How do you know we’ve probably reached superhero over-saturation? When The Toxic Avenger is joining the fun too.
The legendary Troma character is set to be penned and directed by I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore…’s Macon Blair.
The character’s rights were bough over from Troma Entertainment by Legendary in December last year and they are wasting no time getting in on the superhero action albeit with a weirder anti-hero than most.
Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz will produce as they did with the original 1984 movie which “centered on a mild-mannered janitor at a health club who’s chased out a second story window by bullies and lands in a drum of toxic waste. The chemicals cause him to transform into the Toxic Avenger, who has superhuman size and strength and stands up to bullies and corruption.”
The movie spawned sequels, a musical, comics and kids’ cartoon series – no, really – so you know Legendary are thinking FRANCHISE!
And who can blame them?
What say you all?
Source: Variety
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