The Toxic Avenger reboot debuted at the Fantastic Fest festival last year and the film was met with great praise and positive reviews. It currently has a 92% review score on Rotten Tomatoes, which is awesome!
But the film is yet to be released. It was previously reported that the director By Macon Blair the film is currently considered “unreleased”.
A producer of the film said that The Toxic AvengerThe commercial prospects of are too “out there” for any kind of traditional theatrical release. This would explain why the film does not yet have a confirmed distributor.
Peter Dinklage stars in the film as Toxie and recently offered a disappointing update on the film saying, “No, I’m not a producer. I don’t know.
“I want it to get out into the world because it was such a hit at Fantastic Fest in Austin, and Macon Blair, the writer/director who’s also in The Thicket… He’s incredible. He’s one of my favorite people and artists. So hopefully it will have its day under the toxic sun.”
It was previously reported: “The director and producer Adam Masnyk He recently took to Twitter/X and confirmed that the film has been deemed “not safe enough to release,” which he says is why no one has stepped forward to distribute it. When all is said and done, it may even turn out to be a “lost medium.”
When previously teasing violence in the film, the director had said it would include “Itchy and Scratchy-type violence,” which is obviously a reference to The Simpsonsintense comedy sketches where cat and mouse compete.
He explained: “We have a guy who gets his head stuck in a car engine and his head gets crushed. That was a gag I really liked.”
The over-the-top violence featured in this film has been teased since its initial announcement and will feature an exuberant amount of blood and gore.
During the making of the film, the director explained that he thought the studio would not accept his ideas: “I kept expecting Legendary to say, ‘This is not what we want,’ but they kept accepting my proposals.”
Blair adds that while making the film, he “embraced the silliness and trashiness, while still wanting it to be a fun, audience-pleasing rock ‘n’ roll moment.”
The film is described as a “fresh reimagining of Mr. LloydThe classic The Toxic Avenger”, and it is explained that “While the original film (premiered in 1984, nearly 40 years ago!) followed the fate of Melvin Ferd Junko III (Mitch Cohen), who goes from zero to toxic hero in a case of bullying gone wrong, Macon BlairThe contemporary version follows a hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and uncanny strength.”
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 is neck-deep in environmental themes as Winston battles the evil forces of greed and corruption to save his son, his friends and his community.”
The synopsis also notes: “While this story exists in its own way, the spirit remains unmistakably connected to the original. Troma fans, old and new, will be pleased to know that the film has been rated ‘R’ for violence and gore, in keeping with Troma tradition.”
The film also stars Elijah Wood, Julia Davis, Paige Taylor, your guide, Kevin BaconAND Jacob Tremblay.
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by Joey Fear
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