Will this ambition be enough for them to bust the wall down for other R-rated animated movies? We’ll find out soon enough. “From all the Disney movies you hear these rumors of dirty perversions oozing onto the screen.”īut ultimately, when you get past the raunchy jokes and F-bombs, Sausage Party is an R-rated animated movie with a ton of ambition. “Animators are sick people,” quipped Rogen. Well, if Rogen and Goldberg are to be believed, they and others on the animation team were all too eager to indulge their more ‘unhinged’ qualities. Now you might be wondering why, of all the directing opportunities available to them in the industry, they decided to tackle this one. Aliens, Madagascar 3) and Greg Tiernan ( Thomas & Friends). One unique aspect of Sausage Party is that Rogen and Goldberg have tasked two seasoned animators with the job of directing the movie: Conrad Vernon ( Monsters vs. Then, of course, you have the infamous orgy scene, which Rogen confirmed that there was an extended version of that sequence that might be included in a possible unrated cut (he didn’t specify if that cut would go to DVD or if it will be shown in theaters). One “taboo” scene that was completely cut from the film involved Douche (Nick Kroll) doing “unsavory physical things with a group of rabbits.” As one would expect, the scene didn’t sit too well with audiences during test screenings. “When Sammy the Bagel takes his testicles over his face, the MPAA said to just remove a few hairs,” said Rogen. What better way to annoy the MPAA, right? So of course, they were asked to cut some stuff out. “There were a lot of May Days and fluids,” added Rogen. (Edward Norton) and a ‘lavish’ piece of bread. Said footage included what Rogen described as a sex scene between Sammy Bagel Jr. They then revealed to the crowd that an extended cut of the movie exists, with an additional eight minutes of footage cut out. “I really don’t think the MPAA knew how to handle this film,” Rogen said. But naturally, when you’re trying to push the rating as far as it can possibly go, you are bound to run into some issues, particularly with the MPAA. For Rogen and Goldberg, this is intentional as it was their goal to set out and do an R-rated animated feature. ![]() It’s undeniably a selling point of the movie, so much so that it’s repeatedly emphasized in many of the film’s TV commercials. ![]() The next topic he touched upon was arguably the biggest elephant in the room: the film’s R rating. As an actor who’s not known for taking on very many franchises, he summed up his enthusiasm for a Sausage Party franchise this way: “We want to make sausage-talking movies for the rest of our lives.” “This was the first time we ended a movie with the intention of making another one,” he told the crowd. Seth Rogen didn’t appear to be worried about the film’s chances though, as he spoke candidly about his hopes for the film as a franchise-starter. While Sausage Party was always destined to capture the hearts of the SXSW/Comic-Con crowds, the big question is whether or not the film can play to general audiences. ![]() Afterwards, the film’s co-writer/co-producer/leading actor Seth Rogen took the stage for an impromptu discussion about the movie, revealing some surprising details on what is sure to be one of the year’s most controversial and talked about animated movies.įor starters, it will have been sixteen years since an R-rated animated movie was released in theaters (1999’s South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut). The film – intended to be a riff on animated movies and their tropes – was screened several weeks ago for attending audiences at San Diego Comic-Con 2016 (to glowing reception, once more).
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