Winstone, who was able to [[CareerResurrection bounce back]] into prominence (funnily enough, via another Marvel role – Volstagg in ''Film/{{Thor}}''), but for Creator/JulieBenz. This was the third poorly-received film of 2008 where the actress had a significant role, the first two being ''Film/RamboIV'' and ''Film/SawV''. While those films at least had adequate financial returns, this film's Box Office Bomb status extinguished Benz's chance of becoming a leading lady in film. Since this film's failure, her most notable work has been on

* StarDerailingRole: Not for Ray Winstone, who was able to [[CareerResurrection bounce back]] into prominence (funnily enough, via another Marvel role – Volstagg in ''Film/{{Thor}}''), but for Creator/JulieBenz. This was the third poorly-received film of 2008 where the actress had a significant role, the first two being ''Film/RamboIV'' and ''Film/SawV''. While those films at least had adequate financial returns, this film's Box Office Bomb status extinguished Benz's chance of becoming a leading lady in film. Since this film's failure, her most notable work has been on TV.

* StarDerailingRole: Not for Ray Winstone, who was able to [[CareerResurrection bounce back]] into prominence (funnily enough, via another Marvel role – Volstagg in ''Film/{{Thor}}''), but for Creator/JulieBenz. This was the third poorly-received film of 2008 where the actress had a significant role, the first two being ''Film/RamboIV'' and ''Film/SawV''. While those films at least had adequate financial returns, this film's Box Office Bomb status extinguished Benz's chance of becoming a leading lady in film. Since this film's failure, most of her notable work has been on television (such as Rita on ''Series/{{Dexter}}'').

* StarDerailingRole: Not for Ray Winstone, who was able to [[CareerResurrection bounce back]] into prominence (funnily enough, via another Marvel role – Volstagg in ''Film/{{Thor}}''), but for Creator/JulieBenz. This was the third poorly-received film of 2008 where the actress had a significant role, the first two being ''Film/RamboIV'' and ''Film/SawV''. While those films at least had adequate financial returns, this film's Box Office Bomb status extinguished Benz's chance of becoming a leading lady in film. Since this film's failure, most of her notable work has been on television.

* StarDerailingRole: Not for Ray Winstone, who was able to [[CareerResurrection bounce back]] into prominence (funnily enough, via another Marvel role – Volstagg in ''Film/{{Thor}}''), but for Creator/JulieBenz. This was the third poorly-received film of 2008 where the actress had a significant role, the first two being ''Film/RamboIV'' and ''Film/SawV''. While those films at least had adequate financial returns, this film's status as a Box Office Bomb snuffed any chance of Benz becoming a leading lady in film. Since this film's failure, most of her notable work has been on television.

** The movie was meant to be a sequel to the [[Film/ThePunisher2004 2004 film]]. However, departures from both Creator/ThomasJane and Creator/JonathanHensleigh scrapped the idea altogether, also, [[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1605600/why-marvel-rejected-kurt-sutters-punisher-2-script-according-to-kurt-sutter Marvel rejected Kurt Sutter's script]], making ''War Zone'' a [[ContinuityReboot stand-alone reboot]].

** A great source of this sort of information as well as ExecutiveMeddling is the ''Podcast/HowDidThisGetMade'' [[http://www.earwolf.com/episode/punisher-war-zone/ podcast's episode about the film.]]

** According to director Lexi Alexander, Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr auditioned for the part of Jigsaw and was apparently quite good but the executives told her [[ExecutiveMeddling not to cast him when they had to MAKE her see him for an audition.]]

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $35 million. Box office, $10,100,036. Least grossing of all the Marvel movies.