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8 hours ago
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Cineverse Thrills Fans at San Diego Comic-Con with New Footage from The Toxic Avenger and Silent Night, Deadly Night Ahead of Non-Rated Theatrical Releases
Tickets Now on Sale for August 29 Release of The Toxic Avenger Which Left a Radioactive Impression on Hall H with a Panel Featuring Writer & Director Macon Blair, Troma Co-Founder Lloyd Kaufman, Peter Dinklage, Elijah Wood, Jacob Tremblay and Taylour Paige Cineverse Motion Pictures Group Releases First Teaser from Silent Night Deadly Night, Coming to Theaters on December 12, 2025 LOS ANGELES, July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cineverse (Nasdaq: CNVS), a next-generation entertainment studio, left San Diego Comic-Con radioactive following Thursday's Hall H panel with the creators and stars of The Toxic Avenger, during which it revealed an exclusive first-look clip from the unrated horror/comedy, set for a wide theatrical release on August 29, 2025. Cineverse also announced that tickets are now on sale at The film made its Hall H debut with writer & director Macon Blair (I Don't Feel At Home in This World Anymore, writer for Marvel Comics/Dark Horse Comics), iconic Troma co-founder Lloyd Kaufman, and an all-star cast including Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings franchise), Jacob Tremblay (Room, Wonder), and Taylour Paige (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Zola). Fans and cast alike were delighted by a surprise video from Kevin Bacon (Footloose, Hollow Man), who also stars in the film but was unable to attend in person. Also on Thursday, July 24, Fans enjoyed all-day screenings of the film at the Digital Gym Cinema – complete with exclusive swag and surprise introductions from cast and filmmakers. Cast then attended the Comic-Con Premiere Screening of the film (Photo credit: Brett Butterstein) and afterparty at Gaslamplighter Cocktail Bar). WATCH THE NEW CLIP FROM THE TOXIC AVENGER HERE: DOWNLOAD GETTY PHOTOS HERE Additionally at Comic-Con, during a "Bold Voices of Contemporary Horror" panel, Cineverse debuted the first teaser from the returning, iconic slasher franchise, Silent Night, Deadly Night, coming to theaters December 12, 2025. Written and Directed by Mike P. Nelson, it stars Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends) and Ruby Modine (Shameless). Following the panel, a first-look at a new image from the production was released (download): Photo taken by Heather Beckstead. "Both of these films are love letters to fans of franchises that have been loyal and passionate from the beginning," said Cineverse Chief Motion Pictures Officer Yolanda Macias. "If the reactions – from fans, creators, cast, and press alike – to Comic-Con are any indication, excitement for these releases is growing quickly, reaching new audiences as we inch closer to The Toxic Avenger's Labor Day weekend and Silent Night, Deadly Night's Holiday release." See below for more information on each title. THE TOXIC AVENGER (Premieres August 29, 2025)Run Time: 102 minutes | Rating: Not Rated WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY: Macon Blair BASED ON: Lloyd Kaufman's "THE TOXIC AVENGER" CAST: Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Taylour Paige, Jacob Tremblay, Jane Levy EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Andrew Pfeffer, Jay Ashenfelter, Macon Blair PRODUCERS: Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz GENRE: Action, Horror, Comedy SYNOPSIS: When a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze, is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, he's transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Now, Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt forces who threaten his son, his friends, and his community. In a world where greed runs rampant… justice is best served radioactive. THE TOXIC AVENGER is distributed by Cineverse, produced by Legendary Entertainment. OFFICIAL RED BAND TRAILER: PUBLICITY MATERIALS TOXIE ON SOCIAL: Instagram X Facebook TikTok BlueSky SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (Premieres December 12, 2025)Currently In Post-Production | Rating: Not Rated WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY: Mike P. Nelson CAST: Rohan Campbell, Ruby Modine, Mark Acheson, David Lawrence Brown, David Tomlinson EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Yolanda Macias, Erick Opeka, Steven Schneider, Jed Benedict, Brad Miska, Brandon Hill, Anthony Masi, Victor Zimmerman, Sarah Eilts, Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylour, Grady Craig PRODUCERS: Scott Schneid, Dennis Whitehead, Jamie R. Thompson, Erik Bernard, Jeremy Torrie, Tanya Brunel GENRE: Horror SYNOPSIS: A reimagining of the controversial 1984 cult horror classic – When Billy witnesses his parents' grisly murder on Christmas Eve at the hands of Santa, it ignites a lifelong mission to spread holiday fear. Every Christmas, he dons the jolly red suit and delivers a blood-soaked massacre to feed his twisted sense of justice. This Christmas Eve, Billy wants to know: "Have you been naughty?" SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT is distributed by Cineverse in North America, and will open in theatres across STUDIOCANAL territories 12 December 2025 - the UK, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Benelux and Poland. SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT was acquired by STUDIOCANAL's in house genre label Sixth Dimension. SNDN ON SOCIAL: Instagram X Facebook TikTok About Cineverse Motion Pictures Group Cineverse super-serves passionate audiences by distributing content across all windows and platforms, from theatrical to digital to physical. Following the breakout box office success of Terrifier 3, upcoming releases include the franchise expansions of The Toxic Avenger (August 29, 2025) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (December 12, 2025). Coming in 2026 include its first kids and family theatrical release, Air Bud Returns, as well as Return to Silent Hill (January 23, 2026) and Wolf Creek: Legacy, with more to be announced soon. About Cineverse Cineverse (Nasdaq: CNVS) is a next-generation entertainment studio that empowers creators and entertains fans with a wide breadth of content through the power of technology. It has developed a new blueprint for delivering entertainment experiences to passionate audiences and results for its partners with unprecedented efficiency, and distributes more than 71,000 premium films, series, and podcasts. Cineverse connects fans with bold, authentic, independent stories. Properties include the highest-grossing non-rated film in U.S. history; dozens of streaming fandom channels; a premier podcast network; top horror destination Bloody Disgusting; and more. Powering visionary storytelling with cutting-edge innovation, Cineverse's proprietary streaming tools and AI technology drive revenue and reach to redefine the next era of entertainment. For more information, visit CONTACTS For Media, The Lippin Group for Cineversecineverse@ For Investors, Julie Milsteadinvestorrelations@ For The Toxic AvengerKatrina Wan / Katrina@ / 323-240-9996Judy Merrick / Judy@ / 323-422-1768Rachel Torvik / Rachel@ / 240-687-1329 For Silent Night, Deadly Nightsilentnightdeadlynight_pr@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Cineverse Corp. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Gizmodo
4 days ago
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- Gizmodo
The New ‘Toxic Avenger' Promises Heart Along With All That Goopy Gore
Troma Entertainment… in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con… in the year of our Lloyd Kaufman 2025? You better believe it. The cult hero rises again in The Toxic Avenger, a title that's still popular enough 40-plus years after the release of the original Toxic Avenger to command the convention's largest meeting room. With that panel came an in-room-only sneak peek at the unrated horror comedy; as the marketing for Macon Blair's long-awaited reboot has teased (it premiered back in 2023 at Fantastic Fest and finally hits theaters next month), it was as gruesome and goofy as you'd expect. Fans not in Hall H will have to wait to see the scene—showing just how Peter Dinklage's Winston Gooze transforms from struggling janitor to irradiated superhero—at their local theaters. But we're here to tell you what the panel had to say about their new film. The Toxie panel featured writer-director Blair as well as Troma co-founder Kaufman (surely the only person to have cameos in both The Toxic Avenger and Superman this year) and the stars of the movie: Peter Dinklage, Elijah Wood, Taylour Paige, and Jacob Tremblay. (Kevin Bacon also appeared in a video message apologizing for his absence, but sounding very jazzed that the movie is finally coming out soon.) From the stage, Blair explained how he approached recapturing the spirit of the Troma classic while also updating it for the 21st century. 