Brian Damage
04-07-2010, 08:51 AM
http://www.deadline.com/2010/04/the-toxic-avenger-mops-up-in-redo-deal/#more-30807
The Troma classic "The Toxic Avenger" is the next classic to get the remake treatment.
Deadline reports, "Toxie, as the mop-wielding character is affectionately called, is at the center of a remake deal for a film that will be produced by Akiva Goldsman, Richard Saperstein and Charlie Corwin. Corwin's Original Media, a partnership with Dutch reality TV giant Endemol, has financed the acquisition of rights to a franchise that includes four sequels, an animated TV series and comic books."
The remake will be a family film in the vein of "The Mask".
The Troma classic "The Toxic Avenger" is the next classic to get the remake treatment.
Deadline reports, "Toxie, as the mop-wielding character is affectionately called, is at the center of a remake deal for a film that will be produced by Akiva Goldsman, Richard Saperstein and Charlie Corwin. Corwin's Original Media, a partnership with Dutch reality TV giant Endemol, has financed the acquisition of rights to a franchise that includes four sequels, an animated TV series and comic books."
The remake will be a family film in the vein of "The Mask".