Jerry Seinfeld To Direct, Star In ‘Unfrosted;’ Netflix Wins Movie About Creation Of The Pop Tart

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EXCLUSIVE: Jerry Seinfeld has made it clear he would not inject his comic genius into another sitcom, after generating arguably the best one ever. So Seinfeld is turning to another outlet — t…

has just won the streamer a plum project for its film slate. Seinfeld will star in, direct and producea film comedy he co-wrote with Spike Feresten and Barry Marder that is inspired by a joke he told on the stand up stage about the world-shaking invention of theAn auction has been quietly playing out for several days and Seinfeld’s relationship with Netflix’s Ted Sarandos was helpful in swinging the deal to the streamer.

Deal was confirmed for Deadline, and Seinfeld explained the film’s modest pandemic-related origins: “Stuck at home watching endless sad faces on TV I thought this would be a good time to make something based on pure silliness,” he said. “So we took my Pop Tart stand up bit from my last Netflix special and exploded it into a giant, crazy comedy movie.”Seinfeld deconstructed the Pop Tart joke in a video segment for The New York Times .

Seinfeld’s forays into movies so far have been limited. He co-wrote, produced and voiced the lead role Barry B. Benson in the 2007 DreamWorks Animation hitThe deal was brokered by CAA and Seinfeld’s longtime manager George Shapiro and attorney Jay Cooper.

 

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JessSeinfeld I actually prefer unfrosted strawberry 🍓

JessSeinfeld Cannot wait!!!!

A movie about the Weiner family? Fetch!

JessSeinfeld And… of course he is❣️

Finally, Stranger Things Season 4 Announced............

Wait wait and wait you seriously going to talk about Pop Tarts wow this should be interesting👈

there really is a movie or tv show out there for everyone... this one ain't for me but I'm happy for yall

Congrats! Looking forward to this SpikeFeresten

Wish they’d bring grape back...

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