'It was more like the vibe of the originals that we wanted to carry into this movie. I didn't feel like we wanted it to be the exact same story beat for beat because the first one is so singular and it's done so perfectly,' he said. 'It's like, why follow in those exact footsteps? But I felt like if we could get the spirit and the heart of the original with a new character, with a [new] journey, then that would be the best way into it. So I wanted it to feel like the original as much as possible.' Asked if he had any 'non-negotiables,' Blair pointed out the obvious. 'Well, I mean, you knew that [Toxie] had to have a tutu, you knew he had a mop, and I was pretty insistent that it was going to be a performer in a suit … we didn't want to do a CGI version. I felt like that's what people would expect, a performer in a suit,' Blair said. 'I wanted it to be rated R, just so that it could have the goopy goodness that people would expect. And I also feel like those [original Toxic Avenger movies] are actually, [despite] the kid getting run over by a car and all this going on, very sweet, you know? There's a real sweetness to them. And I wanted to carry that over as well, too, and have it be in spite of all the blood and guts, or in addition to the blood and guts.' Dinklage, who voices Winston throughout the movie but shares the on-screen performance with stunt double Luisa Guerriero, spoke about what it was like collaborating on the role. 'Over 70% of my performance is not me. It's Luisa, our incredible stunt body double who [was] in the Toxie prosthetic suit in 100-degree weather for three months in Bulgaria,' the Game of Thrones star recalled. 'I shot for about four weeks at the beginning of the movie, and then Luisa took over, and she did everything that you see as the toxic creature. For me that was a real exercise in trust in relinquishing something that was really important to me, but we knew going in that was the deal. [It was] part of the agreement, and it turned out to be the best decision … because you put me in that in 100-degree weather, and you're going to hear the inner diva in me.' All joking aside, 'It was sort of perfect because then we laid down all my voice on top of it in [post-production]. Luisa and I rehearsed—she studied all my movements like a hawk and does a better me than I do me. So that was sort of a leap of faith and trust that I had to overcome, which turned out to be absolutely exhilarating for me.' Another big transformation in the movie: Wood's creepy character, Fritz. No stunt double necessary, but as you can see from The Toxic Avenger trailers, the Lord of the Rings actor has never quite looked like this before. 'The moment I got in the script, making sense of the conceptual drawing of what Fritz was going to look like, I was so thrilled,' Wood recalled. 'Greasy, stringy hair, mostly bald … hunched over with a cane, sickly. [Then I] read the character, and [he] was unlike anything I'd ever played. The opportunity to transform is really fun. It's so fun to get to play in that sandbox, and what Macon did with this film was create a really fucking cool sandbox for all of us to mess around and play around in. It was a total blast.' Blair was asked to name the most challenging stunt in the movie, and he was careful not to give too much away. 