THOMAS JANE - JANE QUITS PUNISHER SEQUEL

Actor THOMAS JANE has withdrawn from the upcoming sequel to his 2004 hit The Punisher, insisting the decision was "heartbreaking". The 38-year-old hasn't revealed his reason for leaving the follow-up, but it is reportedly because of a weak script. He tells website Ain't It Cool News, "I can't tell you how completely broken up I am about it. "After busting my ass at the gym four days a week for almost two years, watching every character driven action pic that any fan would ask me to watch while I was standing in line buying egg whites and Tuna fish after countless Saturday nights making notes and drinking soda water and munching on seaweed sticks... "I am sadly - no, make that heartbrokenly, f**k it, just rip out the heart and stomp it into the pavement a couple of times - pulling out. "Punisher fans are already fighting an uphill battle as it is. And I've always felt a responsibility to fight that fight for them and with them so that Frank Castle gets the treatment he deserves. "What I won't do is spend months of my life sweating over a movie that I just don't believe in."