Sausage Party: Foodtopia

Sausage Party: Foodtopia is an upcoming American adult animated television series based on the 2016 R-rated animated comedy film, Sausage Party. The series developed by co-writers Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir and features an ensemble cast that includes Seth Rogen (who co-created and produced the film), Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera, David Krumholtz, and Edward Norton reprising their roles from the film with Will Forte, Natasha Rothwell, Sam Richardson and Yassir Lester voicing new characters.^[2]

Sausage Party: Foodtopia is scheduled to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on July 11, 2024.^[3]

Cast

• Seth Rogen as Frank, a sausage who discovered and exposed the truth about the "Great Beyond".
• Kristen Wiig as Brenda Bunson, a hot dog bun who is Frank's love interest.
• Michael Cera as Barry, a deformed sausage who is one of Frank's friends.
• David Krumholtz as Kareem Abdul Lavash, a Middle Eastern lavash who had an on-and-off rivalry with Sammy.
• Edward Norton as Sammy Bagel Jr., a neurotic Jewish bagel who had an on-and-off rivalry with Kareem.
• Sam Richardson as Julius, a orange^[4]

Additionally, Will Forte, Natasha Rothwell and Yassir Lester have been cast in undisclosed roles.

Production

It was announced in October 2022 that Amazon has ordered an 8-episode sequel series from Point Grey Pictures, Annapurna Television, and Sony Pictures Television based on the film with the co-writers Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir returning to develop and executive produce the series under their production company Shaffirwhich while some of the cast (including Rogen, who co-wrote, co-produced, and created the film alongside creative partner Evan Goldberg) returning to reprise their roles, along with new members like Will Forte, Natasha Rothwell, Sam Richardson and Yassir Lester.^[2]

Unlike the film being produced by Nitrogen Studios, now acquired by Cinesite, Bardel Entertainment^{[5][better source needed]} and Stellar Creative Lab^{[6][better source needed]} will handle the animation for the series as former Blue Sky Studios executive Andrew Millstein, who now runs Annapurna's animation division with Robert L. Baird after its first film Nimona (2023) was released on Netflix, executive produces with Rogen, Goldberg, James Weaver, Alex McAtee, Megan Ellison and Patrick Chu on the series while co-producer/co-director Conrad Vernon returns as a supervising director.^[7]

Release

On May 1, 2024, it was announced that the series would premiere on Amazon Prime Video on July 11, 2024.^[3]

References

External links

• Sausage Party: Foodtopia at IMDb

This page was last edited on 3 June 2024, at 20:05