'There was one where, just to skirt around a spoiler, somebody ends up, say, hypothetically, head-first in the engine block of a car. It gets turned on, and they get kind of ground up, sort of Cuisinart style. That was just a lot of moving parts and pumping fluids that we had to coordinate. It took a lot of trial and error, but we finally got it right. But that was probably the steepest hill of the climb.' As for Toxie's original creator and biggest champion—legendary Troma Entertainment boss Kaufman, who co-founded Troma in 1974 and directed the original Toxic Avenger film in 1984—he's just thrilled the people who made his company what it is are getting such a fun new chapter. 'Troma is a fan-run, fan-fueled company. Everybody who's ever worked or been in our movies—they're all fans. It's all our employees. I mean, James Gunn was a fan who worked for us, and so were many others. Fan-fueled, we've been so lucky,' he said, adding to his earlier remark that 'It's thanks to the fans that Troma is here.' The new era of Troma begins soon: The Toxic Avenger opens August 29. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what's next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
Time Out
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
This year's London FrightFest line-up has been unveiled
FrightFest has been a regular staple for UK horror fans since the '90s. The horror and fantasy film festival returns this year between August 21-25. For five days, London's Odeon Luxe Leicester Square and Odeon Luxe West End will be screening films like Macon Blair's The Toxic Avenger reboot, starring Peter Dinklage, satires on AI and influencer culture, along with a documentary on the ever-controversial A Serbian Film. The festival opens with the UK premiere of The Home, a psychological horror from the twisted mind of The Purge franchise creator James DeMonaco. SNL mainstay Pete Davidson defies typecast as Max, a rebellious youth who finds himself working at a retirement home. Some sinister secrets and some spine-chilling geezers are to be expected. For the closing film, the focus shifts to Gen Z with sure-t0-be-depraved social media riff Influencers. A sequel to the 2022 Shudder hit Influencer, the thriller finds Canadian actress Cassandra Naud reprising her role as CW, a shadowy Tom Ripley-like figure who targets influencers. The Toxic Avenger, also on the line-up, is the much-awaited reboot of the 1984 Troma classic of the same name. Much like its campy source material, it'll be heavy on the splatter, with Dinklage as the unsanitary superhero of the title. Directed Macon Blair, star of cracking B-movie thrillers like Green Room and Blue Ruin, The Toxic Avenger premiered at 2023's Fantastic Fest, but has faced numerous delays with distribution. At FrightFest, UK genre fans will finally get to witness the janitor-turned-avenger who battles gangsters and CEOs with a mop and toxic waste. Other hype-worthy titles from the line-up include Gerard Johnson's Odyssey (not to be confused with the upcoming Christopher Nolan epic), a neon-lit London nightmare full of coke and seedy alleyways, Flush, a French film with some abominable 'plunging' and 'plumbing' involved, and Borderline, a dark comedy with Ready or Not star Samara Weaving as a pop star and Smile 2' s Ray Nicholson playing her stalker fan. If you're the target demographic of all those unofficial Disney slashers like Blood and Honey, you can also book tickets for Bambi: The Reckoning, a blood-soaked retelling of the 1942 animated classic that will horrify everyone at Disney . Other more timely picks include Cognaitive, nightmare fuel for another worried about AI stealing their job, and The Haunting at Jack the Ripper's House, an eventful night of YouTube influencers being trapped at the serial killer's pad. In terms of retrospectives, FrightFest 2025 will feature a 4K restoration screening of Neil Marshall's claustrophobic cave horror The Descent with some of the cast in attendance. Filmgoers who look forward to Rocky Horror Picture Show singalongs every Halloween can also check out Sane Inside Sanity: The Rocky Horror Phenomenon, a documentary celebrating the film's 50th anniversary from a two-pager written in crayon to flop film and future cult hit. Even the infamously eyebrow-raising A Serbian Film gets the documentary treatment with A Serbian Documentary. With FrightFest marking its 26th year, festival co-director Alan Jones is promise a fest that 'will be epic in every sense, celebrating the inventive, transgressive and diverse'.
