With the original Toxic Avenger creator’s blessing, Macon Blair has brought the cult franchise back from its noxious cinematic dumping grounds.

The writer and director of the reboot told Deadline that his love for the franchise “started in 7th grade,” explaining how it “snowballed” into being passed the mop to refresh T he Toxic Avenger for a new generation, now in theaters.

“We loved it,” recalled Blair of discovering the ’84 cult classic with his friends. “We were making movies on our own at that time and it was a big inspiration in that way. I wouldn’t say that I came away from that like, ‘One day, I’m going to remake Toxic Avenger .’ That never occurred to me, but many years later, Legendary gets the rights to partner with Troma to do a new version of it, and they were so

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