Sons of Anarchy Creator Details Why His Punisher Movie Never Happened X-Men and Spider-Man resulted in an onslaught of adaptations that failed to resonate with critics or audiences at large, which includes the 2004's Thomas Jane-starring The Punisher, a project which Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter developed a sequel for. The filmmaker recently pointed out that he thinks his script for the sequel was a little too lenient with iconic elements of the property, resulting in Marvel passing on the project completely. Instead, the sequel Punisher: War Zone was developed, which also fell short of most audiences' expectations. “It was a really interesting process and I had never worked with Marvel before,” Sutter explained to