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Peter Dinklage's ultra-gory Toxic Avenger movie is finally headed to theaters

2025 is going to be a big year for movies. This is true not just by nature of the sheer tonnage of stuff coming to theaters (Avatar 3, even!), but also because the long-awaited, long-delayed Toxic Avenger reboot is finally coming to theaters. Cineverse announced on Tuesday that it will release The Toxic Avenger later this year, in an unrated wide theatrical launch. The movie stars Game of Thrones Peter Dinklage as Winston Gooze, a lowly janitor who transforms into a mutant vigilante (known as Toxie) after a freak accident. Like many a superpowered protagonist, he becomes an unlikely hero, taking on everyone from gangsters to corrupt CEOs. And he does it all while armed with his signature mop. The film, helmed by Blue Ruin star and I Dont Feel at Home in This World Anymore director Macon Blair, is a reboot of a 1984 cult classic. Per our reviewer Tasha Robinson, who saw it at Austins Fantastic Fest in 2023, its gnarly, messy, and packed with goofy visual gags and fight scenes where the ...
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