Steve Pink to remake The Toxic Avenger

Steve Pink, director of the eighties time-travel pic HOT TUB TIME MACHINE, is to tackle a Troma classic in the form of THE TOXIC AVENGER. The original movie was released all of the way back in 1984, and spawned two sequels, less successful sequels: The Toxic Avenger Part II and The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie.

The film, as described on IMDb, is the story of Melvin, the Tromaville Health Club mop boy, who inadvertently and naively trusts the hedonistic, contemptuous and vain health club members, to the point of accidentally ending up in a vat of toxic waste. The devastating results then have a transmogrification effect, his alter ego is released, and the Toxic Avenger is born, to deadly and comical results. The local mop boy is now the local Superhero, the saviour of corruption, thuggish bullies and indifference. Troma classic with good make-up effects and stunts, a pleasant surprise indeed.

Watch the original flick’s trailer below.

Source: Deadline