Jon Bernthal will play The Punisher on Netflix's Daredevil - but is the Marvel anti-hero getting his own spinoff to boot?

Jeph Loeb - Marvel Television's Executive Vice President - told press including Digital Spy that fans shouldn't trust the rumour mill.

"I think that's something that people are speculating on, as opposed to something that's actually happening," he said.

"It's certainly our hope that any of our characters will be embraced and that people want to see more of them."

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Loeb also addressed the lack of awards recognition for both Daredevil and Jessica Jones, insisting that Marvel is "not in this in order to be in the award business".

"What we're really trying to do is to tell the best stories that we can," he said. "For us, the greatest award was when Netflix called and said, 'We'd like to do another season with you'.

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"When they announced that Jessica Jones was getting a second season, every single report said, 'It should come as a surprise to no one that Jessica Jones has received a second season order'. I'm the guy going, 'Well, it was a surprise to me!'

"It isn't a given in television. The fact that we get to continue telling stories with these characters speaks a lot about the quality of the storytelling and the acting and the writing. We are telling the best stories that we can at Netflix, and they seem to be responding to it."

Daredevil will return for a second season on Netflix on March 18.

See Matt Murdock take on Frank Castle in a sensational trailer for Daredevil season two:

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