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Brent Lang Executive Editor “South Park” co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are teaming with Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free on a new live-action comedy that will hit theaters just in time for our nation’s birthday. The film is slated to open on July 4, 2025 and will be distributed by Paramount Pictures. It faces some stiff competition.

Paramount is going into production this summer and has set a July 4, 2025 date for an untitled live-action musical from South Park duo Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Par’s President and CEO Brian Robbins made the announcement during the studio’s CinemaCon presentation today.

Valerie Wu Intern Skybound Entertainment, the company behind animated TV series “Invincible,” has acquired the historic Spike & Mike’s animation events, with plans for a revival. Marge Dean, head of studio at Skybound Entertainment, announced the news at Toronto’s Animation Industry Conference (TAAFI) on Saturday. Spike & Mike began in the 1970s as a curator of animated shorts.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Paramount+ has released a first-look clip of the event special “South Park: Joining the Panderverse.” The opening of the clip (which can be seen below) sees Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny being played by a group of diverse women. As it turns out, the whole sequence is a nightmare of Cartman’s. His mother tries to comfort him, but he insists she check under the bed to make sure “there’s no Disney executives under there,” namely Kathleen Kennedy.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have suffered yet another mortifying attack as the producers of the cartoon satire Family Guy have mocked the former royal couple.

South Park special trailer in which Cartman, Stan, Butters, and Kenny swap genders – watch the trailer below.The episode, called South Park: Joining the Panderverse will premiere on October 27 in the US and Canada.In the trailer, Cartman, Stan, Butters, and Kenny appear as female versions of themselves.The official synopsis of the episode reads: “Cartman’s deeply disturbing dreams portend the end of the life he knows and loves.

Paramount+ has announced a new South Park special event that is headed to the streamer later this month. South Park: Joining the Panderverse will debut Friday, October 27, in the U.S. and Canada and Saturday, October 28, in the UK and Australia with further international markets to follow.

The studios are putting on a united front when it comes to the striking scribes and actors, but Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount Global dust-up over who really has the streaming rights to Eric Cartman and the South Park gang shows no signs of settling down.

The creators of South Park are certainly no strangers to controversy. But we wonder if they expected to find it with their new restaurant!

They haven’t quite killed Kenny, but Paramount Global tonight took a hard swipe at Warner Bros Discovery over South Park.

tweeted one user. “Nice to see Kenny’s uncovered face with his blonde hair,” said another user.

South Park co-creator Trey Parker is set to direct a live-action comedy film produced by Kendrick Lamar, according to reports.The untitled collaboration between Lamar and South Park creators Parker and Matt Stone was announced last year, who were all producing the project with the rapper’s longtime manager Dave Free.According to Above The Line, Parker will now direct the film himself, from a script written by South Park producer Vernon Chatman.Production on the project was supposed to begin in spring last year, but it’s claimed Parker’s commitments to South Park pushed the schedule back to an unknown date.As per the initial announcement, the comedy film “will see 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”.Speaking about the project, Brian Robbins, president and CEO of Paramount Pictures, said: “On behalf of Paramount Pictures and the wider ViacomCBS family, we look forward to ushering in the first theatrical collaboration from these creative visionaries, and galvanizing audiences worldwide around a powerful storytelling experience.”South Park is currently in its 26th season, which recently attracted attention through an episode that parodied Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.Lamar is set to headline festivals Outside Lands, Roskilde and Open’Er later this year, which comes after the release of his fifth studio album ‘Mr.

TikTok user, who goes by the name Kelly on the social media platform, has recreated a mock-up of Prince Harry’s book cover that was parodied on a recent episode of the Comedy Central animated series.The Duke of Sussex, 38, debuted his bombshell memoir “Spare,” in January and “South Park” dubbed a novel written by an ex-Canadian prince “WAAAGH.”The episode featured the ex-royals from Canada on a “Worldwide Privacy Tour” where they appear on a variety of talk shows to moan about wanting to be private.“South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone included a book cover that looks suspiciously like Harry’s, with a red-headed, freckled cartoon prince in a close-up shot.Inspired by the episode, Kelly brought the animated cover to life, illustrating the image through graphic design software.In a variety of TikToks, Kelly showed off her process, as well as placing the fake book jacket onto an actual hardcover novel.After designing the wrapping on her computer, she printed out the cover and folded it into the correct dimensions. Before purchasing “Spare” to fit the new jacket, Kelly had placed it on top of the 2004 Patricia MacDonald novel “Suspicious Origin.”“And I think that joke writes itself,” she said in a video.Kelly then made the trek to Target to purchase the ex-royal’s book following fan demand to plant the cover on the actual, 400-page tell-all novel.The art influencer’s idea earned many comments from her viewers, who couldn’t help but laugh over the fake cover.“My f–king hero,” someone beamed.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is suing Paramount Global, saying its competitor aired new episodes of the popular animated comedy series “South Park” after Warner paid for exclusive rights.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer HBO Max’s parent company has filed a lawsuit that accuses Paramount Global of reneging on parts of the $500 million licensing deal set in 2019 for the streaming rights to episodes of “South Park.” The suit, filed Friday in New York state Supreme Court, asserts that Paramount breached the contract by steering “South Park” specials and other content to its own Paramount+ platform. The suit alleges that Paramount “blatantly intended to prop up Paramount+ at the expense of Warner/HBO,” and that Paramount engaged in “multiple and flagrant duplicitous contortions of fact and breaches of contract.”

