Indie icon Kevin Smith was reportedly offered a chance to reboot The Toxic Avenger, but declined the offer, the filmmaker said during a recent Fatman on Batman podcast.
we parted ways fundamentally on the budget, because I was just like, 'Part of the charm of The Toxic Avenger is that it was made for two nickels. If you're gonna do it again, don't spend a lot of money.' But they were like, 'No no no, it's a $35 million movie.