The prototype of the Toxic Avenger action figure from SOTA toys was on display at Comic Con recently and there are some new pics up here that show the figure in all of its glory.
July 8th, 2004:
Toxic Avenger: The Musical in Omaha!
According to The Reader's interview with Lloyd,
Toxic Avenger: The Musical!, a musical adaptation of the Troma classic, will show at the Blue Barn Theatre in Omaha July 9-Aug. 1. Tickets are $5-$15 and you can call 401-345-1576 for more information.
Toxie action figure coming from SOTA Toys
June 25st, 2004: Troma licenses titles to BCI Eclipse
Volume 1: Curse of the Cannibal Confederates, Demented Death Farm Massacre, and Deadly Daphne's Revenge. DVD Release Schedule updated
June 21st, 2004: Lloyd interviewed at MrSkin.com
June 16th, 2004: Lloyd to be on Messy Stench's radio show
Troma to invade TRL?
June 3rd, 2004: Troma at Cannes
May 25th, 2004: Speculation is true! Poultrygeist is in pre-production!
May 11th, 2004: Ron Jeremy to host a screening of Tales From The Crapper
Megan Powers says goodbye to the Troma Team
May 5th, 2004: Lloyd Kaufman speaks out against censorship
Meat For Satan's Icebox picked up by Troma Back issues of Troma Times now online Poultry Geist possibly making it's way into production? May 1st, 2004: Messy Stench is NOT appearing in Hustler
After much fan request over the years, it looks like everyone's favorite hideously deformed monster hero will be getting made into an action figure. Toxie will be in Series 1 of SOTA Toys's "Now Playing" line, along with Dr. Payton Westlake from Darkman and the Nightmare Demons from An American Werewolf in London. The figures are approx. 7 inches scale and each character comes with character specific bases. Prototypes will be debut at the SOTA Toys booth (#4129)
at the Comic Con International in San Diego, July 21-25, 2004 and will be available through retailers in November 2004. For more information, check out MovieManiacs.net.
Troma recently licensed some of the older catalog titles to BCI Eclipse to be released on DVD in 3 packs called Toxie's Triple Terror. The first two volumes will be released on July 13, 2004 and volumes 3 and 4 are set to be released on August 24th. The films to be included are as follows:
Volume 2: Evil Clutch, Chillers, and Beyond Evil.
Volume 3: Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell(AKA Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake), Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hugan, and Video Demons Do Psychotown.
Volume 4: Stuff Stephanie In the Incinerator, Scream Baby Scream, and Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell
June 29, 2004
Shark
Mirror of Death
Vegas High Stakes
Sugar Cookies
Tarzan the Fearless/Tarzan's Revenge (Roan)
Suddenly (Roan)
They Made Me a Criminal/Lady Gangster (Roan)
Zorro's Fighting Legion (Roan)
July 27, 2004
Tuesday Never Comes
Death Dancers
Story of a Junkie
Trailer Town
Triple B-Header Vol. 2 (Tainted, Sucker: The Vampire, & Rockabilly Vampire)
Zorro Rides Again (Roan)
Colorado Sundown (Roan)
John Wayne Collection (Roan)
August 31, 2004
Toxic Crusaders: The Movie
Tight Spot
Class of Nuke 'Em High Part II
The Best of Tromadance Vol. 3
Triple B-Header Vol. 3 (Garden of the Dead, Buttcrack, & Unspeakable)
September 28, 2004
Tales From the Crapper
Triple B-Header Vol. 4
Nightbeast
Terror Firmer (single disk edition)
The Ruining
October 26, 2004
Dog Years
Witchcraft VII
Class of Nuke 'Em High Part III
Southern Fried Comedy Triple Feature (Preacherman, Ellie, Hot Summer in Barefoot County)
Triple B-Header Vol. 5
Citizen Toxie (single disk)
November
The Best of Troma's Edge TV Vol. 2
Make Your Own Damn Movie box set
Foreplay
Coming 2004-2005
Parts of the Family
Meat for Satan's Icebox
Wiseguys Vs. Zombies
Class of Nuke 'Em High Box Set
Digital Prophet
Black Pearl
Kickfighter
Mad Dog Morgan
Madigan's Millions
Fatty Drives the Bus
The Wedding Party
Luther The Geek
The Children
No Way Out
Dragon Fury Double Feature
Kick of Death
Not Another Mistake
Prime Target
Skeleton Coast
Video Vixens
Lloyd recently did an interview at MrSkin.com, the premiere internet location for nudity in movies. Click here to check it out!
