The Toxic Avenger is director Macon Blair’s brand new reboot of the Troma classic, and Deadline has reported this morning that the new movie will be released wide in its UNRATED form in theaters August 29.

Bloody Disgusting’s parent company, Cineverse had recently acquired all U.S. and Canadian theatrical, home entertainment, and streaming rights to the film through a deal with Legendary Entertainment, ensuring that The Toxic Avenger would get a mainstream theatrical release here in the United States.

In the likes of Damien Leone’s slasher hits Terrifier 2 and Terrifier 3, The Toxic Avenger will be released up on the big screen UNRATED!

 The Toxic Avenger, only in theaters on August 29! 

Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Jacob Tremblay, Julia Davis and Taylour Paige also star in this darkly comedic take on the beloved anti-hero created by Troma back in the 1980s.

“In this bold new chapter of the classic midnight movie franchise created by Lloyd Kaufman and Troma Entertainment, a shocking accident transforms downtrodden janitor Winston Gooze (Dinklage) into a mutant vigilante. Armed with his signature mop, the unlikely hero battles freaks, gangsters and corrupt CEOs while trying to save his relationship with his son.”