Back in September is was revealed that Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill were writing an R-rated animated comedy called Sausage Party. However at that point it wasn’t clear if either would have voice roles, but now it’s been confirmed we will indeed hear them both, as well as their This Is the End co-stars James Franco, Michael Cera and David Krumholtz, along with Kristen Wiig, Edward Norton and Nick Kroll.
The movie is about a sausage who falls out of his shopping cart and goes on a journey with some new friends through the supermarket, in order to find his way back home before the mania of the Independence Day sale.
Another on of the co-writers, Evan Goldberg, has previously described is as an “existential mock-Pixar movie.”
It’s not know who any of the actors will voice, but Conrad Vernon (Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted) and Greg Tiernan are directing from a script written by Rogen, Goldberg, Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir, based on a story by Rogen, Goldberg and Hill. The film should be in cinemas in 2015.
Kristen Wiig has seemed slightly ambivalent to the potential success Bridesmaids brought her, as while he’s appeared in supporting roles in the likes of Walter Mitty and Anchorman 2, most of her other post Bridesmaids movies have been quirky movies that may have been interesting but were never going to become massive box office hits.
If Hollywood had its way, Kristen Wiig would just make Bridesmaids clones and sequels, but she’s not interested in that – indeed she turned down a huge deal to write and star in the follow-up to her breakout movie hit. Now she’s hoping show off he dramatic skills, as