It’s not gigantic foodstuffs but living “foodimals” that plague the heroes of Sony’s sequel to 2009′s hit Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, Deadline said.

Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Neil Patrick Harris, Terry Crews, Will Forte, Andy Samberg, Kristen Schaal, and James Caan voice the animated hijinks.

Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 Jump Street, The LEGO Movie) wrote and directed the first pic, a $243M global hit, before passing the reins to new helmers Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn.

Inventor Flint Lockwood and weather woman Sam Sparks get the gang back together in this new clip from the September 27 release: