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I took my name off the movie for a few reasons. The obvious reason is because I didn’t deserve credit. There was very little of my draft that stayed in the shooting script. The one big one they kept, was the set piece where we see how Russo becomes Jigsaw. It’s pretty brutal. Glad they kept that. The other reason I removed my name is because I didn’t want credit. My pitch, my vision, for the Punisher franchise was something much different… The final script…was the perfect comic book formula — simple story, very obvious dialog and the inclusion of as many characters from the anthology that a movie will allow.”
He backtracks a little in a future update stating that he didn’t want to seem to be insulting other credited writers on the film, Matt Holloway and Art Marcum, but eventually grows a pair and states in a recent update: “I will conclude with this. I am not apologizing for removing my name from this project. I do not want to be associated with this movie. I am not apologizing for my comments on the script. They are my opinion, my truth.” Read all his comments on the film over HERE. Ray Stevenson, as revenge-fueled Frank Castle, takes on the disfigured Jigsaw on September 12th.