“upset and overwhelmed” by it, and the couple’s approval ratings in the US have even taken a dive. Despite rumors of a lawsuit, the couple’s rep told The Post that Harry and Meghan thought the episode was “all frankly nonsense … totally baseless and boring” and denied allegations that the couple planned to sue. Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone were unfazed by the uproar, recalling a long history of lawsuits, including battles with Scientology over their notorious episode mocking Tom Cruise. The episode follows cartoon characters who claim to want to stay out of the spotlight but go on various talk shows.

“South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have broken their silence amid the show’s recent mocking of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.The Comedy Central writers appeared on Wednesday’s “Basic!” podcast to discuss the cartoon’s legacy and many uproars over the years, just a week after bashing the ex-royals.The showrunners ignited a firestorm of controversy after parodying a privacy-seeking ex-royal couple from Canada in the Feb.

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have spoken out on the legal issues surrounding their show as the controversy amid their jibes at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle rages on.

South Park takes aim at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in the show’s 26th season.In the season’s second episode, titled Worldwide Privacy Tour, the Prince and Princess of Canada (modeled after Harry and Meghan) conduct TV interviews and set off firework displays around town in a demand for privacy.In the episode, the couple appear on Good Morning Canada to promote their book titled Waaagh. “We just want to be normal people, all this attention is so hard,” the characters remark.After the episode was released in the US last week (February 15), Harry and Meghan have denied rumours they are suing the show over the depiction.

South Park.The ex-royals were parodied and heavily mocked in the episode, ironically titled The ‘Worldwide Privacy Tour’, which aired on February 15.While the Duke and Duchess of Sussex weren’t specifically named, it was clear that the fictional ‘Prince and Princess of Canada’ were entirely based on them.In the episode, the Prince and Princess move to South Park in an attempt to find some privacy, despite clearly seeking attention by going on press tours, shouting in public and letting off firework displays in their front garden.The Princess is described in one scene as the Prince’s “Instagram-loving bitch wife”, while the Duke parody promotes his new autobiography titled ‘Waaagh’.According to a source at The Spectator, Markle is “upset and overwhelmed” by the episode’s portrayal of her and her husband.

Top 10 Highest Paid Entertainers of 2022, thanks to the majority sale of his production company Plan B in December. According to Forbes, the actor/producer earned $113 million after all fees were paid and also earned $30 million from acting roles in “Bullet Train,” “Babylon” and “The Lost City.” Through Plan B, Pitt has produced Oscar-winning films “Moonlight,” “12 Years A Slave” and “The Departed.” Pitt, who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” also took home a Best Picture statuette for “12 Years a Slave.” He was outranked by Tyler Perry, who founded his own studio in Atlanta in 2015. Perry raked in $175 million in 2022 and has an estimated $1 billion fortune.The complete top 10 on Forbes’ Highest-Paid Performers of 2022:1.

The list of the highest paid figures in entertainment has been revealed, and some of the top slots might come as a surprise.

Forbes has published its annual breakdown of the highest-paid entertainers, revealing that Taylor Swift, The Rolling Stones and Bad Bunny were among the biggest revenue-raisers in 2022.Swift came ninth on the list, totalling $92million in earnings between the release of her ‘Midnights’ album last October and subsequent ticket sales for her upcoming ‘Eras’ tour. It marks her sixth time on the highest-earners list, having previously topped it in 2019.

Taylor Swift is in a league of her own — literally. Swift made' annual list of highest-earning entertainers, where she was the only female performer to make the rankings at all.Due to her ongoing popularity, streaming royalties, licensing fees and other income streams, the «Anti-Hero» songstress raked in an estimated $92 million in 2022.According to Swift could end up making even more this year.

Comedy Central has set Wednesday, February 8 for the Season 26 premiere of South Park.

Ahead of her appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show this Thursday in Las Vegas, Deadline talked to CAA Chief Metaverse Officer Joanna Popper about preparing the organization and its clients to be metaverse ready, and the significance of the agency’s recent investment (through Connect Ventures, an investment partnership with New Enterprise Associates) in Deep Voodoo, the artificial intelligence startup formed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s AI studio Deep Voodoo said Wednesday that it has secured a $20 million in an investment round led by Connect Ventures. The South Park creators’ startup said it will use the capital to accelerate its development of deep-fake technology, VFX services and original synthetic media projects.

