{"id":38940,"date":"2025-04-21T18:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/38940\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T18:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:04:14","slug":"official-weapons-teaser-trailer-begins-the-eerie-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/38940\/","title":{"rendered":"Official ‘Weapons’ Teaser Trailer Begins the Eerie Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"

As most Troma fans know, The Toxic Avenger Part II<\/strong> and The Toxic Avenger Part III<\/strong> were originally written and shot as one movie, but directors Lloyd Kaufman<\/strong> and Michael Herz<\/strong> ended up with so much footage that they broke it up into two installments.<\/p>\n

36 years years later, the filmmakers\u2019 initial vision for the sequel has been reconstructed under its original title, Mr. Melvin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Andrew L. Miller<\/strong>, Kaufman\u2019s assistant, and Adam Peltier<\/strong>, star of Troma\u2019s upcoming film The Power of Positive Murder<\/strong>, unearthed the original script and edited footage from the two films together as originally intended.<\/p>\n

Toxie actor Ron Fazio<\/strong> provided some new voiceover for Mr. Melvin. He stars alongside Phoebe Legere, John Altamura, Rick Collins, John Altamura, Rikiya Yasuoka<\/strong>, and Lisa Gaye<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Clocking it at around two hours, the Mr. Melvin cut will premiere as part of Troma-Thon 2025<\/strong><\/a> at the Mahoning Drive-In Theater<\/strong> in Lehighton, PA on July 18-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always dreamed of reconstructing The Toxic Avenger Part II and III into the single epic we originally intended before the MPAA sliced it up like week-old sashimi,\u201d Kaufman tells Bloody Disgusting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m extremely delighted this is finally happening before I croak, and it\u2019s even given me a reason not to blow my fucking brains out! It\u2019s a very happy ending, and I\u2019m proud to say Michael and I are leaving our mop in toxeriffic hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, it looks fantastic. The story makes way more sense, and in my opinion it\u2019s a much better film than the other two individually,\u201d says Miller.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to be premiering the Mr. Melvin cut at Troma-Thon this year at The Mahoning Drive-In, our annual drive-in Troma movie marathon, and I think it\u2019s going to be a really great experience for people to see this cut for the first time at the drive-in, the way it should be!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t a restoration. It\u2019s a resurrection. We\u2019re taking Parts II and III and making them whole\u2014one film, one story, told the way it was originally intended. After this, you won\u2019t want to watch them any other way,\u201d adds Peltier.<\/p>\n

\u201cLloyd Kaufman is a true auteur. His work is important. It has meaning. I hope Mr. Melvin gives people\u2014especially the naysayers\u2014another chance to actually look at what he\u2019s been doing all these years. Because Mr. Melvin isn\u2019t just a goofy sequel\u2014it\u2019s a complex piece of work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peltier continues, \u201cIt\u2019s as much about Toxie trying to figure out his place in the world once there\u2019s no more crime to fight as it is about Lloyd grappling with what to do after creating a surprise cult hit. Both of them\u2014Toxie and Lloyd\u2014are facing the same question: do I sell out to the corporate overlords, or do I keep fighting the good fight?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more excited to have Mr. Melvin premiering at Troma-Thon 2025,\u201d enthuses Mahoning co-founder J.T. Mills. \u201cIn what\u2019s being dubbed as \u2018the year of Toxie,\u2019 it\u2019s perfect timing to see Troma finally putting together what was the original vision for the Toxic Avenger sequel, and getting to show our drive-in audience this historic, definitive cut, first, is a real honor!\u201d<\/p>\n

After ridding Tromaville of evil, Melvin Junko, the Toxic Avenger, has nothing left to fight. Evil has been vanquished, his mop is clean, and his heart feels\u2026 empty. Depressed and emotionally adrift, a psychiatrist with questionable motives encourages him to reconnect with his long-lost father in Japan. But this heartfelt journey is merely a charade, as Apocalypse Inc. lures Toxie overseas in order to blast him with Anti-Tromatons, corrupting his superhuman senses.<\/p>\n

Blinded to the forces of evil, Toxie returns home and becomes a corporate puppet for infernal forces bent on enslaving Tromaville\u2026 and the world! Can the Toxic Avenger reclaim his soul and save Tromaville once again, or is the hero of the people doomed to become the very monster he always feared?<\/p>\n

Troma-Thon tickets are on sale now<\/a>. Along with Mr. Melvin, the two-night event includes screenings of Surf Nazis Must Die, Rise of the Super Tromettes, Rabid Grannies, Class of Nuke \u2018Em High<\/strong>, and Def By Temptation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Additional screenings of Mr. Melvin are being planned. The film is likely to eventually join the original four Toxic Avenger films in streaming on Troma Now<\/a>. There\u2019s also potential for physical media edition accompanied by newly discovered making-of footage.<\/p>\n

The Toxic Avenger\u2018s legacy continues with Macon Blair<\/strong>\u2018s reboot<\/a> starring Peter Dinklage<\/strong>, opening unrated in theaters on August 29.<\/p>\n

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