Peter Dinklage is Toxie in a new look at The Toxic Avenger

This summer we will have the premiere in cinemas of the CULT CLASSIC REBOOT The Toxic Avenger of Troma Entertainment, written and directed by Macon Blair (Green Room, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore).

The marketing campaign shares the audience A new look to the protagonist of this reimagination, Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) Like Winston Goze, a low -level employee employee in a chemical factory that later becomes the toxic avenger, Toxie, “the hero we need now.”

The image is available at the end of the note (via Bloody Disgusting).

The rest of the main cast includes Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings) y Kevin Bacon (Tremors) as the brothers Fritz and Bob Garbinger, respectively, Jacob Tremblay (Room), Taylour Paige (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Sarah Niles (I May Destroy You), Jonny Coyne (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), y Julia Davis (Sally4Ever).

Official synopsis:

“While the original film followed the fate of Melvin Ferd Junko III (Mitch Cohen), who goes from zero to toxic hero in a case of harassment that went wrong, the contemporary approach of Macon Blair follows a horribly deformed creature of superhuman size and own force.

“Peter Dinklage plays the oppressed concierge Winston Goze who, after falling into a tub of toxic waste, becomes nothing less than The Toxic Avenger. This timely reinvention is up to the height of environmental issues, since Winston faces the evil forces of greed and corruption to save his son, his friends already his community.”

“Although this story exists in its own terms, the spirit, without a doubt, remains connected to the original. Troma fans, ancient and new, will be happy to know that the film has been classified as” R “by violence and blood, according to the tradition of troma.”

The toxic avenger It is produced by the founders of Troma, Lloyd Kaufman y Michael Herz (Director of the original of 1984), together with Mary Parent, Alex García. The executive producers are Andrew Pfeffer, Jay Ashenfelter and Macon Blair.

Cineverse The premiere in cinemas of the new version is scheduled for August 29, 2025 with a broad premiere and Unrated versionafter acquiring the distribution rights in cinema and streaming in the US and Canada, through an agreement made with Legendary Entertainment.

The UNRATED VERSION o No classification (NR)assures the audience that the original vision is being given and unchanged, with all the uncensored gore, of the Blair film. One of the recent examples of UNRATED versions are Terrifier 2 y Terrifier 3 of Damien Leone, curiously also distributed by Cineverse.

The reasons behind being a UNRATED version:

“Ultra violent/toxic content, pissing games. Mutant nudity, hilarious damage and brutal theatrical fun.”

Eye to data: The premiere date applies to cinemas from the United States and Canada, remains for knowing the distributor in Mexico and the rest of Latin America.