Rogan and long-time collaborator Evan Goldberg cited the rise of TV for the series, saying that “film is completely dead.” They teased that fans of the 2016 animated movie should expect “heart, double the puns, and triple the food-on-food sex.” Essentially to them, “it’s exactly what the world needs right now.”
The original film was co-directed by Greg Tierman and Conrad Vernon, who did the animated Addams Family films. Rogan, Goldberg, Ariel Shaffir (Future Man), and Kyle Hunter (Future Man). It also starred Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, James Franco, Nick Kroll, Paul Rudd, Danny McBride, and Craig Robinson.
The returning cast were already been on top of their careers in 2016 and continued that success. Rogan will star in the Super Mario Bros. movie, Cera will star in the Barbie movie with Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, Norton will be in the Knives Out sequel Glass Onion later this year, Krumholtz will be in the stacked cast of Christopher Nolan’s next movie Oppenheimer, and Wiig will reprise her Despicable Me role for the fourth film.
