Overview

• Director Macon Blair confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con that the new film is a standalone reboot, not a sequel to Troma’s original Toxic Avenger
• Peter Dinklage stars as Winston Gooze, a widowed janitor who gains superpowers after a toxic accident and protects his teenage son, Wade (Jacob Tremblay)
• The production preserves the original’s signature splatter-style gore and irreverent humor while intensifying its environmental critique of pollution and corporate malfeasance
• Dinklage emphasized that satire and comedy provide the best vehicle to address serious topics like healthcare access and ecological destruction
• Over 70% of the toxic creature’s physical performance was executed by stunt double Luisa Guerreiro under heavy prosthetics during a three-month shoot in Bulgaria