Elijah Wood Confirmed For Toxic Avenger Reboot

It’s official: Elijah Wood is joining Legendary’s new Toxic Avenger film. Deadline has confirmed that Wood is joining Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, and Jacob Tremblay in the reboot, which is being directed by Macon Blair. Also joining the film are Julie Davis and Taylour Paige. Details on most of the roles have yet to be revealed, though Bacon is playing the villain and Dinklage is playing the title role.

The film is described as follows:

“When a struggling everyman is pushed into a vat of toxic waste, he is transformed into a mutant freak who must go from shunned outcast to underdog hero as he races to save his son, his friends and his community from the forces of corruption and greed.”