If you don’t know who the Toxic Avenger is,
than you don’t know anything and you should be dumped into a barrel of nuclear
waste. Oh wait!
Toxic Avengers is probably one of the most successful
creations of Troma Entertainment, inc. which also brought us titles like Beware!
Children At Play or Cannibal! The Musical.
So… according to a press release Arnold
Schwarzenegger is thinking about playing a secondary role in Steve Pink’s (Hot
Tub Time Machine) remake of the 1984 cult classic The Toxic Avenger. Apparently
Arnold is going to play the role of… wait for it… “The Exterminator” …
The Exterminator is a former black ops agent
that trains Toxie into using his powers for good.
At one point John Travolta was rumored to
play Toxic Avenger, but there isn’t any word of his involvement
Press Release:
Los Angeles, CA (May, 2013) –Action superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger (TERMINATOR
series, TOTAL RECALL) is in negotiations to star in writer/director Steve Pink’s
(HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 1 & 2) big budget action comedy THE TOXIC AVENGER produced
by Akiva Goldsman (CONSTANTINE, I AM LEGEND, MR AND MRS SMITH), Richard
Saperstein (HANCOCK, 1408, SE7EN), Charlie Corwin (HALF NELSON, THE SQUID AND
THE WHALE), Stephen Kessler and Michael Benaroya (LAWLESS, MARGIN CALL). Lloyd
Kaufman and Michael Herz will executive produce. The announcement was made
today by International Film Trust’s (IFT) President Ariel Veneziano who will
handle all international rights to the film alongside IFT’s Head of Sales
Christian de Gallegos.
Set to be introduced to buyers at Cannes 2013, THE
TOXIC AVENGER is currently in pre-production and scheduled to start principal
photography this fall.
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| Lloyd Kaufman |
Loosely based on Lloyd Kaufman’s classic Troma
franchise, THE TOXIC AVENGER is the tale of a high-school kid who gets dunked
in a vat of toxic waste by a corrupt chemical company. He survives the ordeal
with one major side effect: upon contact with toxic chemicals, he transforms
into a monster with superhuman strength. Schwarzenegger would play “the Exterminator,”
a former black ops agent, who trains Toxie to use his powers for good. Together
they take on the lurking menace created by the polluters, and the polluters
themselves.
“Moviegoers around the world were thrilled when Arnold
Schwarzenegger returned to acting so effortlessly filling the gap that he left
behind,” said producer and IFT co-founder Michael Benaroya. “He is the ultimate
action hero with a natural comedic versatility and will be pitch perfect in The
Toxic Avenger.”
“Our film is a perfect combination of commercial
genre, star power and award winning filmmakers to set it apart from other
titles on offer at Cannes this year. The Toxic Avenger is a blockbuster in
waiting with franchise potential. The buyers will love it,” said IFT President
Ariel Veneziano.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s role in James Cameron’s THE
TERMINATOR series solidified his place as one of the leading action hero actors
with roles in blockbuster hits including PREDATOR, TOTAL RECALL, TERMINATOR 2:
JUDGEMENT DAY and TRUE LIES. Proving to be a multi-talented performer,
Schwarzenegger crossed over into comedic roles with box office hits TWINS
opposite Danny DeVito and Ivan Reitman’s KINDERGARTEN COP. After taking an
extended break to become the Governor of California, Schwarzenegger returned to
acting in 2012 with THE EXPENDABLES 2, which grossed over $300 million
worldwide. He will next be seen in Summit Entertainment’s ESCAPE PLAN and Open
Road Films’ TEN. He is represented by CAA and Patrick Knapp at Bloom Hergott
Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Felmdman Schenkman & Goodman.
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