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THE TOXIC AVENGER Reboot Will Have Arnold Schwarzenegger in Support Role
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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.The original movie isn’t going to be held up as paragon of film, which may or may not be a good thing. I haven’t personally seen it, but they say that The Toxic Avenger is the type of movie that horror fans like to say doesn’t get made any longer. The original (and the sequels that followed) had enough of a fanbase that six years after it debuted, it became the basis for a short-lived animated series aimed at kids. And they have BIG plans for this reboot, as in turning-it-into-a-franchise big. To be loved by everyone. I kid you not, this is what International Film Trust’s President Ariel Veneziano announced:
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.well, we all know what happens to films that (thanks to corporate greed) try to suck up to everyone – they end up just sucking. Though, if they don’t take it too seriously (maybe in the manner of Garth Ennis’ Arseface), it might even turn out to be ok. Time will tell, but I’d still urge Arnie to back out of The Toxic Avenger and let us remember him as Terminator-awesomeness in peace.

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