Cineverse announced on Tuesday that it would be released The poisonous avenger later this year, in an unrated theatrical release. The movie stars “Game of Thrones” Peter Dinklage as Winston Gooze, a humble janitor who turns into a mutant vigilante (known as “Toxie”) after a freak accident. Like many super-powered protagonists, he becomes an unlikely hero, taking on everyone from gangsters to corrupt CEOs. And he does it all while armed with his signature mop.
The film directed by Blue ruins star and I no longer feel at home in this world Director Macon Blair is a reboot of a 1984 cult classic, according to our reviewer Tasha Robinson, who saw it at Austin's Fantastic Fest in 2023it's “gnarly, chaotic, and full of silly visual gags and fight scenes in which the combatants melt or mutate, sometimes exploding into wall splatters of living, chunky blood.” So why, if this film was already due to be seen in 2023, was it then not yet released in major cinemas? Basically it was just put on hold the whole time. After earning a 92% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes with a 2023 festival appearance, The poisonous avenger He was unable to find a distributor and it looked like the film would never see the light of day.
All in all, it makes perfect sense for Cineverse: the entertainment company has already had great success turning the Terrifier series into a horror franchise with 2024's Terrifer 3 This makes it the most successful non-rated film in US history. “It’s so cool that people have the chance to see this in the cinema” Blair said in a statement. “[I]It's a fun, loud film that you definitely want to see in front of an audience. The mutant hero smashes villains with a mop: perfect entertainment for the whole family!”