This Friday, June 18th, Lloyd Kaufman will be in the studio for Craptabulous, an online radio show hosted by Tromette Messy Stench. Along with Lloyd will be Zander from MK Magazine. The show is broadcast live at http://freeradiosaic.org/ and there's a webcam set up at Craptabulous.com. The show starts at 6pm central (7pm Eastern).
There's been a call on the Troma website for volunteers to dress up as Toxie and Kabukiman, as well as hold up signs outside of MTV's Total Request Live on June 15th and 17th. It's currently unknown what Troma will be doing with the show, but it might be a good idea to watch TRL on the 15th and 17th. If you're interested in volunteering, send an e-mail to Troma.
Okay, I waited a while to post this, Since there has been tons of coverage of Troma at Cannes throughout the past few weeks, I decided one big-ass post of all of the cool news stories about Troma at Cannes would be better than a bunch of little ones... so here it goes:
First off, Troma gladly supported the striking French film workers, as Yahoo! News reports. Then came word that a fan chased down Billy Bob Thorton during an interview and had him sign his copy of Chopper Chicks In Zombietown. According to MSNBC, Thorton was surprised that he now had top-billing on the DVD cover. Here's a French article that I've yet to be able to translate. The BBC site has a brief article on Troma, as well as a cool video clip of the Troma volunteers and a Lloyd interview. Last but not least, be sure to check out volunteer Emma Brown's article.
Well folks, the word we've all been waiting for has come: Troma has finally announced that Poultrygeist will indeed be the next Troma production. As of now, the Troma Team is looking for makeup artists and have announced that Gabe Friedman has written a new draft of the film, Count Smokula and Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory are writing songs and Tim Considine will be creating the main zombie chicken effects! For more info, check out troma.com!
If you're in the Los Angeles area, be sure to swing by the Dark Bar(aka King King Club, I think) at 6555 Hollywood Blvd. this Friday, because the legendary Ron Jeremy will be there hosting a screening of Tales From The Crapper! Ron also has a cameo in the film and since the DVD release is still a good way away, this is another way to see it before it's in stores!
Troma Team Video employee Megan Powers has left Troma to live in California. She spent four years at Troma getting the word out about across the country and around the world. Tromatized! wishes Megan the best of luck and check out the Troma Team's dedication to her at troma.com
Head over to troma.com to read an all new article from Lloyd Kaufman about censorship, Janet Jackson's boob, and Howard Stern.
Troma has announced that they will be distributing Kiss Of Death Production's Meat For Satan's Icebox, a film from Pittsburgh, PA that Troma's been supporting for quite a while. Congratulations to David and Diana Silvio and the rest of Kiss of Death Productions.
Troma used to print a newsletter about a twice a year (up until the website got popular) called The Troma Times. Now, Troma is featuring some back issues, dating back to October 1991 over at troma.com. Click here to check them out!
According to Troma.com's Cannes page, a mascot from the rumored and long awaited Troma in-house production Poultry Geist named Killer Coq will be introduced at Cannes on May 17th, 2004. There are also job openings for a makeup artist posted on the website, which is leading Troma fans to believe that Poultry Geist is getting closer to being in production. No official word as of yet, but it's certainly something for us to cross our fingers over.
Yeah... scratch that previous post. I got word tonight that it wasn't true. Apologies... I should've realized that article was printed on April 1st. Derp.