The remake, said to be aiming for a 'family-friendly' PG-13 release similar to the animated Toxic Crusaders television series, was set to be co-written and directed by Steve Pink. On April 6, 2010, a remake of The Toxic Avenger (1984) was announced. Peter Dinklage as Winston / The Toxic Avenger.

After deciding to take matters into his own hands and rob his company, Winston falls into a pit of toxic waste and is transformed into a deformed monster that sets out to do good and get back at all the people who have wronged him.' Cast 'Set in a fantasy world following Winston, a stereotypical weakling who works as a janitor at Garb-X health club and is diagnosed with a terminal illness that can only be cured by an expensive treatment that his greedy, power hungry employer refuses to pay for. It stars Peter Dinklage as the title character, alongside Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, Sarah Niles, Julia Davis, Julian Kostov and Elijah Wood.

The film serves as a reboot and 'contemporary reimagining' of the 1984 film of the same name, and the fifth installment overall in The Toxic Avenger film series, and is produced by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, who also produced the previous films in the franchise. The Toxic Avenger is an upcoming American black comedy superhero film written and directed by Macon Blair.

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