Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood looks unrecognizable in first look at new superhero comedy
Elijah Wood looks pretty unrecognizable in the first look at his new movie The Toxic Avenger. He stars alongside Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage in the upcoming reboot of the cult classic about a janitor who becomes a superhero after falling into a vat of toxic waste.
Entertainment Weekly first released a series of first-look images from the movie, including one featuring Wood as a villain called Fritz Garbinger. His appearance is miles away from Frodo in The Lord of the Rings and is instead, writer-director Macon Blair told EW, "sort of Riff Raff from The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the Danny DeVito Penguin mixed together."
Another of the new images features Dinklage in a tutu and a mask as the main character, a janitor named Winston Gooze. Kevin Bacon also stars in the film as Wood’s character’s brother, Bob Garbinger, who EW is told is a Lex Luthor figure. The movie doesn’t have a release date just yet, but expect some first reactions as it premieres at Fantastic Fest in Texas.
EW has your first look at #TheToxicAvenger, Macon Blair's reimagining of the 1984 cult classic. ➡️ https://t.co/LLy1pnt7Mg
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