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Bloody Disgusting’s SCREAMBOX Now the Exclusive Streaming Home of “Toxic Crusaders”!
It’s clean up time over on the Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX streaming service today, as all 13 episodes of “Toxic Crusaders” are now streaming exclusively on SCREAMBOX!
Anything was possible back in the 1990s, and “Toxic Crusaders” is a great example of that. The animated series was based on Troma’s bloody The Toxic Avenger movies, the kid-friendly show turning Citizen Toxie into a crime-fighting superhero. The series spawned a toy line from Playmates and all kinds of other merch, proving there’s a softer side to Troma’s madness.
As Felix Vasquez Jr. wrote in an article for Bloody Disgusting last year, “The series promoted a much more upbeat and wackier sense of humor than the original movie did, with a much brighter color palette and a more obvious approach toward action that didn’t involves guts and gore. Toxie is also much more of a vocal, positive, and affable mutant superhero worth rooting for. Tromaville is still essentially Tromaville, with the show maintaining a lot of the commentary about illegal toxic dumping amidst the deceptively broad premise of good guys and bad guys.”
Felix adds, “The series was, in this way, a gateway to lifelong Troma fandom.”
In the animated series, “A complete and hopeless nerd, Melvin, falls into toxic waste and becomes Toxie, a hideously deformed mutant of superhuman size and strength. Teaming with other mutants, No-Zone (whose power comes from radioactive sneezes), Major Disaster (he can control plants), Head-banger (Fender, a singing telegram delivery surfer-type, and Dr. Bender, a stereotype mad scientist, fused together – a hybrid character based on the Siamese twins in Troma’s War) and Junkyard, a dog/hobo hybrid, to become The Toxic Crusaders!
“Together they fight crime in every sense of the word and finally turn their attention on the Apocalypse Inc. of the movies Toxic Avenger Parts II & III, although in the series the chairman is an alien as opposed to Satan. The series follows the attempts of the crusaders to fight crime and be environmentally safe.”
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‘God of War’ – Ryan Hurst Suffers On-Set Injury and Will Be Replaced as Kratos in Prime Video Series
After four episodes have already been shot of Prime Video’s hotly anticipated “God of War” television series, we’ve learned that an on-set injury will send the team back to square one.
Deadline reports that actor Ryan Hurst, who had been cast to play Kratos in the series, tore his bicep during a stunt-gone-wrong on set, and rather than wait until Hurst has healed up and can get back into action, the streaming series will instead recast the role of Kratos.
Additionally, all four episodes they’ve already shot will have to be fully re-shot with the new actor they bring in to play Kratos. At this time, no replacement actor has been announced.
Deadline notes that the decision was made by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios, the producers of the upcoming Prime Video adaptation of the video game franchise.
Hurst tore his bicep while doing a stunt on set back in late June. “This is a heartbreaking development for Hurst who underwent a physical transformation after getting the role, putting on 40 lbs of muscle, and worked hard for months on the Vancouver set filming the physically demanding role until getting hurt performing his duties,” Deadline notes in their report.
The outlet explains, “Hurst’s recovery time is unclear but for a serious bicep tear requiring surgery, it is typically 4-6 months, with a return to full strength taking up to a year. Given the physicality of the role, it will likely not have been safe for Hurst to resume filming until 2027. According to sources, while Hurst’s full recovery is a priority, the period required was longer than the production shooting schedule could accommodate, leading to the difficult decision.”
The “God of War” production is currently on hiatus. Stay tuned for more.
Callum Vinson (“Crystal Lake”) is playing Atreus in Prime Video’s “God of War.”
The live-action adaptation of PlayStation’s massively popular ancient mythology-themed video game franchise has received a two-season order from the streamer.
The tale follows father and son Kratos and Atreus as they embark on a journey to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye. Through their adventures, Kratos tries to teach his son to be a better god, while Atreus tries to teach his father how to be a better human.
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