Tag: Sausage Party
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‘Strays’ Review: This R-Rated Talking Dog Comedy Delivers
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.The R-rated comedy isn’t what it used to be. It’s not that it declined in quality, as recent films like No Hard Feelings and Joy Ride have…
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Paramount and Nickelodeon Animation’s Ramsey Naito on the Subway Grit That Inspired ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ and Sending ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Beyond Bikini Bottom
It seemed like the end of the road for the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”The popular kids franchise had inspired a half-dozen movies of declining quality, with the live-action 2016 adventure “Out of the Shadows” suffering from the kind of withering reviews and bad box office returns that derail a film series.But Paramount and Nickelodeon CEO…
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Seth Rogen Calls ‘Sausage Party: Foodtopia’ “Unbelivably Shocking”
When Seth Rogen’s raunchy animated comedy Sausage Party premiered back in 2016, it seemed you couldn’t log onto the internet without reading one think piece or another about the film’s controversial reception. Now, with an eight episode sequel series is in the works for Amazon Prime Video, Rogen is preparing audiences early for more controversy…
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‘Strays’: Everything We Know so Far About the R-Rated Talking-Dog Comedy
In the spirit of The Secret Life of Pets, Homeward Bound, Cats & Dogs, Milo & Otis, and Mr. Peabody & Sherman a new talking dog movie has been gifted to us, but unlike those squeaky-clean movies meant for families, Strays has a lot more of an edge. Similar to how Ted, Sausage Party, The…
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10 Runners Up That Could Have Won Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
Since the release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, animation has grown into a diverse medium of storytelling. There are now dozens of animated films coming out each year, ranging from adaptations of fairy-tales from Disney to raunchy adult-oriented stories like Sausage Party. In 1991, Beauty and the Beast would become the…
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Santa Inc. Trailer: Seth Rogen And Sarah Silverman Star And Folks Are Gonna Be Maaaad
The War on Christmas* is starting early this year, folks! Giant letters blasting “From the Creators of ‘Sausage Party‘” cover the screen, as if Santa dropping F-bombs and elves flashing green tiddies wasn’t enough of a giveaway that this is not your typical Christmas show. HBO Max recently released the trailer for their raunchy new stop-motion…
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‘The Addams Family 2’ Review: This Spooky Animated Family Sequel Doesn’t Scare Up Much Charm
The 2019 animated reboot of “The Addams Family” had a tough hill to climb, tasked with appealing to both fans of the classic television series and the popular 1990s live-action movies, but directors Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon — the duo behind the raunchy “Sausage Party” — were able to make something darling. The duo’s…
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‘Hansel & Gretel’ Helmer Tommy Wirkola Teams With Charades For Animated Musical ‘Spermageddon’ (Exclusive)
Tommy Wirkola, the popular Norwegian helmer of “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” and “Dead Snow,” will be making his animation debut with “Spermageddon,” a humor-laced musical feature about the beginning of life.Charades has boarded the project and will represent it in international markets.“Spermageddon” follows two narrative threads — the emerging love story between two awkward…
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HBO Max Orders Animated Adult Comedy from Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman
Seth Rogen starred as a sausage in the animated adult comedy hit “Sausage Party.” Now, he’s gearing up to play Santa Clause in a mature animated series for HBO Max, with Sarah Silverman co-starring as the North Pole’s top female elf.HBO Max announced that it greenlit “Santa Inc.” from Lionsgate, with Rogen and Silverman set…
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Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg to Produce ‘Bubble’, Another Animated Film For Adults
In the United States, animation still has the reputation of being largely for children. But an entire medium of artistic expression shouldn’t be relegated to one demographic, and Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are trying to help make that clear to audiences. The duo, who co-wrote and produced 2016’s outrageous animated feature Sausage Party, is…