John Travolta has signed on to play the bad guy in Artisan Pictures and Marvel Studios'
The Punisher, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Travolta will portray Howard Saint, a man involved in the criminal underworld who has managed to conceal his violent beginnings and become a paragon of society until, when his son is brutally slain, a darker, vengeful side re-emerges.
'The Punisher' is based on Marvel Comics' popular vigilante hero, who dispenses harsh justice to criminals after his wife and children are slain by the mob.