We learned late last year that Legendary Entertainment was developing a remake of Troma’s The Toxic Avenger, and Variety reports tonight that Macon Blair is on board to write and direct!

Blair starred in the films Blue Ruin and Green Room, and he more recently wrote Netflix’s Hold the Dark and wrote/directed I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore.

In the 1984 original, directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz…

“The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.”

Kaufman and Herz will produce alongside Legendary’s Alex Garcia and Jay Ashenfelter.