Announced back in 2019, Legendary Entertainment is developing a remake of Troma’s The Toxic Avenger, with Macon Blair on board to write and direct the upcoming movie.
More recently, Peter Dinklage had been set to star!
So how does Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman, who co-directed the original Toxic Avenger, feel about the project? Speaking with Dread Central, Kaufman raves about Blair’s script.
“Macon Blair knows Troma better than I do. He’s seen everything. He’s seen the cartoon, he’s seen the Halloween special, he’s seen everything. And he loves our movies like Troma’s War and Terror Firmer,” Kaufman tells Dread. “I’ve read the script and it’s better than the original and I leave it to him. If I’m called upon, I’d be happy to jump in. I learned on the musical to leave the creative to the creative. I learned to let them ask so if they want me, I’m there.”
Kaufman adds, “If they let Macon Blair direct it, I think it will be terrific. He knows the Troma sense of humor, the combination of slapstick and satire with the environmental theme.”
In the 1984 original, directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz…
“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.”
Macon Blair starred in the films Blue Ruin and Green Room, and he more recently wrote Netflix’s Hold the Dark and wrote/directed I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore.
source https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3648729/lloyd-kaufman-praises-script-macon-blair-legendarys-toxic-avenger-reboot/
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