Sausage Party: Foodtopia

Sausage Party: Foodtopia
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Genre	Black comedy
Created by	Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg Conrad Vernon
Based on	Sausage Party by Ariel Shaffir Kyle Hunter Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg
Developed by	Kyle Hunter Ariel Shaffir
Voices of	Seth Rogen Kristen Wiig Michael Cera David Krumholtz Edward Norton Will Forte Natasha Rothwell Sam Richardson Yassir Lester
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Kyle Hunter Ariel Shaffir Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg James Weaver Alex McAtee Megan Ellison Patrick Chu Andrew Millstein
Production companies	Amazon MGM Studios Sony Pictures Television Annapurna Television Point Grey Pictures Shaffirwhich
Original release
Network	Amazon Prime Video

Sausage Party: Foodtopia is an upcoming American adult animated television series based on the 2016 adult animated comedy film, Sausage Party. The series was created by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Conrad Vernon and developed by Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir, all of whom worked on the film in key creative roles. It features an ensemble cast that includes Rogen, 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.

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

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.
• Will Forte as Jack, a human.
• Sam Richardson as Julius, an orange, his name is a reference to Orange Julius.
• Scott Diggs Underwood as Gum, a Stephen Hawking-esque intelligent but paraplegic wad of chewed gum who wears glasses and has a mechanized wheelchair.

Additionally, 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.

Unlike the first film being produced by Nitrogen Studios, now acquired by Cinesite, Bardel Entertainment and Stellar Creative Lab 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.

Release

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

External links

• Sausage Party: Foodtopia at IMDb