Toxic Avenger Remake Gets R Rating For Graphic Nudity & Gore
The remake of The Toxic Avenger has officially been rated R due to graphic nudity and gore. Released in 1984 to little fanfare, The Toxic Avenger tells the story of a meek teenager who falls into a vat of toxic waste and becomes a monstrous superhero. The film has since become a cult classic, with many praising its wild and campy B-movie tone and its extreme violence.
Universal officially announced in 2019 that a remake of The Toxic Avenger was moving ahead at Legendary Entertainment, with original creators Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman returning as producers. The Toxic Avenger remake is written and directed by Macon Blair, best known for his directorial debut, I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore. Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage stars in the film, previously promising that the upcoming movie will be "over-the-top" and "crazy." In addition to Dinklage, the film also stars Elijah Wood, Kevin Bacon, Jacob Tremblay, and Julia Davis.
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In a new report from THR that is sure to please long-time fans of the franchise, the new Toxic Avenger remake has earned an R-rating from the Motion Picture Association. The film earned the rating for "strong violence and gore, language throughout, sexual references and brief graphic nudity," which matches the rating and content of the original. With its new R-rating, The Toxic Avenger is among Deadpool, Logan, The Suicide Squad, and Blade in terms of adult-oriented superhero fare.
The R-rating for the film suggests that the remake of The Toxic Avenger might be closer in tone to that of the original than was previously thought. When the Toxic Avenger remake was first conceived in 2010, producers claimed that the
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