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Cineverse's Highly Anticipated Film The Toxic Avenger Oozes Into Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con
Featuring Writer & Director Macon Blair, Troma Co-Founder Lloyd Kaufman, alongside stars Peter Dinklage, Elijah Wood, Jacob Tremblay and Taylour Paige LOS ANGELES, July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cineverse (Nasdaq: CNVS), a next-generation entertainment studio, has announced today an unforgettable panel taking place on Thursday, July 24, 2025 from 5:30PM – 6:30PM at San Diego Comic-Con in support of The Toxic Avenger. Before it hits theaters on August 29, 2025, writer & director Macon Blair (I Don't Feel At Home in This World Anymore, writer for Marvel Comics/Dark Horse Comics), iconic Troma co-founder Lloyd Kaufman, and an all-star cast including Peter Dinklage ("Game of Thrones"), Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings franchise), Jacob Tremblay (Room, Wonder), and Taylour Paige (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Zola) will come together for a toxic takeover. Get ready for mayhem, mutants, and mop justice! Taking place in Hall H, the panel will feature exclusive clips from the film, limited-edition swag for attendees and behind-the-scenes chaos with the cast and creators. Based on Lloyd Kaufman's original 1984 horror/comedy, when a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze, is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, he's transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Now, Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt forces who threaten his son, his friends, and his community. In a world where greed runs rampant… justice is best served radioactive. The Toxic Avenger is distributed by Cineverse, produced by Legendary Entertainment. About Cineverse Motion Pictures Group Cineverse super-serves passionate audiences by distributing content across all windows and platforms, from theatrical to digital to physical. Following the breakout box office success of Terrifier 3, upcoming releases include the franchise expansions of The Toxic Avenger (August 29, 2025), Silent Night, Deadly Night (December 12, 2025), Return to Silent Hill (January 23, 2026), and Wolf Creek: Legacy (2026) as well as 2025 releases Escape from the 21st Century, Lesbian Space Princess, and The Things You Kill. About Cineverse Cineverse (Nasdaq: CNVS) is a next-generation entertainment studio that empowers creators and entertains fans with a wide breadth of content through the power of technology. It has developed a new blueprint for delivering entertainment experiences to passionate audiences and results for its partners with unprecedented efficiency, and distributes more than 71,000 premium films, series, and podcasts. Cineverse connects fans with bold, authentic, independent stories. Properties include the highest-grossing unrated film in U.S. history; dozens of streaming fandom channels; a premier podcast network; top horror destination Bloody Disgusting; and more. Powering visionary storytelling with cutting-edge innovation, Cineverse's proprietary streaming tools and AI technology drive revenue and reach to redefine the next era of entertainment. For more information, visit Press Contact:For MediaThe Lippin Group, cineverse@ For InvestorsJulie Milstead, investorrelations@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Cineverse Corp. Sign in to access your portfolio
Geek Tyrant
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Wicked Gnarly Full Trailer For The Remake of Troma's THE TOXIC AVENGER — GeekTyrant
We've got an insnae new trailer to share with you today for the remake of Troma's The Toxic Avenger , and it's gnarly, bloody, crazy, and totally badass! The trailer offers our best look yet at the film and the bonkers story that it's going to tell. It even shows us Toxi's transformation and shows off some of the wild ultra violence! This movie is going to be a ton of fun to watch, and I can tell you, it will probably be best expereinced in a theater filled with fellow fans! In the film, When a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze (Peter Dinklage), is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, he's transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Now, Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt forces who threaten his son, his friends, and his community. In a world where greed runs rampant… justice is best served radioactive.' The film is directed by Macon Blairwho previously said the film's gore as ' Itchy & Scratchy -type violence,' referencing The Simpsons ' over-the-top cartoon brutality. He reveals, 'We've got a guy that gets his head stuffed in a car engine and it kind of grinds his head up. That was a gag I was fond of.' Blair admits he was surprised by how far the studio let him push the insanity: 'I kept expecting Legendary to say, 'This is not what we want,' but they kept agreeing to the things I pitched.' His goal is to 'Embrace the silliness and trashiness, while wanting it to be an enjoyable, crowd-pleasing, rock'n'roll fun time.' The filmmaker added: 'It's practical effects. You can see all the goopy little boils and stuff like that. And we definitely stayed true to some of the really iconic elements: the tutu that's melted onto his body, the janitor's mop as his super weapon.' While Dinklage stars as the toxic hero, it's actor and movement artist Luisa Guerreiro who actually brings the mutated character to life under layers of practical effects. Dinklage himself is eager for audiences to experience it, saying, 'I do want it to get out there into the world because it was a really big hit at Fantastic Fest in Austin, and Macon Blair, the writer/director who is also in The Thicket ... He's incredible. He's one of my favorite people and favorite artists. So hopefully it will have its day in the toxic sun.' Alongside Dinklage, the film boasts an impressive cast, including Elijah Wood, Julia Davis, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, and Jacob Tremblay. The movie is set to hit theaters on August 29.
