Sausage Party sequel series Foodtopia is heading to Prime Video next month, spinning out from the original film. Trailer here.
Much of the hype surrounding Sausage Party upon its release in 2015 seemed to focus on the fact that a lewd, crude animated film was making its way to cinemas, as there had been a dearth of such films in the mainstream for quite a long time. Directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan and written by Seth Rogan, Evan Goldberg, Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffer, the plot followed the anthropomorphic grocery items in a supermarket, as they dream of being sold and moving to ‘The Great Beyond’ only to be horrified when they discover they will be eaten.
The film proved popular at the box office, making over $140 million on a budget of $19 million. Inevitably, this meant that it was only a matter of time before a sequel was produced, though as it turned out the wait has been longer than expected.
While a feature film sequel is still being discussed, with Rogan saying he’d like to do a live action/animation hybrid similar to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Foodtopia was commissioned by Prime Video last year.
The synopsis for the eight part animated series reads as follows:
Based off the 2016 animated feature Sausage Party, directed by Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan. The first film was just the appetizer. Get ready for sloppy seconds as we follow Frank, Brenda, Barry, and Sammy during their mission to build their own society
Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera, David Krumholtz and Edward Norton reprise their roles from the film. New additions to the cast include Will Forte, Sam Richardson, Natasha Rothwell and Yassir Lester.
Hunter and Shaffer returned to write the series, with episodes directed by Vernon.
Sausage Party: Foodtopia will stream on Amazon Prime Video from the 11th July.
Watch the trailer below:
