The Toxic Avenger
1984’sThe Toxic Avengeris perhaps Troma ’s most famous film , and a remake starring Peter Dinklage has yet to debut despite premiering in 2023 . The originalToxic Avengermovie follows 98 - Lebanese pound janitor Melvin who becomes the titular monster after he falls into a value-added tax of toxic permissive waste . However , along with becoming deformed , Melvin gains super military strength , and he uses his newfound superpower to fight evil . While delivering mass of gore , the moving picture effortlessly blended humour , horror , and more than a little minute of Reagan - era caustic remark .
WhileThe Toxic Avengerwasn’t on the button a blockbuster hit and its reach did n’t prolong beyond booster sharing the VHS , the flick has grow a huge fad follow since its outlet . A series ofToxic Avengerssequelscreated an unexpected franchise , and a reboot was greenlit more than a decennium ago . After unsticking itself from development hell , theToxic Avengerremake has now found itself in a strange place , and it still has n’t been widely put out despite premiering in 2023 .
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2023 ’s The Toxic Avenger reboot might have held onto the original movie ’s R - rating , but that does n’t mean it can embolden its dark tabu joke .
The Toxic Avenger Reboot Latest News
A Blood-Soaked New Teaser Is Revealed
As prevision continues to build for the repulsion comedy remaking , the latest news get in in the form ofa teaser laggard forThe Toxic Avenger . The shockinglyNSFW teaseropens with what looks like a commercial for a raunchy loyal food eatery . However , things take a dark turn when political extremist aggress the restaurant , which presses the radioactive crimefighter into military action . Toxie uses his signature tune mop to hook the jaw off of one assailant , and the sound of horrific fierceness is find out under the picture show ’s logo as the trailer wither out .
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The Movie Had A Limited Premiere In 2023
the movie would then be left in limbo for the better part of two geezerhood as a allocator was sought .
The Toxic Avengerreboot had itsworld premiere at Fantastic Fest in 2023 . The pic was then screened at Beyond Fest in Los Angeles , California , on September 30 , 2023 . However , the picture would then be go forth in limbo for the upright part of two days as a distributor was seek . Fortunately , Troma and the eternal sleep of the team have partnered with Cineverse , whowill giveThe Toxic Avengera wide freeing starting August 29 , 2025 .
The Toxic Avengerreboot premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 21 , 2023 .
The Toxic Avenger Reboot Cast
Peter Dinklage Plays Toxie
While the original picture featured accomplished unknowns , theToxic Avengerreboot cast is full of celebrated Hollywood worker . Peter Dinklage ( Game of Thrones , Cyrano ) plays the titular freak , though the fictitious character is different from the first movie and is shout Winston . Jacob Tremblay ( Room ) is play Winston ’s boy , Taylour Paige ( Ma Rainey ’s Black Bottom ) is playing a secret character named J.J. Doherty , Sarah Niles ( Ted Lasso ) act Mayor Togar , andElijah Wood ( TheLord of the Ringstrilogy ) play Fritz . Kevin Bacon ( Tremors , Footloose , Mystic River ) is playing the villainous Bob Garbinger .
The confirmed cast ofThe Toxic Avengerreboot includes :
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Peter Dinklage
Winston Gooze / Toxic Avenger
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Jacob Tremblay
Wade
Taylour Paige
J.J. Doherty
Kevin Bacon
Bob Garbinger
Sarah Niles
Mayor Togar
Julia Davis
Kissy Sturnevan
Julian Kostov
Budd Berserk
Elijah Wood
Fritz Garbinger
David Yow
Guthrie Stockins
Macon Blair
Dennis
Jonny Coyne
Thad Barkabus
Jane Levy
Insurance Rep ( Voice )
The Toxic Avenger Reboot Story
A Gorier Toxic Avenger
If it was n’t clear from the beam mop in the first - flavor image and the master character ’s name being shift , The Toxic Avengerreboot is going to be a lot different from the original motion-picture show . or else of fall into a value-added tax of toxic waste , The Toxic Avengerorigin story in the rebootsees him name with a terminal illness . While Bacon is playing the main baddie , it ’s indecipherable if he ’s playing the same mob boss from 1984’sThe Toxic Avenger . However , Niles ' casting as Mayor Togar inThe Toxic Avengerreboot hints that the movie basically has the same story , as Togar was running the mob in the first movie .
The Toxic Avenger Reboot Trailers
Catch The Blood-Soaked First Look Below
Despite a heap of excitement around the reboot , thered - band trailerreleased in late 2023 is the only glance of the movie since its premiere at Fantastic Fest . In the trailer , a serial publication of news program broadcast brashly tease the cost increase of Toxie before shorten to a chronological sequence borrowed straight from the original film . An armed terrorist grouping seizes a fast intellectual nourishment restaurant and Toxie make it to violently dispatch them . Throughout the integral trailer forThe Toxic Avenger , Toxie ’s new look is intentionally hidden from sentiment .
Nearly two years after the first prevue dropped , a secondteaserforThe Toxic Avengerarrived in March 2025 . The short clip opens with a grimy commercial message for a fast - nutrient Warren Earl Burger joint before things take a shocking and dark turn . Armed extremist take over the restaurant , and Toxie arrive to keep the day . Using his glowing mop , Toxie violently hit the assailant as the crowd gasps in revulsion .
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The Toxic Avenger is aim by Macon Blair and follow downtrodden janitor Winston Gooze , who becomes a superhuman hero after a toxic accident . Armed with a glowing mop , he must lay aside his boy and thwart a might - hungry despot seek to exploit toxic superpowers .
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