Patrick Wachsberger & Legendary Entertainment’s 193 Sets First Movie For Cannes Sales Slate: Peter Dinklage’s ‘The Toxic Avenger’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Patrick Wachsberger and Legendary Entertainment’s nascent sales and production JV 193 has set its first international sales title in the shape of Peter Dinklage starrer The Toxic Avenger, which it will be screening and shopping at next month’s Cannes market.
Oscar winner Wachsberger, the former Lionsgate Motion Picture Co-Chairman, didn’t have to look far for his first project. Macon Blair’s completed film is a Legendary production.
The dark comedy, a reimagining of Lloyd Kaufman and Troma Entertainment’s 1984 cult classic of the same name, stars Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Jacob Tremblay, Julia Davis and Taylour Paige.
Macon also scripted the reboot. As we previously revealed, Terrifier outfit Cineverse has set an August 29 North American release for the movie in which Dinklage stars as downtrodden janitor Winston Gooze, who, after a freak accident, transforms into a mutant vigilante known as Toxie.
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