The origin story of VeggieTales hosts Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber reveals how they met, how they got their own show, and answers the question how vegetables and fruit talk. This was intended to be the first film in the series to feature humans. According to Phil Vischer, "Since Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie was our Ten Commandments, The Bob and Larry Movie would be our Toy Story." The Bob and Larry Movie was originally planned to be the second VeggieTales film with a release date in late 2005. It was placed into production in early 2002, toward the end of production of Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002). However, Big Idea Productions fell into bankruptcy in late 2002 and the film was placed on hiatus, deemed too expensive. Phil Vischer then wrote The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie to replace this movie. In 2008, it was considered to be the sequel to The Pirates who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie, but talks stalled after the 2008 recession had led to the bankruptcy of VeggieTales owner Entertainment Rights and Classic Media. According to Phil Vischer in 2018, "I have a copy of The Bob and Larry script on my laptop, but probably won't release it because it is technically owned by Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation. It will hopefully be produced in the near future." According to Vischer, the film would have begun with a brief synopsis of how talking vegetables were involved in world history, which would be described as a "rare, but recurring phenomenon". One example would have shown tomb paintings of a pharaoh consulting with a leek. Bob the Tomato would be working in local TV news hosting a segment called "Farm Report", while Larry the Cucumber would work as a tester at a chicken hat factory (on account of the fact that his head was chicken-sized). Bob would make a report on the factory, and first meet Larry through several antics involving the chicken hats. Bob the Tomato would also be renting an apartment in a nightstand of a human boy named Dexter. In 2019, Talks of the movie were first brought up when Phil Vischer got a call from Universal to possibly do the upcoming Bob and Larry movie, mainly thanks to an executive at Universal previously being an executive at Artisan Entertainment, which was the distributor of Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie. Phil is currently giving some story re-ideas for what the movie could possibly be about. The movie was first teased by Phil Vischer on the same day that the revival series, The VeggieTales Show, was announced, with Phil saying that Universal was developing it and further stating that DreamWorks will have no involvement in the movie. Phil later clarified that the movie isn't in production at the moment, and still has to find its funding before it can fully be made and put into the production pipeline. He also stated that it was most likely going to be based around a Bible story. In 2020, Mike Nawrocki reaffirmed that a new VeggieTales movie was in re-development. On June 29, 2021, Phil Vischer revealed on his Twitter that he, along with Lisa Vischer, Mike Nawrocki, and Kurt Heinecke, had been completely laid off by Universal from working on future VeggieTales-related projects when Big Idea shut down. As a result, Universal shut down Big Idea completely when the four people all got laid off. Most likely due to all of this, the film possibly got shelved. On July 2024, the upcoming movie was officially revealed to be un-scrapped and un-shelved, that it would re-launch Big Idea to save the company, and projected 2027 theatrical release, as the fourth VeggieTales movie, alongside the voice cast.
Written and Directed by: Phil Vischer
Co-Directed by: Mike Nawrocki
Produced by: Amy Poehler
Executive Producers: Amy Poehler and Lisa Vischer
Music by: Kurt Heinecke
Starting the Voice Cast:
1. Dwayne Johnson as Bob The Tomato
2. Kevin Hart as Larry The Cucumber
3. Sam Moran as Archibald Asparagus
4. Tiffany Haddish as Petunia Rhubarb
5. Jeff Fatt as Mr. Lunt
6. EvanTubeHD as Junior Asparagus
7. Ryan Reynolds as Jimmy Gourd
8. Jesse Eisenberg as Jerry Gourd
9. Greg Page as Jean-Claude Pea
10. Paul Paddick as Phillipe Pea
11. Murray Cook as Pa Grape
12. Rachel Crow as Laura Carrot
13. Phillip Wilcher as Norman the Peach
14. David Mann as Mr. Nezzer
15. Emma Watkins as Madame Blueberry
16. Jason Segel as Scooter Carrot
17. Amy Adams as Miss Minchin
18. Terry Crews as Bruce Onion and Gourdon Smithson
19. Anne Hathaway as Katrina and Sabrina
20. Tori Kelly as Mirabelle
21. Justin Bieber as Gary Garlic
22. Selena Gomez as Callie Flower
23. Kathryn Bernardo as Annie Onion
24. Daniel Padilla as Percy Pea
25. Phil Vischer as Buck Denver, Brother Louie, Captain Pete, Chuck Waggin, Pastor Paul, Sunday School Lady, Clive and Ian, Dr. Schniffenhousen, Michael, Phil Winkelstein, Hugo the Duck, Toby the Dog
26. Mike Nawrocki as Dan, Gabe, Peyton, Qwerty the Computer
27. Anna Kendrick as Danielle, Peri, Riley
28. Stephanie Beatriz as Fizz, Gabrielle
29. Ben Affleck as Hank
30. Will Smith as Spike
31. Julie Andrews as Miss Julie
32. Giullian Yao Gioiello as Gus
33. Bill Hader as Mike Asparagus (Speaking Voice)
34. Mindy Kaling as Lisa Asparagus (Speaking Voice)
35. Tony Hale as Phil Carrot
36. Liza Lapira as Carol Carrot
37. Tim Davis (from the Heritage Singers) as Mike Asparagus (Singing Voice)
38. Melody Davis (from the Heritage Singers) as Lisa Asparagus (Singing Voice)
39. Jon Stewart as Buzz-Saw Louie
40. Vanessa Williams as Vanna Banana
41. Hugh Jackman as Zidgel
42. Kenan Thompson as Kevin
43. Kel Mitchell as Midgel
44. Josh Server as Fidgel
45. Tom Holland as Lou Carrot
46. Timotheé Chalamet as Lenny Carrot
47. Lori Beth Denberg as Agnes and Winnifred, Marcy, Jason and Michelle Conrad
with The Wiggles:
1. Anthony Field as Scallion 1
2. Simon Pryce as Scallion 2
3. Tsehay Hawkins as Miss Achmetha
4. Lachlan Gillespie as Scallion 3
5. Lucia Field as Jenna Chive
6. Caterina Mete as Ermie Asparagus
7. Evie Ferris as Lily Asparagus
8. John Pearce as Li'l Pea
and Pentatonix:
1. Scott Hoying as Wedge
2. Mitch Grassi as Stub
3. Kirstin Maldonado as Cassie Cassava
4. Kevin Olusola as Colin
5. Matt Sallee as Christophe Pea
