Today in weird breakfast movie news, Netflix has announced that they have been awarded an outstanding $60.3 million in state credits, far outpacing Disney ($27.2 million), Warner Bros. ($16.2 million) and Amazon ($16 million), to make several new projects. One of the most interesting is the film Unfrosted, an origin story about America’s favorite toaster pastry, the Pop-Tart. The film is being directed and produced by comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who will also star. This project alone is being allocated $14.2 million.
Some of the other high-billed projects include Atlas, Beverly Hills Cop 4, Family Leave, and Training Day: Day of the Riot. Atlas is the biggest single project this round, winning $20.5 million. The film is a sci-fi thriller starring Jennifer Lopez. Beverly Hills Cop 4 — which has been delayed several times over the years — was awarded a tax credit in the round last August, but was unable to make use of it. Netflix applied again and was awarded again this round, winning $16.1 million. Family Leave is a body-switch comedy starring Jennifer Garner, and Training Day: Day of the Riot, a Warner Bros. prequel to the 2001 Denzel Washington-Ethan Hawke film.
Check out the full list of new films headed our way below, and let us know what you’re looking forward to.
Studio Films
The Three Joaquins, ABC Signature (Disney), $10.2 million
Atlas, Netflix, $20.5 million
Beverly Hills Cop 4, Netflix, $16.1 million
Dust, Disney, $3.6 million
Family Leave, Netflix, $9.4 million
Greatest Hits, Disney, $4.1 million
The Long Walk, New Line Productions (Warner Bros.), $7.1 million
Training Day: Day of the Riot, Warner Bros., $9.1 million
Unfrosted, Netflix, $14.2 million
Untitled Amazon Studios Movie, Amazon, $16 million
Untitled Original Disney Musical, Disney, $9.3 million
Independent Films
80 for Brady, 80 for Brady Productions (Paramount), $2.5 million
Anemone, AFI Media Holdings, $369,000
Dope Little Creatures, Carbin Pictures, $1.4 million
Earth Mama, Net-Net Worldwide, $850,000
Home, JB CA Film 2 LLC (Jason Blum), $2.5 million
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Net-Net Worldwide, $1.5 million
Incoming, Artists Road, $1.8 million
Lush Life, Strato Films, $1.1 million
Mina Harker, JB CA Film 1 LLC (Jason Blum), $2.5 million
Photos of You, MRC II Holdings, $2.5 million
Raised Eyebrows, Cold Iron Pictures, $1.1 million
Salinas, Hunting Lane, $843,000
Scandalous, MRC II Holdings, $2.5 million
Thirsty, Cold Iron Pictures, $596,000
Transplant, Significant Productions, $744,000
Unintended Accidental Get Away Driver, K Period Media, $683,000
Untitled CG Project, New Regency, $2.5 million
Verona Spies, ARCI, $1 million
Untitled Vernon Chatman Project, Park County (Paramount), $2.5 million
via: Variety