Finally, as January winds down, we have some real ones GOOD news in this hellish 2025: Macon Blair’s Toxic Avenger finally coming to theaters! The reimagining of the 1984 splatter comedy from Lloyd Kaufman’s Troma Entertainment — don’t forget, this is where James Gunn got his start—seems to have evaporated however an enthusiastic reception at the 2023 Fantastic Fest. But thank you Cineversenew to this Terrible 3 successit’s finally coming to a theater near you.

different reports The Toxic Avenger will hit theaters in 2025—and like Cineverse’s Art the Clown-starring smash, it will get an “unrated wide release.” Dinklage plays the title character (a janitor who accidentally transforms into a super-powered vigilante) in a cast that also includes Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Jacob Tremblay, Taylor Page, and Julia Davis.

In a statement to the trade, director Blair seemed very pleased to have found the “perfect distribution partner” to bring. The Toxic Avenger of the masses. “It’s great that people have the chance to see it in theaters, it’s a fun movie that you want to see more people. The mutant hero smashes the bad guys with a mop: perfect entertainment for the whole family, he said. fans of Troma dig and at the same time can do something in the nature felt. fresh.”

No word yet The Toxic Avengerthe exact release date, but you can count on it this year—which, we can only hope, is some kind of worthy of a revolting new bucket of popcorn to match?

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