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The Toxic Avenger is an upcoming American superhero black comedy horror film directed and written by Macon Blair. The film serves as a reboot and "contemporary reimagining" of the 1984 film of the same name, and the sixth installment overall in its film franchise, and is produced by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, who produced the previous films in the franchise. It stars Peter Dinklage as the title character, alongside Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, and Elijah Wood.

The Toxic Avenger
Directed by	Macon Blair
Written by	Macon Blair
Based on	The Toxic Avenger by Lloyd Kaufman
Produced by	Lloyd Kaufman Michael Herz
Starring	Peter Dinklage Jacob Tremblay Taylour Paige Kevin Bacon Elijah Wood
Production companies	Legendary Pictures Troma Entertainment
Release date	2022 (2022)[1][2]
Country	United States
Language	English

Premise

"Based on the 1984 cult classic of the same name. Set in a fantasy world following Winston, a stereotypical weakling who works as a janitor at Garb-X health club and is diagnosed with a terminal illness that can only be cured by an expensive treatment that his greedy, power hungry employer refuses to pay for. After deciding to take matters into his own hands and rob his company, Winston falls into a pit of toxic waste and is transformed into a deformed monster that sets out to do good and get back at all the people who have wronged him."[3]

Cast

• Peter Dinklage as Winston / The Toxic Avenger
• Jacob Tremblay as Winston's son
• Taylour Paige as J.J. Doherty
• Kevin Bacon
• Elijah Wood
• Julia Davis as Kissy Sturnevan
• David Yow as Guthrie Stockins[4]
• Macon Blair as Dennis[5]
• Jane Levy as Cheerful Insurance Rep
• Julian Kostov as Budd Berserk

Production

Development

In April 6, 2010, a remake of The Toxic Avenger (1984) was announced.[6] The remake, said to be aiming for a "family-friendly" PG-13 release similar to the Toxic Crusaders television series, was set to be co-written and directed by Steve Pink.[7]

In September 12, 2016, Variety reported that Conrad Vernon will direct the film, with Guillermo del Toro of Double Dare You, Bob Cooper and Alex Schwartz of Storyscape Entertainment, and Akiva Goldsman and Greg Lessans of Weed Road Pictures executive producing, while Mike Arnold and Chris Poole we attached to rewrite the screenplay by Pink and Daniel C. Mitchell.[8]

On December 10, 2018, it was announced that Legendary Pictures has won the rights to reboot The Toxic Avenger, with the original's producers, Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz of Troma Entertainment, to serve as producers.[9] In March 21 2019, Macon Blair was announced to write and direct the upcoming film.[10] During an interview with in January 11, 2021, Kaufman praised Blair and his script saying:

Macon Blair knows Troma better than I do. He’s seen everything. He’s seen the cartoon [Toxic Crusaders], he’s seen the Halloween special, he’s seen everything. And he loves our movies... I’ve read the script and it’s better than the original and I leave it to him. If I’m called upon, I’d be happy to jump in. I learned on the musical to leave the creative to the creative. I learned to let them ask so if they want me, I’m there... I hope that Legendary keeps going. If they let Macon Blair direct it, I think it will be terrific. He knows the Troma sense of humor, the combination of slapstick and satire with the environmental theme.[11]

Casting

In May 2013, Arnold Schwarzenegger was in talks for a role in the film.[12] He eventually dropped out to work on Terminator Genisys (2015).[13] In November 30, 2020, it was announced that Peter Dinklage would star in the film.[14] In April 2021, Jacob Tremblay and Taylour Paige were added to the cast.[15][16] In June 2021, Kevin Bacon, Julia Davis, and Elijah Wood joined the cast.[17][18]

Filming

Principal production commenced on June 21, 2021 in Bulgaria and wrapped on August 14, 2021.[17][19][3]

Post-production

On December 23, 2021, Dinklage stated the film is "not a remake".[1] On January 30, 2022, Blair confirmed the film will employ practical gore effects, and the time period setting will be a "little bit of both" in the past and present.[5]

References

External links

• The Toxic Avenger at IMDb

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