A long-running project, the Toxic Avenger remake has finally released its first photos. This feature film by Macon Blair created a stir at Fantastic Fest where it was previewed.
We discover an unidentified Elijah Wood. The director has already cast the actor in the crime comedy I don’t Feel at home in this world anywhere.
What are the toxic avengers?
Born in 1984 from the imagination of Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Hertz – through their company Troma, which specializes in nonsense – The Toxic Avenger is an ultra-nonsensical parody of superhero movies.
The film follows Melvin, a fragile young man who is transformed into a monstrous creature of superhuman size and strength after falling into a vat of toxic chemical waste.
3 sequels followed in 1989-2000. The franchise, which has become iconic, is Troma’s first real success. These films today can be considered as the predecessors of Deadpool.
Big fan of studio films, director Macon Blair explains the journal Entertainment Weekly has a long history with the studio.
“Those movies were a big source of inspiration as a kid. I used to make movies with my friends. We imitated Monty Python and the first Troma movies.” So, for him to direct the remake of Toxic Avengers is kind of it “Back to basics, but with Peter Dinklage and Kevin Bacon. It’s really surreal.”
The remake announced 15 years ago went through several hands. Arnold Schwarzenegger was even considered for the lead role in the film and the role of the superhero’s right-hand man.
Peter Dinklage as Winston Goose / The Toxic Avenger
In this new version, Peter Dinklage plays the hero Winston Goose. After falling into a cauldron of toxic waste, he mutates into a horribly deformed creature.”Superhuman size and strength“, we can read in the official synopsis. Having become a toxic avenger, he will confront the Garbinger brothers.
in the given interview Entertainment WeeklyDirector Macon Blair said:Like the original Toxic Avenger, he’s pretty unqualified to be a hero. He’s not particularly brave, he’s not particularly cunning, but he has a big heart“.
The first photo shows a masked and tutu-clad character who has yet to transform into a creature.
Kevin Bacon is Bob Garbinger
Kevin Bacon plays Bob Garbinger, a villain who has been compared to Lex Luthor. The director describes the character like this “In the mold of Lex Luthor, where they have all this money and resources at their disposal and they’re abusing it..”
Elijah Wood as Fritz Garbinger
Elijah Wood His brother and right-hand man is played by Fritz Garbinger, who the filmmaker described as “The brains of the family, while his elder brother is GodThis character’s appearance is a cross between Danny DeVito’s Penguin in Tim Burton’s Batman: The Challenge and Riff Raff (Richard O’Brien) from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Macon Blair explains: “The look came from discussions I had with our designers and with Elias himself. I wanted it to feel like we were watching a performance like this. Peter Sellers, where it simply becomes invisible. The idea is that we forget that this is the same actor we know from The Lord of the Rings.“
And it looks like the bet is done because the Lord of the Rings actor is unrecognizable.
Don’t be a murderer
Fritz rents”A gang of dangerous lunatics” Known as the Killer Nutz, both killers and musicians. The director told the American magazine:
“I found it funny to see a rock and roll group that pretends to be an evil theater group, like KISS or Alice Cooper, but whose moonlighters are professional killers. So when they talk about how dangerous and evil they are, they really are“.
Taylor Page is JJ Doherty
Spotted by A24 Films Zola and soon to be cast in Beverly Hills Cop 4, Taylor Page slips into the guise of investigative journalist JJ Doherty. She is the equivalent of Lois Lane and “Trying to gather evidence against this corrupt societyMacon Blair says.
Jacob Tremblay Weed is Winston’s stepfather
After voicing Flounder in the live-action version of The Little Mermaid, Jacob Tremblay plays Wade, the son of hero Winston Goose. The director describes the young man as “A special child“Who’s Good”But who has anxiety problemsHe adds:All this is aggravated by the lack of connection with the new father.”
A toxic avenger
Winston Goose (Peter Dinklage) since he’s a toxic avenger.
The release date has not been announced yet.
Source: Allocine
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