Question: James Edward Franco, is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer, he voiced characters in the animated film Sausage Party, an American adult computer-animated comedy film, released in which year, directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon?
Context: Sausage Party is a 2016 American adult computer-animated comedy film directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon and written by Kyle Hunter, Ariel Shaffir, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.  It features the voices of Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, Nick Kroll, David Krumholtz, Edward Norton, and Salma Hayek.  The film, which is a spoof of Disney and Pixar films, follows a sausage named Frank who tries to discover the truth about his existence and goes on a journey with his friends to escape their fate while also facing against his own arch nemesis; a ruthless and murderous douche who intends to kill him and his friends. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is a 2012 American 3D computer-animated comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures.  It is the third installment of the "Madagascar" series and the sequel to "" (2008).  It is also the first in the series to be released in 3D.  The film is directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, and Conrad Vernon. "South Park" is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone who also do the majority of the voices.  Both Parker and Stone do most of the male characters on the show along with April Stewart and Mona Marshall, who do the female characters on the show.  Guest stars have lend their voices to the show including Jay Leno, George Clooney, Robert Smith and the comedy duo Cheech & Chong voiced characters representing their likenesses for the season four (2000) episode "Cherokee Hair Tampons", which was the duo's first collaborative effort in 20 years. The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI animated television series that had aired on Nickelodeon.  It stars nine characters from the DreamWorks Animation animated film "Madagascar": The penguins Skipper (Tom McGrath), Rico (John DiMaggio), Kowalski (Jeff Bennett), and Private (James Patrick Stuart); the lemurs King Julien (Danny Jacobs), Maurice (Kevin Michael Richardson), and Mort (Andy Richter); and Mason (Conrad Vernon) and Phil the chimpanzees.  Characters new to the series include Marlene the otter (Nicole Sullivan) and a zookeeper named Alice (Mary Scheer).  It is the first Nicktoon produced with DreamWorks Animation.  The series was executive produced by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle, who were the creators of Disney Channel's "Kim Possible". David Krumholtz (born May 15, 1978) is an American actor.  He played Charlie Eppes in the CBS drama series "Numbers".  He played Seth Goldstein in "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" and its two sequels, "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" and "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas".  He is also known for his role as Bernard the Elf in "The Santa Clause" and its sequel, "The Santa Clause 2".  Additionally, he is known for his role as Mr. Universe in the 2005 film "Serenity" and played Michael the AV geek in "10 Things I Hate About You".  In 2016, he provided the voice for Kareem Abdul Lavash in the adult animated film "Sausage Party". James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer.  For his role in "127 Hours" (2010), Franco was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.  He is known for his roles in live-action films such as "Milk" (2008), "Pineapple Express" (2008), "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (2011), "Spring Breakers" (2012), "Oz the Great and Powerful" (2013), "This Is the End" (2013), " The Disaster Artist" (2017), and Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy, while also voicing characters in the animated films "The Little Prince" (2015) and "Sausage Party" (2016). Goat Story - The Old Prague Legends (Czech: "Kozí příběh - pověsti staré Prahy" ) is a 2008 Czech and East Europe 3D adult computer-animated fantasy comedy feature film written by David Sláma, produced by Karl T. Hirsch, directed by Jan Tománek with music by David Solař and animated by Art And Animation studio.  The film features the voices of Jiří Lábus, Matěj Hádek, Mahulena Bočanová, Michal Dlouhý, Petr Pelzer, Jan Přeučil, Viktor Preiss, Miroslav Táborský, Karel Heřmánek, Petr Nárožný, Dalimil Klapka, Pavel Rímský, Ota Jirák, Filip Jevič and Justin Svoboda.  It was the first Czech and East Europe feature-length computer animated film.  The film was theatrically released on October 16, 2008 by Phase 4 Films and Bontonfilm.  It won the main prize at the 2010 Buenos Aires International Children's Film Festival.  The film featured on the cover of the March 2008 edition of American magazine "Animation".  A sequel, "Goat Story 2" was released in 2012. Free Jimmy (No: "Slipp Jimmy fri") is a 2006 Norwegian-British adult computer-animated comedy film first released in Norwegian in 2006, and later in English in 2008.  The film was written and directed by acclaimed Norwegian subculture comic book artist Christopher Nielsen and features a number of characters from Nielsen's dark humor-laden comic books.  The plot is an adult-oriented black comedy in which different groups of varying nationalities, and motives, all attempt to find a wayward and drug-addicted elephant in the Norwegian wilderness before the others do.  The film explores a wide number of themes including addiction, drug abuse, freedom, nature, tragedy, crime, materialism, urban decay, animal cruelty and animal rights. Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated fantasy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon.  It is the sequel to 2001's "Shrek", with Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz reprising their respective voice roles of Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona from the first film, joined by Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Rupert Everett, and Jennifer Saunders.  Sometime after the first film, Shrek, Donkey and Fiona go to visit Fiona's parents (voiced by Andrews and Cleese), while Shrek and Donkey discover that a greedy Fairy God Mother (voiced by Saunders) is plotting to destroy Shrek and Fiona's marriage so Fiona can marry her son, Prince Charming (voiced by Everett).  Shrek and Donkey team up with a swashing cat named Puss in Boots (voiced by Banderas) to stop her. Conrad Vernon (born July 11, 1968) is an American director, storyboard artist, writer, and voice actor, best known for his work on the DreamWorks animated film series "Shrek" as well as other films such as "Monsters vs. Aliens", "", and "Penguins of Madagascar".  He also co-directed the adult animated film, "Sausage Party", which is a spoof of his notable works in DreamWorks.
Answer: 2016