Jerry Seinfeld To Star In Pop-Tarts Origin Story Flick
By TheBlast Staff on June 23, 2021 at 9:55 PM EDT
Jerry Seinfeld is set to star in a movie about Pop-Tarts? What's up with that? Well, that's exactly what we wanted to find out. Apparently, Seinfeld is a major fan of the breakfast snack. So much so that he is set to star in, direct, write and produce a full movie about the food item.
He won't be alone in this endeavor. Although, from what we just mentioned it's pretty clear he's going to be putting in most of the work. He is collaborating with Netflix on the project.
What's This All About?
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Just in reading the information on the project it looked like it was going to be a documentary feature. Netflix has done a ton of those where they explore the "cultural impact" of this or that. That's not going to be the case though. The project is said to be a comedy feature already titled Unfrosted.
Not much information has been released in the project. From the looks of things, this could be Jerry Sinfield's take on Dave Chapelle's "Half Baked" except with the characters being on a sugar rush and not stoned.
It All Started With A Joke
There are many life stories that ultimately start with a joke that was taken too literally. It seems that this connection between Seinfeld and Pop-Tarts started out exactly like this. In his Netflix special "23 hours to kill", Seinfeld had a whole bit about his first encounter with Pop-Tarts. This is a bit that he'd been doing for years at that point. In a part of the bit, he mentions,
“I was in the supermarket with my mother and I was like, ‘Hold up, hold up — what the hell is that?!?’ ”
The bit has been widely successful with fans. So much so, that here we are!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmCTUBEluSE
Is Netflix Running Out Of Ideas?
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Even though the Pop-Tart bit is a fan favorite of Seinfeld comedy fans to go from that to a full film seems like a bit of a stretch. There has to be another reason why this movie is potentially getting the green light. We don't have to look very far to find that answer. Seinfeld signed what at the time was reported to be a 100 million dollar deal with Netflix in 2017.
Up until very recently though he still had his show airing on other platforms. Seinfeld the show is set to leave Hulu and move its exclusive streaming rights to Netflix as a sign of the Seinfeld-Netflix partnership kicking into second gear.
Other Than This Pop-Tart Flick What's Jerry Doing?
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Jerry has a highly successful web series titled "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee". A show that he also has shifted to Netflix since signing a deal with the streaming service. He continues to do stand-up shows from time to time as well.
This new project seems to be the only thing on the horizon for Seinfeld. At least when it comes to large-scale projects. Jerry's in a very comfortable situation where Seinfeld the show still makes him a lot of money. So he picks and chose projects that he's interested in more diligently.
