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A few days ago we reported that Elijah Wood had supposedly joined the cast of the new Toxic Avenger movie, today we have more casting news. Kevin Bacon (Tremors, Footloose, You Should Have Left) has also joined the cast of the remake and will play the role of the movie’s main villain, THR reports. Bacon will star alongside Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”), Jacob Tremblay (The Predator), and Taylour Paige (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) in the movie written and directed by Macon Blair, who also wrote and directed I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore. In the 1984 original from Troma, “The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.” The new version is being described as “A contemporary reimagining of Troma Entertainment’s successful 1984 low-budget action-comedy hit, The Toxic Avenger is steeped in environmental themes and subverts the superhero genre in
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Brace yourself, news has come that a remake of 1984’s ‘The Toxic Avenger’ is in the works. Conrad Vernon, co-director of ‘Sausage Party’, has now signed on to direct the new film. Mike Arnold and Chris Poole, known for their work on the animated series ‘Archer’, are writing the script, Deadline reports. The original film follows a New Jersey teen who accidentally tumbles into a vat of nuclear waste that turns him into a mutant superhero. The original was directed by Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman who also co-wrote the fun film. ‘The Toxic Avenger’ spawned several sequels and a huge line of merchandise, as well as a comic and even a musical. From the reports, it sounds as if we not be getting only one new movie, but that this will be the first film of a new franchise. The reboot is being described as more “grounded” and “mainstream” than the campy B-horror original. ‘Toxic Avenger’ will be “reimagined”
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A few days ago we reported that Elijah Wood had supposedly joined the cast of the new Toxic Avenger movie, today we have more casting news. Kevin Bacon (Tremors, Footloose, You Should Have Left) has also joined the cast of the remake and will play the role of the movie’s main villain, THR reports. Bacon will star alongside Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”), Jacob Tremblay (The Predator), and Taylour Paige (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) in the movie written and directed by Macon Blair, who also wrote and directed I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore. In the 1984 original from Troma, “The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.” The new version is being described as “A contemporary reimagining of Troma Entertainment’s successful 1984 low-budget action-comedy hit, The Toxic Avenger is steeped in environmental themes and subverts the superhero genre in
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Brace yourself, news has come that a remake of 1984’s ‘The Toxic Avenger’ is in the works. Conrad Vernon, co-director of ‘Sausage Party’, has now signed on to direct the new film. Mike Arnold and Chris Poole, known for their work on the animated series ‘Archer’, are writing the script, Deadline reports. The original film follows a New Jersey teen who accidentally tumbles into a vat of nuclear waste that turns him into a mutant superhero. The original was directed by Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman who also co-wrote the fun film. ‘The Toxic Avenger’ spawned several sequels and a huge line of merchandise, as well as a comic and even a musical. From the reports, it sounds as if we not be getting only one new movie, but that this will be the first film of a new franchise. The reboot is being described as more “grounded” and “mainstream” than the campy B-horror original. ‘Toxic Avenger’ will be “reimagined”
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