Sausage Party: Foodtopia

Sausage Party: Foodtopia is an adult animated comedy series that serves as a sequel to the first film Sausage Party (2016). 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.^[a] It features an ensemble cast that includes Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera, David Krumholtz, Edward Norton and Scott "Diggs" Underwood reprising their roles from the film with Will Forte, Natasha Rothwell, Sam Richardson, and Yassir Lester voicing new characters.

The first season premiered on Amazon Prime Video on July 11, 2024, with a second season currently in development.^[2] The series received generally mixed reviews from critics, who praised its voice acting and humor, while others were divided about its political themes, and criticized its writing and characters.

After standing up to the human race following the events of the film, Frank and his friends establish a safe haven dubbed "Foodtopia". Following a massive flood that destroys their once promised land, they have no choice but to partner with humans to ensure the survival of their race.

• Seth Rogen as Frank Frankfurter, a sausage who discovered and exposed the truth about the "Great Beyond", he later becomes the leader of Foodtopia.
• Kristen Wiig as Brenda Bunson, a hot dog bun who is Frank's love interest, she later becomes co-leader of Foodtopia.
• Michael Cera as Barry, a small deformed sausage who is one of Frank's friends, he later becomes chief of police seeking lawbreakers at Foodtopia.
• Edward Norton as Sammy Bagel Jr., a neurotic Jewish bagel who had a relationship with Lavash. After Lavash's death, he becomes a comedian talk show host for Foodtopia.
• Will Forte as Jack, a surviving human who Frank and Brenda kept alive in order to learn about humanity such as weather, ravenous animals, and politics. Due to becoming an ally of food, he resorts to cannibalism to avoid eating them.
• Sam Richardson as Julius, a tyrannical orange who uses his charms and wealth of human teeth to gain followers in order to take over Foodtopia.^[3] The character is a parody of Donald Trump, with his name being a play on Orange Julius and Julius Caesar.
• Stephanie Beard as Jeri Rice, a tiny grain of rice who is the sole survivor of her family drowning from the flood and has a personal hatred towards Julius who selfishly left her for dead. Her name is a pun of former NFL wide receiver Jerry Rice.
• Scott "Diggs" Underwood as Gum, a Stephen Hawking-esque intelligent but paraplegic wad of chewed gum who wears glasses and has a mechanized wheelchair.^[4] He dies after sacrificing himself for the other food during the flood.

Additionally, Natasha Rothwell, Yassir Lester and Grey DeLisle^[5] have been cast in undisclosed roles. David Krumholtz briefly reprises his role as the spirit of Kareem Abdul Lavash, a Middle Eastern lavash who had a relationship with Sammy. He was unfortunately killed off during the uprising, leaving Sammy devastated.

Rogen has expressed interests in making a sequel to Sausage Party and more animated films aimed for adults. When asked about the possibility of a sequel, Rogen stated: "It's something we talk about, yeah. That's one of the reasons why we took away the [original] ending^[7] because we thought, well, if that was the first scene of the next movie it's probably not what you would want it to be, with them just seeing us and finding us basically. But the idea of a live-action/animated movie, like a Who Framed Roger Rabbit?-style hybrid, is also very exciting, mostly because Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is one of my favorite movies of all time."^[8]

On October 26, 2022, It was announced that Amazon had ordered a sequel from Point Grey Pictures, Annapurna Television, and Sony Pictures Television 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.^[9]

Unlike the first film being produced by Nitrogen Studios, now acquired by Cinesite, Bardel Entertainment^[10] and Stellar Creative Lab^[11] would 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.^[12]

On May 1, 2024, it was announced that the series would premiere on Amazon Prime Video on July 11, 2024.^[6]

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 52% approval rating based on 21 reviews with an average rating of 5.80/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Clean up on aisle three—Foodtopia has plenty of rancid gags to tide over fans of Seth Rogen's sense of humor, but this follow-up can't help but feel like stale leftovers."^[13] On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the series assigned a score of 54 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[14]

• Sausage Party: Foodtopia at IMDb