Aint no party: The makers of Sausage Party are under fire from an army of alleged animators (Picture: Sony Pictures)

While adult animation Sausage Party might be doing pretty great things at the box office right now, it sounds as though working on the film was anything but fun.

Some rather serious accusations are being directed towards the creators of the Seth Rogen penned hit – currently riding high at the box office around the world – by an army of animators who say they were mistreated during the production process.

Directors Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan sat down for an interview with Coffee Brew where they bragged about keeping the costs of creating the $20 million (£15.5 million) flick under budget.

Seth Rogen is one of the creative minds behind the movie (Picture: Amanda Edwards/WireImage)

However it is suggested the reason they managed to keep the purse strings tight on the Sony Pictures comedy was due to making staff work overtime for free – and anyone who did not abide by the rules could be shown the door, it has been claimed.




‘The production cost were kept low because Greg would demand people work overtime for free. If you wouldn’t work late for free your work would be assigned to someone who would stay late or come in on the weekend. Some artists were even threatened with termination for not staying late to hit a deadline,’ an anonymous animator complains in the comments section of the Cartoon Brew interview.

But it’s not the only complaint. Indeed the entire comments feed seems to have been flooded with other animators who, it has been claimed, were given a rough deal – or even shafted without being given any credit of being involved in the film.

‘This was my first job on a feature film, after watching it the other day…the awe & excitment quickly turned sour after the credits had rolled with my name not showing up,’ grumbles one alleged former employee.

It is possible the complaints could be dubious as no one seems to be willing to provide a name in the raft of complaints online.

Metro.co.uk have contacted representatives at Sony and for Seth Rogen for comment on the situation.

Meanwhile the film has already recouped its entire budget by making over $33 million (£25 million) in its opening weekend in the USA alone.

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