Schwarzenegger to do Toxic Avenger Remake…But Won’t Play Toxie?
Nothing about this news makes sense. Which is why it’s amazing.
Ahnuld remaking a Troma movie is weird enough. But if it is to happen, there’s a bizarre kind of logic to it – the Toxic Avenger is a large, muscular character, so you want to cast a guy who matches that description.
Except…he’s playing a different character in it?
I can’t think of any Troma character he’d be perfect for – Kabukiman? Bozo? – but I suppose if they use any elements of the Toxic Crusaders cartoon, he could be Major Disaster.
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UPDATE: Sadly, not Major Disaster. Deadline says:
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.
Exterminator. Ex-terminator. Yep, that’s a bad pun worthy of Lloyd Kaufman.
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