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| Arnold Schwarzenegger lines up Toxic Avenger reboot | Arnold Schwarzenegger lines up Toxic Avenger reboot |
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| Arnold Schwarzenegger is in talks to star in a remake of the classic 1984 cult film The Toxic Avenger, about a mutated hero who wreaks bloody revenge on his erstwhile tormentors, according to Variety. | Arnold Schwarzenegger is in talks to star in a remake of the classic 1984 cult film The Toxic Avenger, about a mutated hero who wreaks bloody revenge on his erstwhile tormentors, according to Variety. |
| Schwarzenegger's role remains unclear, but he will not be playing the title character. The Toxic Avenger is traditionally a seven-stone weakling who is transformed into a muscle-bound monstrosity after being dumped in a barrel of toxic waste by a gang of bullies. Lloyd Kaufman's original film was a flop upon release but subsequently gained huge popularity on the New York midnight screening circuit: three sequels eventually emerged, culminating in 2000's Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV, and there has also been a musical and a cartoon spin-off. | Schwarzenegger's role remains unclear, but he will not be playing the title character. The Toxic Avenger is traditionally a seven-stone weakling who is transformed into a muscle-bound monstrosity after being dumped in a barrel of toxic waste by a gang of bullies. Lloyd Kaufman's original film was a flop upon release but subsequently gained huge popularity on the New York midnight screening circuit: three sequels eventually emerged, culminating in 2000's Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV, and there has also been a musical and a cartoon spin-off. |
| Hot Tub Time Machine director Steve Pink is taking charge of a screenplay he co-wrote with Daniel C Mitchell. The new Toxic Avenger is being pitched as a PG-13 (12A is the closest UK equivalent), while the original is listed as an 18 on IMDb. | Hot Tub Time Machine director Steve Pink is taking charge of a screenplay he co-wrote with Daniel C Mitchell. The new Toxic Avenger is being pitched as a PG-13 (12A is the closest UK equivalent), while the original is listed as an 18 on IMDb. |
| Schwarzenegger has made a gentle return to the multiplexes since the end of his seven-year stint as governor of California in 2011. He headlined January's middling action romp The Last Stand as a grizzled sheriff taking on Mexican mobsters, and took a larger role in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables 2 in 2012, following up his cameo in the original. Next up is the David Ayer action thriller Ten, in which Schwarzenegger will play the commander of an elite squad of DEA operatives. | Schwarzenegger has made a gentle return to the multiplexes since the end of his seven-year stint as governor of California in 2011. He headlined January's middling action romp The Last Stand as a grizzled sheriff taking on Mexican mobsters, and took a larger role in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables 2 in 2012, following up his cameo in the original. Next up is the David Ayer action thriller Ten, in which Schwarzenegger will play the commander of an elite squad of DEA operatives. |
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