Peter Dinklage Is Optimistic ‘Toxic Avenger’ Reboot Will Get Released and “Have Its Day in the Toxic Sun”

Peter Dinklage is so proud of his The Toxic Avenger reboot that he just wants more people to finally get to see it.

The Emmy-winning actor was recently asked if the film could get a wide release soon, given it was “a really big hit” after it opened the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, last year.

“No, I’m not a producer on it. I don’t know,” Dinklage admitted to ComicBook.com. “I do want it to get out there into the world because it was a really big hit at Fantastic Fest in Austin, and Macon Blair, the writer/director who is also in The Thicket … He’s incredible. He’s one of my favorite people and favorite artists.”

The Game of Thrones alum added, “So hopefully it will have its day in the toxic sun.”

The Toxic Avenger, a reimagining of the original 1984 cult-favorite movie, follows Dinklage’s Winston Gooze, a janitor whose employer refuses to cover treatment for his terminal illness. But after robbing the company, Winston falls into toxic waste and aims to right society’s wrongs as the Toxic Avenger, a mutant hero.

The horror-comedy, which received a 92 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes from 25 reviews after its global premiere at Fantastic Fest in September 2023, has yet to receive a release date.

The reboot also stars Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Elijah Wood and Kevin Bacon.

Earlier this year, it was also announced that Matt Bors and Fred Harper were teaming up for a new The Toxic Avenger comic, from indie publisher AHOY Comics. The first of the five-issue comic book series is due out Oct. 9.

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