Paul Rudd, James Franco, Seth Rogen and David Krumholtz attend the premiere of 'Sausage Party' at Sunshine Landmark on August 4, 2016 in New York City. (Photo : Getty Images/Jamie McCarthy)
Following the success of TV series "Preacher" comes two new productions from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. First, they are coming up with a FOX superhero series focused on the sidekick and an ABC series about the Illuminati society that has become notorious among conspiracy theory circles.
Rogen and Goldberg, through Point Grey Pictures, are working with Sony Pictures TV for the new single-camera comedies. The FOX project is written by "Lemmings" written Mike Rosolio and centers on an MIT alum who is a tech genius at par with Steve Jobs and sidelines as a vigilante, Screen Crush reported. The interesting catch? He works somewhat as the "Alfred to her boss' Batman," giving sidekicks their rare chance in the spotlight.
At ABC, Rogen and Goldberg are also going to produce a comedy about the powerful Illuminati society, centering on "a young couple struggles to balance marriage and suburban life with the fact that one of them is in the Illuminati," Deadline reported. The series will be helmed by "Life in Pieces" producer Brad Copeland, who is also the executive producer of MTV British comedy "The Inbetweeners."
Over the past year, Rogen and Goldberg's Point Grey Pictures has launched two successful pilots through Sony TV, namely AMC's "Preacher" and Hulu's "Future Man." "Preacher" has already received a Season 2 order.
"In the first season we really wanted to establish Jesse's relationship to God and lack thereof," "Preacher" creator Sam Catlin says about how the show is moving forward. "He is disillusioned and losing his congregation from the beginning. We needed to put Jesse's journey into context, and his mission for next season." Catlin also teases that Season 2 will reveal more about who killed Jesse's dad.
Meanwhile, Point Grey Pictures also received massive success in the big screen this year with the animated release "Sausage Party." The R-rated film tells the story of a sausage who tries to discover the truth about his existence and goes to great lengths to defy his fate. It is recorded as the highest-grossing R-rate animated film of all time, having scored $138 million in the box office.
