First photo from THE TOXIC AVENGER remake with Peter Dinklage

The photo above is our first teaser look Peter Dinklage as Winston Gooze in the upcoming remake of Legendary The toxic avenger.

In the film, A horrific toxic accident turns downtrodden janitor Winston Gooze into a new evolution of the hero: The Toxic Avenger!

The film comes from writer and director Macon Blair (I no longer feel at home in this world, Green Room), and Troma’s new take on the classic will premiere at Fantastic Fest in September.

The film was slapped with an R rating for “Heavy violence and gore, language throughout, sexual references, and brief graphic nudity,” which I’m sure fans have come to expect.

When previously speaking about the film, Dinklage described the film as “overwrought and insane” and will include what is being described as a “guts” scene. Sound editor Casey Genton he previously offered a small preview of what’s to come, saying:

“It’s a really fun movie. Macon Blair, the director, I think he did a really good job. Everyone was a dream in the movie. I’m so surprised – for me personally, I hadn’t seen the original ‘Toxic Avenger’ until I made this movie. And it’s a great cult classic, and I know people are really excited about it. When they tried it out, fans of the film were over the moon with the film. […] It’s nice out there. I think it’s a different crack. They’re giving the fans what they want, for sure. There’s no shortage of — I know everyone is referencing the kid’s head getting run over and stuff like that. I think there was one iteration of the film that didn’t get enough, so they did a lot – I don’t want to spoil it. But that’s it, it’s been dubbed the ‘guts’ scene, and it’s probably the best way to match that ‘heads being run over’ energy everyone is looking for. So it’s in line with the fan base and I think it’s fun.”

The original film told the story of a bullied janitor who becomes a mutant superhero after falling into a vat of toxic waste and transforms into a radioactive hero. The synopsis for the new film reads:

While the original film (which premiered in 1984 – almost 40 years ago!) followed the fate of Melvin Ferd Junko III (Mitch Cohen), who goes from zero to toxic hero in a bullying case gone wrong , the contemporary version of Blair follows a hideous deformed creature of superhuman size and strength all its own.

Peter Dinklage plays downtrodden janitor Winston Gooze who, after falling into a vat of toxic waste, becomes none other than The Toxic Avenger. This timely retelling lives up to his eyes in environmental themes as Winston battles the evil forces of greed and corruption to save his son, his friends and his community.

Dinklage is joined in the film by Jacopo Tremblay, Kevin Bacon, Taylor Paige, Elijah Wood AND Julia Davis. There’s no release date yet for the film, but it should be revealed soon after its Fantastic Fest debut.