‘Punisher: War Zone’ Knocked Down to PG-13?

Could ‘Punisher: War Zone’ be going the way of ‘Live Free or Die Hard’? That just may be the case, according to this article from Latino Review.

Word out is that director, Lexi Alexander, has already been “allegedly” fired from the film. Her own website doesn’t even mention the film. And, now, according to a source close to the project, there is a great debate over at Lionsgate as to the film’s rating.

The studio evidently wants to cash in on the success of ‘The Dark Knight’, making ‘Punisher’ dark, yet accessible. On top of that, the film is poised to be the lone release on post-Thanksgiving weekend, time and time again the worst filmgoing weekend of the year.