Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story is finally here, and here are all of the filming locations that were used in the Netflix movie, explained. Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story shows off a lot of different locations that are involved in the film’s fictional recounting of the Pop-Tart space race, showing off various factories, company buildings, and even a NASA training room. Although it is possible that more filming locations could be revealed in the future, some of the most prominent Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story shooting locations have already been made known, and here are all of them so far.
Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story is the highly anticipated comedy from director, writer, and actor Jerry Seinfeld, with the eagerly awaited film now released on Netflix. The film recounts the not-so-true story of the development of the original Pop-Tart, portraying it as a space race between Kellogg’s and Post Consumer Brands. The film substitutes true facts for gags, celebrity cameos, and food and breakfast cereal mascots, with it being a fun but not educational time. So, here is every known filming location used in Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story and what in-universe location it stood in for in the final film.
One of the most prominently seen locations in Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story is the University of California, Irvine. UC Irvine is another campus in the broader University of California system, with it obviously being located in Irvine, California. The University of California, Irvine was first founded in 1958, and while it is a fun shooting location for Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, it is far from the first film to shoot there. Movies like Ocean’s Eleven, Poltergeist, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, and more have used the campus to shoot in the past, with Unfrosted being the latest example.
Although there are plenty of locations that Jerry Seinfeld’s Netflix film could have chosen from, Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story picked Aldrich Hall at the University of California, Irvine for the film. At the university, Aldrich Hall is an administration building that features offices for staff members, with it opening in 1974 and being named in honor of the founding chancellor of the University of California, Irvine. Aldrich Hall is a well-known building for individuals familiar with the campus, and its role at the school made it perfectly suited for its use in Netflix’s Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story.
In Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, Aldrich Hall at UC Irvine is used to portray the headquarters of Kellogg’s, a frequently seen location throughout the film. Most of the film centers around Kellogg’s employees developing the Pop-Tart, with many scenes focusing on actors like Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, and Melissa McCarthy handing out in the Kellogg’s headquarters and planning their next move. Because of this, the interior of Aldrich Hall gets a lot of screentime throughout Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, highlighting the administrational functions of the building as the Kellogg’s employees work on creating the first Pop-Tart.
Despite Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story featuring a lot of locations outside of the Kellogg’s headquarters, the rest of the film was actually shot in Los, Angeles, California. The film makes prominent use of soundstages and built sets, with locations like the NASA headquarters and the Kellogg’s Pop-Tart development lab clearly being built on studio sets.
Some locations, such as the exteriors of the headquarters of Kellogg’s and Post Consumer Brands seem to have used computer-generated imagery to create the buildings, making them more closely resemble their real-world locations. However, thee tricks work, allowing Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story to craft a much bigger world while not ever leaving the state of California.
This is even more impressive considering that the true story of Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story takes place in Battle Creek, Michigan, which California does not resemble at all. Thus, the filmmakers had to make the city, sets, and soundstages resemble the Michigan town. While it is possible that more information regarding shoot locations for the Jerry Seinfeld film could come out in the future, Los Angeles, California and the University of California, Irvine are the only ones that have been made known so far, with them making up the vast majority of Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story‘s many locations.