TVLine Items: Punisher's Disney+ Special, Bear Star's Barney Movie And More

Following his appearance in the first season of the Daredevil: Born Again revival-of-sorts (premiering Tuesday, March 4), Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle aka The Punisher will headline a Marvel Studios' Special Presentation à la Werewolf by Night and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.

"It's like a shotgun blast of a story," Marvel Television chief Brad Winderbaum told EW.com, "but also has all the pathos and emotion that you want out of a Frank Castle story."

Bernthal is penning the Disney+ standalone special's script with director Reinaldo Marcus Green (whom he worked with on HBO's We Own This City).

Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets? Well...

* The Bear's Ayo Edebiri will write the screenplay and is in talks to star in the "surrealistic" live-action Barney film teased in July 2023, from Mattel Films, Daniel Kaluuya's 59% Productions and A24.

* Moana 2 will be available to stream on Disney+, beginning Wednesday, March 12.

* John C. McGinley (Scrubs) has been cast in Bill Lawrence's as-yet-untitled college-set comedy starring Steve Carell and Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso), Variety reports. He'll play Walter Mann, president of the university.

* NBC has extended its deal with Macy's to remain home to The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Countdown to Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and Macy's 4th of July Fireworks through 2034. Additionally, NBCUniversal and Macy's will work together on a new program, which will be announced at a later date. 

* Prime Video has released a trailer for the Nicole Kidman thriller Holland. The film, which also stars Matthew Macfadyen (Succession) and Gael García Bernal (Mozart in the Jungle), begins streaming Thursday, March 27:

Which of today's TVLine Items pique your interest?