It became the highest-grossing adult animated film at the time of its release. In 2024 it will have a series on Amazon.
In 2016, the animated comedy The sausage party, created by the veteran duo of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, pushed the boundaries of good taste. The creators set out to create the most thought-provoking animated movie ever, and they probably did. His gritty humor, sexual jokes, and that unforgettable food orgy scene set whole new standards in cinema. and they opened the door to depravity in cartoons. ‘Join the party!’ they seemed to say.
This also paid off at the box office. With earnings around $141 million, The sausage party brought adult animation back to the top 17 years after South Park – The Movie. A few years later the movie Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba I’d get over it, but he’s got good news. As it became known a few months ago, her legacy will continue with a series on Amazon.
The Prime Video series, ‘The sausage party: Foodtopia’, will premiere in 2024
It will consist of 8 episodes and, if all goes according to plan, it will be released on Prime Video in 2024, after eight years of the premiere of the feature film. However, it is unknown if this is a direct sequel or if it will be a prequel that tells an earlier story.
What we do know is that a large part of the actors who lent their voices to the film will do so again in the animated series. Seth Rogen as the lead Frank, Michael Cera as his friend Barry, Kristen Wiig as the bagel Brenda, Edward Norton as the Jewish bagel Sammy Bagel Jr. and David Krumholtz as the Muslim Lavash bread. They join the orgy Will Forte (Last Man on Earth), Sam Richardson (Veep), Natasha Rothwell (insecure) and Yassir Lester (black monday).
As for the creative team, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg will return as producers. It is normal that they develop the series on Prime Video, since they are also behind The Boys. You can already imagine that his thug and open-minded style will continue to exist in the new project.
“Cinema used to be superior to television and we have reached the pinnacle of what is possible with cinema with our extraordinary work. But now that cinema is completely dead and television is the eternal king of entertainment, We have decided to continue the epic adventures of our culinary team in the soon-to-be-legendary masterpiece of the series, Sausage Party: Foodtopia“, the creators have written in a statement.
It has the same heart, twice the puns, and triple the sex with food. In other words, it’s exactly what the world needs right now.
The showrunners for the series will be Ariel Shaffir and Kyle Hunter, who co-wrote the script with Rogen and Goldberg. Meanwhile, the production is overseen by Conrad Vernon, one of the two directors of The sausage party.
Foodtopia will be available in Amazon Prime Video in 2024.