Why can't there be a Seinfeld movie?

I know this question may seem a bit redundant to those in the know, but given the current popularity of comedy at the box office, has anyone considered a feature film version of Seinfeld? If done right, a Seinfeld movie would set the box office on fire. Andy Ackerman could direct. Larry David could be on tap as top scripter. It would be the perfect antedote for the doom and gloom of these millennial times. Escapist baby boomer humor "about nothing". I hope someone from Castle Rock or NBC reads this. The King of Sitcoms could come back bigger and funnier than ever. Maybe if enough of us get together demanding it, it will happen.

I heard that Seinfeld said that he wouldn't do any feature films, unless it was a Seinfeld movie! [email] skrev i meddelandet ...

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I couldn't agree more... esp after the king left us with that bizzare ending..honestly, it was dissappointing..a movie would just be perfect..

During all the final episode hype, I read that NBC had already signed Julia to do a one-hour anniversary show and it was very likely that all of them were going to do it. Has anybody heard anything about that?

Here's my take. Remember the ending where they say they'll be back in one year (out of jail)? Well, I thought that could mean that the show would be back in a year or so, in some way, shape or form. Well, it's been a year. But maybe in a little while, we will get a one-hour special, kind of like an update. Sein-guy, Elainey, Can't-Stand-Ya, and Kramerica will get sprung and we get to see a li'l different side of them--maybe a kinder, gentler group now they did hard time. As for a feature film, forget about it. As much as I would like to see it, I can't see Jerry doing it. First of all, it would be the biggest risk of the Seinfeld show ever...he hardly wanted to risk the last coupla seasons, and he turned down $100 million for another season. He wants to keep his legacy golden, not rotten. A 2-hour movie would basically be a 2-hour episode...because let's face it, who wants to see any kind of closure to the series...I certainly don't want some movie showing what eventually leads to the break-up of the group, or show them in their golden years... so the movie could not have anything really significant, just one big episode. And of course, thousands of sein-fans would be screaming foul at that as well. JERRY CAN'T WIN! P/S I am not afraid to admit that Seinfeld episodes is one of the few things in this world I have to live for, so please don't take it away!

At the end of "I'm telling for the first time" he did a Q + A segment only heard on the CD. Someone in the audenince asks him about a movie and he said:

"I don't know about a movie. I mean most of the movies you see aren't that good these days. And they're very complicated. Ya know you go see some peice of junk...and ya know it's like a hundred million $ and 2 years in the making. It's like you go to a bad movie and it's 2 hrs, your in a bad movie it's 2 years. I'm afraid I would be in the movie looking out at the audence going, this sux doesn't it? I can't get out of this thing, they got me under contract.

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I agree. Seemed like most of those 1-hour episodes tended to drag and did not have nearly the quality of the usual 1/2 hour jobs. I think devoting 2 hours to each character's winding storyline in a movie format would simply not work. Maybe if the film contained four distinct episodes like a Twilight Zone or Creepshow... but if they're going to do that they may as well crank out another season in prime time.

--JKB

Jason Barber wrote:

I agree. I think most of those one-hour episodes came about because the show was a little longer than 30 minutes, and for some reason, they didn't want to cut anything out, so instead, they added enough to make it an hour long. For instance, "The Cadillac". There was a ton of padding in that one. Scenes that went on a lot longer than they needed to, scenes that didn't need to be there at all, etc...I think I would have tried to trim that one down to half an hour.

A lot of folks were hoping that...but Jerry made it clear he was never going to restart the series on NBC. And while he hasn't ruled out an eventual one-shot theatrical or made-for-TV feature, he's in no hurry for that project either. Nor is anyone else in the core cast.

If you listen to what Jerry has told interviewers like Bob Costas, he can't see himself doing it until after he's finished rewriting and perfecting his new stand-up routine. (He's completing the writing work this summer, and will probably start limited test performances on the circuit this fall.)

Well, that in itself doesn't necessarily have to happen. There are all sorts of interesting premises on which to build a 90 minute to 2 hour theatrical or TV film...and still leave plenty of ground uncovered too. There have been about 300+ episodes of various TV iterations of Star Trek but that didn't stop Paramount from issuing 9 successful feature films as well. Why not the same fate for Seinfeld & friends?

I sure wouldn't go THAT far...although among the many things I do live for these days, series TV is no longer high on the list since Jerry and the gang went out of original production. . Bob Smith, afternoons WXXI-AM 1370, Rochester NY

...>given the current popularity of comedy

He's considered it himself, but it isn't at the top of his list. It's one of those ideas he won't rule out, but he's expressed some misgivings about---because he's not sure how effective he'd be in a theatrical film. It could still happen. But his retooling of the standup act is still priority one on the list. Any revival movie is a back burner project.

No argument there...but Jerry says he is concerned about that very phrase "if done right." He sees the difficulty of it...and doesn't want to depreciate the legacy he's left. Someone will have to come up with a killer script and storyline...then, maybe, it might come up to the front burner.

Bob Smith, afternoons WXXI-AM 1370, Rochester NY

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I've read in an interview with Jason Alexander in the Backstage magazine (for actors) that Jerry doesn't exactly have the most confidance in himself as an actor. Personally I think he could pull it off. He and the other cast members of the late TV show had a real chemistry together.

It would be great if the film featured his retooled standup act. Jason Alexander could also show off his song and dance talents in the film.

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You mean, after working so hard on his new act, you want him to give it away in a film? I don't think this is likely.

I know many stand-ups who avoid doing television for precisely this reason. It eats up material at an incredible rate.

Ollie

dsch_fan wrote:

The closest thing to a "Seinfeld product" these days is the (not nearly as good) TV series "It's Like, You Know..." Created by many of the same people that wrote and directed Seinfeld it has the same "look and feel" but still lacks the edge and relational themes that made Seinfeld so great.

Universal was to produce "Seinfeld-2000: The Movie" but the actors slated for the four leads, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Jim Carrey and Joe Pesce, turned it down due to prior commitments. :-)