THQ Nordic teased another South Park video game at the end of its digital showcase yesterday (August 12) in collaboration with South Park Digital Studios.The reveal came right at the end of the stream, when THQ Nordic said it has 26 unannounced games still in development, which it then scratched out and reduced to 25 after showing the South Park Digital Studios logo alongside audio of South Park character Randy Marsh screaming “Hot hot hot hot”.The exact moment in the stream can be seen below.As of publication (August 13), it’s unclear what platforms this game will be on, or if it will be similar to other major Triple-A games in the franchise.In recent years, South Park has stuck to RPGs. 2014’s The Stick Of Truth was developed by Obsidian Entertainment in collaboration with South Park Digital Studios, while 2017’s The Fractured But Whole was developed by Ubisoft San Francisco.However, a new video game in the televisionfranchise was mentioned by creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone back in 2021. According to that report, a “3D video game” was in the works but there’s been no indication yet if the two projects are the same.

Rush, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, reunited to perform onstage together at the second evening of South Park‘s 25th anniversary shows in Colorado this week.Appearing at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Wednesday night (August 10), Lee and Lifeson played a rendition of ‘Closer to the Heart’, from the band’s fifth studio album, 1977’s ‘A Farewell to Kings’.Marking their first performance since the death of their Rush bandmate, drummer Neil Peart, in early 2020, the pair were joined by Primus along with South Park co-creator Matt Stone who played drums. Rush last performed in 2015, before breaking up in 2018.“This is one of the most amazing moments of my life,” Primus frontman Les Claypool told the audience mid-way through the song.

Kyle Eustice The second night of the South Park 25th anniversary shows at the historic Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado Wednesday night provided plenty of surprises — even, in some cases, for the key figures on stage, not all of whom had been prepped ahead of time about a crowd-rousing musical cameo from two members of Rush.With an unprecedented number of Kyle, Cartman, Stan and Kenny costumes sprinkled throughout the sold-out crowd, the concert got underway with the co-creators of the Comedy Central animated series (and proud Colorado natives), Trey Parker and Matt Stone, performed a rendition of “Uncle Fucka” that magically brought tears to some of those watching. Despite the expectedly crass lyrics, the song felt more like a ballad, with Parker at the grand piano singing his heart out and Stone on the mic shouting the word “fucka” with the passion of Pavarotti.

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have confirmed that their deep fake film about Donald Trump is currently “on hold”.Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, the pair revealed that film – titled Deep Fake: The Movie – was a day away from starting production, only to be halted by the pandemic.Parker and Stone had previously worked with Peter Serafinowicz on the viral web series Sassy Justice, which used deepfake technology to project the faces of celebrities and politicians onto fictional characters. Some of the notable figures included Trump, Mark Zuckerberg and Jared Kushner.This web series, however, was just the beginning of Parker and Stone’s foray into deepfake technology.“Not a lot of people know that we were a day away from starting production on the first feature movie we had done since Team America: World Police,” said Parker.“We were going to start shooting on the day that the pandemic shut everything down.

Zack Sharf “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker went viral during the pandemic thanks to their surprise deepfake video, “Sassy Justice,” which has earned over 2 million views on YouTube since its October 2020 debut. The 14-minute short finds a deepfake Donald Trump, voiced by Peter Serafinowicz, reporting news out of Cheyenne, Wyoming under the eponymous moniker. The project was the first bit of content to come out of Deep Voodoo, Stone and Parker’s deepfake production studio.Stone and Parker said at the time that “Sassy Justice” came about because “we just wanted to make fun of [deepfakes] because it makes it less scary,” but it turns out the project had its roots in a full-length Donald Trump deepfake movie that Parker and Stone were working on and then scrapped because of the pandemic.

EXCLUSIVE: Eric Cartman and co are turning 25 and to mark the milestone South Park Studios and Paramount Global are launching pop-ups in several cities around the world.

South Park’s 25th anniversary concert will be shown on Comedy Central and Paramount+.The two-night event, set to take place at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado, on August 9-10, will feature performances of classic songs from the show. Creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker are set to make an appearance, along with Primus and Ween.For those unable to get tickets, the show will be broadcast on Comedy Central on August 13 at 10pm ET and will be available to stream a day later on Paramount+ in the US.

South Park: The Streaming Wars – you can check it out below.The first part, which aired on Paramount+ on June 1, saw the residents of South Park tussle over elevated land to make money streaming water to others in the town as they faced a drought – combining themes of climate change with the battle between streaming services like Netflix and Disney+.In a trailer for The Streaming Wars Part 2, Randy is seen going “full-nuclear Karen” as he tries to gain access to a water park.South Park: The Streaming Wars Part 2 is scheduled to be released on Paramount+ on July 13. The service is available through Amazon Prime in the UK for an additional fee.This is the fourth feature-length special to be released on Paramount+, following last year’s specials South Park: Post Covid and South Park: Post Covid: The Return Of Covid.South Park concluded its 25th season after six episodes back in March.

The fourth South Park TV movie event on Paramount+ is set.