Jerry Seinfeld’s iconic sitcom Seinfeld arrived on Netflix on October 1, 2021, however the comic additionally has a brand new venture withinside the works too. It changed into introduced that Seinfeld could be teaming up with the streamer to provide a comedy film titled Unfrosted, stimulated via way of means of his funny story approximately Pop-Tarts. Here’s what we recognise so far.
Jerry Seinfeld will star, produce and direct the film. He additionally co-wrote the script for Unfrosted alongside together along with his Seinfeld colleague Spike Feresten and fellow comic and creator Barry Marder.
An public sale quietly has been gambling out for numerous days, and Seinfeld’s dating with Netflix’s Ted Sarandos changed into beneficial in swinging the deal to the streamer. Seinfeld signed a rewarding address Netflix in 2017 that added his interview collection Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee to Netflix, as nicely the stand-up specials Jerry Before Seinfeld and 23 Hours to Kill.
Here’s the entirety else we recognise approximately Netflix’s Unfrosted so far:
What’s the plot and history of Unfrosted?
Seinfeld defined the movie’s modest pandemic-associated origins in an interview with Deadline:
“Stuck at domestic looking limitless unhappy faces on TV, I idea this will be an amazing time to make some thing primarily based totally on natural silliness. So we took my Pop-Tart stand-up bit from my remaining Netflix unique and exploded it right into a giant, loopy comedy film.”
Jerry deconstructed the funny story withinside the following video:
As for the plot of the film itself, we recognise not anything on the moment, sadly.
Who is forged in Unfrosted?
Currently, handiest Jerry Seinfeld himself is thought to be amongst forged of Netflix’s Unfrosted apart from taking up director’s obligations as nicely.
What’s the manufacturing repute of Unfrosted?
As of September 2021, the plan changed into for the manufacturing of Unfrosted to start in Spring 2022.
In March 2022 we were given phrase thru Variety Insight that the plan is for the movie to start manufacturing on May 25th, 2022 and run thru to July 1st, 2022.
The film is ready to be filmed totally in Los Angeles, California as found out via way of means of tax credit being introduced for the venture. According to the California Film Commission, the venture received $14.2 million in tax credit. Unfrosted is projected to generate “an estimated $69.four million in certified spending.”
Jerry Seinfeld at the declaration stated:
“We are so satisfied to get the California tax credit score which permits us to make our entire film there,” stated Seinfeld, who’s additionally writing, directing and generating the movie for Netflix. “Having made all of the ‘Seinfeld’ collection in L.A., I very a lot desired to return back returned and shoot there again. On behalf of anybody running at the film, we virtually recognize the first-rate welcome.”
What’s the Netflix launch date for Unfrosted?
Netflix hasn’t introduced the discharge date for Unfrosted, however we should likely assume the film withinside the latter 1/2 of of 2022.
