South Park

The Season 27 premiere on Comedy Central, originally slated for July 9, is being moved to July 23.

The delay comes amid tension — including a legal threat — over South Park‘s lucrative streaming rights as the series was caught in the uncertainty over Skydance’s pending acquisition of Comedy Central parent Paramount Global, which co-owns the joint venture behind South Park, South Park Digital Studios, with series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone who run it.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone accused incoming Paramount president Jeff Shell of meddling in contract negotiations with Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix.

Kendrick Lamar has been spotted filming his first-ever movie with South Park co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

A video that surfaced on social media on Monday (September 30) appeared to show K. Dot and co. shooting scenes for the upcoming live-action comedy in Pomona, California.

While the project is largely being kept under wraps, various details have come out since it was first announced almost three years ago.

The as-yet-untitled film will "depict the past and present coming to a head when a young Black man who is interning as a slave re-enactor at a living history museum discovers that his white girlfriend’s ancestors once owned his," according to a synopsis.

Brian Robbins, CEO of Paramount Paramount which owns the distribution rights to the movie, described it as "one of the funniest and most original scripts we’ve ever read and it's certain to create some fireworks" at CinemaCon earlier this year.

Handling writing duties is longtime South Park writer, producer and voice actor Vernon Chatman, who has also worked with Killer Mike and Snoop Dogg on Trigger Warning With Killer Mike and Doggie Fizzle Televizzle, respectively. He was also a writer for The Chris Rock Show.

Parker is directing the film while Stone, Kendrick and his longtime collaborator and fellow pgLang co-founder Dave Free are on board as producers.

It is not yet known if the Compton rapper, who has previous acting experience in 50 Cent’s Power series, will star in the flick.

No other casting information has yet been revealed, although fans can expect the movie to hit theaters on July 4, 2025.

Kendrick has worked with Stone and Parker in the past for his "The Heart Part 5" music video in 2022.

The South Park duo worked on the deepfake technology present in the clip, which saw Kendrick morph into a number of famous figures such as Kobe Bryant, Will Smith and OJ Simpson.

In an interview with The New York Times Magazine, Stone revealed there was one deepfake which did not make the cut: "You see Kendrick turned into 2Pac, Kendrick turned into Kanye, and I think we had Eminem."

"We've tried to do South Park through four or five presidential elections, and it is such a hard thing to— it's such a mind scramble, and it seems like it takes outsized importance," Stone told Vanity Fair. "Obviously, it's f---ing important, but it kind of takes over everything and we just have less fun."

Parker added, "I don't know what more we could possibly say about Trump."

While Parker admits that their decision also has to do with having to wait "for Paramount to figure all their s--- out," Stone notes that skipping Trump is definitely "on purpose."

Trey Parker and Matt Stone are to make a rare public appearance at the Tribeca Film Festival later this week.

The South Park creators will participate in a conversation after the world premiere of documentary ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!.

The event, which takes place on Friday June 7, will be hosted by Watch What Happens Live star Andy Cohen and will also feature director Arthur Bradford.

The documentary, which comes from the producer of 6 Days to Air, tracks the rise, fall and revival of the beloved Colorado landmark Casa Bonita.

Casa Bonita opened in 1974 in an unassuming strip mall. The massive “Disneyland of Mexican restaurants” is an Old West and Acapulco-inspired fever dream made famous by its indoor waterfall, cliff divers, and haunted caves. The restaurant was featured in a 2003 episode of South Park. When the show’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, learn that Casa Bonita might close its doors for good, they attempt to preserve a crumbling piece of their childhood and Denver history. Casa Bonita reopened in May 2023 to preview audiences. The restaurant has served over 150,000 guests since and plans to throw open its doors to the general public later this year.

The doc comes from MTV Documentary Films and will launch on Paramount+ later this year.

Bradford directs and Jennifer Ollman produces. Bradford and Keith Pizzi are executive producers