‘The Toxic Avenger’ Red Band Trailer Teases A Jaw-Ripping Good Time

The Toxic Avenger is coming back to life in a brand new movie from Legendary Entertainment, with Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore, Green Room) directing the upcoming remake of the Troma classic. Thanks to IGN, a new NSFW red band trailer teases the jaw-ripping R-rated mayhem. Described as a “brand new reimagining of […]

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‘The Toxic Avenger’ – Macon Blair on the New Toxie and the Actor Beneath the Makeup [Interview]

Writer/Director Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore) introduces a very different Toxie in his Troma remake, The Toxic Avenger. Here, it’s the downtrodden Winston Gooze (Peter Dinklage) who’s dunked into the toxic sludge that transforms him into a monstrous crusader against an evil corporation headed by greedy CEO Bob Garbinger (Kevin Bacon). Blair […]

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‘The Toxic Avenger’ Review – Chaos Reigns in Macon Blair’s Gory Comedy Reboot

Writer/Director Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore) answers a very specific question for his sophomore directorial feature: what if Troma’s 1984 cult classic The Toxic Avenger was rebooted with a much bigger budget? Armed with a new Toxie and story, Blair’s version comes packed with reverent nods to the original and retains its specific […]

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‘The Toxic Avenger’ Remake – First Image Previews the Next Evolution of Troma’s Hero

Get ready to meet Winston Gooze in The Toxic Avenger remake, which will have its World Premiere at this year’s Fantastic Fest, in Austin, Texas (September 21 – 28). “A horrible toxic accident transforms downtrodden janitor Winston Gooze into a new evolution of hero: THE TOXIC AVENGER!” Fantastic Fest writes of writer/director Macon Blair‘s (I Don’t Feel […]

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‘The Toxic Avenger’ Remake Will Feature a “Butt Guts” Scene That’s Sure to Get People Talking

The Toxic Avenger is coming back to life with a brand new movie from Legendary Entertainment, with Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore, Green Room) directing the remake of the Troma classic. Blair’s take on The Toxic Avenger has been rated “R” for violence and gore, and it’s aiming to please hardcore fans of […]

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‘The Toxic Avenger’ Remake Rated “R” for “Strong Gore” and “Brief Graphic Nudity”

The Toxic Avenger is coming back to life with a brand new movie from Legendary Entertainment, with Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore, Green Room) directing the fresh take on the Troma classic. A Troma movie just isn’t a Troma movie unless it’s rated “R,” and the good news here is that […]

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‘The Toxic Avenger’ Remake – Director Macon Blair Teases His Take on Troma’s Classic

Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore, Green Room) is directing Legendary Entertainment’s The Toxic Avenger remake, a fresh take on the classic Troma movie that wrapped filming last year. Elijah Wood, Julia Davis, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, Peter Dinklage, and Jacob Tremblay lead the project, which has piqued our attention big time. So what can we expect […]

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Filming Has Wrapped on ‘The Toxic Avenger’ Remake!

Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore, Green Room) is directing a remake of Troma’s The Toxic Avenger for Legendary Entertainment, and we’ve learned that filming has now wrapped. Writer/Director Blair himself made the announcement this afternoon on Twitter. Find the tweet below. In the 1984 original, directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael […]

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