2024 marked a down 12 months for South Park. For less than the second time for the reason that long-running grownup animated comedy started in 1997, the collection went a 12 months with out releasing any new episodes. The one new content material set within the sleepy little mountain city in Colorado was one other Paramount+ film particular, The Finish of Weight problems, launched in Might, and the poorly-received recreation South Park: Snow Day. It marked an uncommon break for a collection that has to this point spawned 321 episodes and the Oscar-nominated Larger, Longer, & Uncut, prompting some hypothesis as to what prompted the freeze in manufacturing. Happily for followers who’ve been eagerly awaiting Season 27, the wait should not be for much longer. Sequence co-creator Matt Stone has since confirmed in November that 2025 will not be as dry with each a brand new season and a brand new Paramount+ particular on the way in which.

Stone appeared on Bloomberg Reside for a wide-ranging dialogue the place he promised that his and Trey Parker‘s flagship present can be again early this 12 months with a particular earlier than getting again on observe with “a bunch extra episodes” someday additional down the road “within the second half of 2025.” Meaning Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny are remaining on the small display regardless of the rampant rumors of one other potential big-screen journey. Given the current observe report beneath Paramount by which they’ve tried to launch a mixture of specials and episodes every year, the brand new season will seemingly stick with round six episodes or so, although nothing is confirmed but.

As for why Season 27 has taken so lengthy, specifically, it partly comes right down to different initiatives. Stone and Parker have certainly been toiling away at a feature-length manufacturing, simply not one involving South Park in any means. “We’re engaged on a film. We are doing a film with Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free and their firm,” Stone continued. “And we’re engaged on it, and it’ll hopefully come out July 4th weekend, reverse Jurassic Park which is fairly humorous.” He teased that this untitled thriller mission shall be a live-action comedy with heavy involvement from the multi-Grammy-winning rap icon, however additional particulars must wait till it will get nearer to launch.

Matt Stone Does not See ‘South Park’ Ending Any Time Quickly

Again in 2021, Stone and Parker signed a gargantuan take care of Paramount World (then ViacomCBS) price $900 million that will safe South Park for the foreseeable future with 14 extra film specials assured, and 6 seasons lined up for Comedy Central by means of 2027. Developing on 4 years later, they nonetheless have a methods to go to meet that settlement. The Finish of Weight problems marked the collection’s seventh particular to this point, leaving seven extra to fill out the streamer’s catalog. Although the lengthy delay between the present’s core episodes could seem a bit regarding, Stone assures that the staff is not operating out of steam simply but. When requested particularly in regards to the long-term way forward for the present, he commented on the character of South Park as a “sandbox” for his or her creativity and a reprieve of kinds for everybody after engaged on different initiatives:

​​”We don’t have an finish in sight. And really, and I’ll say, truthfully, it’s as a result of it’s nonetheless such an superior sandbox. You already know, we’re engaged on a film proper now, a live-action film, and after we get again to South Park, it’s going to be like, ‘Oh, proper, right here we go. I can’t wait to hang around with these characters once more,’ to be tacky about it, however we love doing South Park.”

Beginning later this 12 months with the expiration of South Park‘s take care of Warner Bros. Discovery, all episodes shall be obtainable to stream on Paramount+. Within the meantime, all episodes may be discovered on Max whereas the specials stay Paramount exclusives. Keep tuned right here at Collider for extra on Season 27 and the brand new particular as information comes out.

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