EXCLUSIVE: The Edinburgh International Film Festival (14-20 August) has has set Peter Dinklage-starrer The Toxic Avenger as the closing night film of the festival’s Midnight Madness strand.
The screening will mark the UK premiere of Macon Blair’s remake about a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze (Game Of Thrones star Dinklage), who is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, and is transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt forces who threaten his son, his friends, and his community.
The Fantastic Fest debut also stars Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Julia Davis and Luisa Guerreiro.
Based on the franchise-spawning 1980s movie, pic is written by Macon Blair, Lloyd Kaufman and Joe Ritter, produced by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz of Troma Entertainment, Alex Garcia, and Mary Parent of Legendary Pictures.
Signature Entertainment will release the film in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 29 August. Patrick Wachsberger’s 193 handles international sales.
The film joins Ben Wheatley’s Bulk as new films presented as part of this year’s EIFF Midnight Madness strand which runs throughout the festival. Edinburgh’s leadership comprises CEO and Festival Director Paul Ridd and Festival Producer Emma Boa.
Paul Ridd said: “We are absolutely over the moon to be hosting the UK Premiere of The Toxic Avenger, which will bring our Midnight Madness strand this year to an extravagantly gory and hilarious close. Peter Dinklage’s terrific reimagining of this iconic character in Macon Blair’s genius film, together make for an absolute blast of cult cinematic energy. Bring it on!”
Katie Wilkinson, Acquisitions & Development Manager at Signature, added: “We couldn’t think of a better place for The Toxic Avenger‘s UK premiere than as the closing film of Midnight Madness at EIFF 2025. Genre fans can expect a crazy world of mutated maintenance men, killer chicken brutes and Elijah Wood as you’ve never seen him before. Peter Dinklage’s take on the Toxic Avenger will leave audiences forever changed by this fantastically unique hero story.”
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