Jerry Seinfeld Interview About Bee Movie, 30 Rock and What's New for Seinfeld Fans

During the Seattle stop of the promotional tour for the upcoming "Bee Movie", I got the chance to watch a few completed scenes and speak with the producer, star, and writer of the film, Jerry Seinfeld.

The festivities opened with a warm welcome and some witty jokes where Seinfeld took aim at erectile dysfunction drugs, the lack of fashion sense for fathers, and having three children. Up next were two very entertaining shorts that will be used to promote the film. The first one followed Seinfeld as he walked through the halls of DreamWorks animation while cots of sleeping animators lined the halls. Then he took a few questions from members of the press who were in attendance, but they mainly followed how he liked working on 30 Rock, will there be any new Seinfeld outings, and so on. Seinfeld was clearly here to talk about his film, but he graciously pointed out that he had a great time doing 30 Rock and that there are no plans to do any more Seinfeld work, or work with Larry David. He did say that on the pending final set of Seinfeld there would be a bonus feature where the cast interview each other about each episode that can be played along at the bottom of the episodes.

A series of clips roughly 10 minutes in length were then shown, punctuated by Director Steve Hickner who was in attendance and set up each scene perfectly. The scenes were amazingly good and were highly entertaining and captivating. The film has a charm to it that blends the emotions of the characters well with great visuals and pop culture references which bodes well for the film when the full version is unveiled in a few weeks.

After the sneak peak, we were able to ask Seinfeld a series of questions in a round table forum with seven other journalists. What follows is a summary of the interview.

I enjoyed my time with Jerry Seinfeld as he was a very likeable and straightforward person, who based on what we have seen, has crafted a wonderful film in Bee Movie.

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