The Toxic Avenger remake: Jonny Coyne, Sarah Niles added to cast

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Jonny Coyne (Would You Rather, Preacher) and Sarah Niles (I May Destroy You, the Claes Bang Dracula mini-series) are the latest additions to the cast of writer/director Macon Blair's remake of the Troma classic The Toxic Avenger (watch it HERE). This version of The Toxic Avenger is set to star Peter Dinklage as 

Winston, a stereotypical weakling who works as a janitor at Garb-X health club and is diagnosed with a terminal illness that can only be cured by an expensive treatment that his greedy, power hungry employer refuses to pay for. After deciding to take matters into his own hands and rob his company, Winston falls into a pit of toxic waste and is transformed into a deformed monster that sets out to do good and get back at all the people who have wronged him.

Coyne will be playing a "shadowy criminal figure", while Niles takes on the role of a "corrupt city official".

The cast also includes Jacob Tremblay (presumably as Winston's son), Taylour Paige as the "female lead" (we haven't heard any details on her character), Julia Davis and Elijah Wood as unspecified characters, and Kevin Bacon as the villain, a role Wood had originally been rumored for.

According to The Illuminerdi, the primary villain character is rumored to be 

Bob Garbinger – Leonine hair and eerie plastic surgery. Evil head of the shady company Garb X. He has no regard for the well being of anyone but himself and embarks on a murderous spree to become as powerful as Toxie. His ego is bolstered by his standing amongst the towns official but in reality he lives in fear of the underworld gang he’s indebted to.

The Toxic Avenger will be filming in Bulgaria. Troma's Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz are producing the remake with Legendary Entertainment.