Cera appeared with his "Arrested Development" co-star David Cross' 2014 film "Hits", playing a marijuana dealer. He also co-starred alongside John Hawkes and Sally Hawkins in Charlie Kaufman's television pilot "How & Why", which was rejected by FX. After a brief, "menacing" appearance in the drama "Entertainment" (2015), Cera appeared in the prequel to the 2001 comedy film "Wet Hot American Summer", the comedy series "" and in the Christmas musical comedy film "A Very Murray Christmas" as Bill Murray's fictional talent agent. Cera then voiced a hot dog trying to escape his fate in a supermarket in the animated comedy "Sausage Party" (2016).