“South Park” Creators Address Delay of Kendrick Lamar Movie

Trey Parker and Matt Stone have accepted responsibility for the long delay of their untitled live-action comedy with Kendrick Lamar. The South Park creators said competing demands from their animated series and circumstances in their lives disrupted the movie’s schedule, but emphasized that they still believe in the project.

The movie no longer has a release date

In a statement first given to The Ankler and reported by Variety and TheWrap, Parker and Stone apologized to their partners at pgLang and Paramount. Their message thanked both companies for their patience and directly described the schedule problem as their responsibility.

The project had already moved through two announced release windows. Paramount initially planned to open it on July 4, 2025, then shifted it to March 20, 2026. That second date also passed without a release, and the studio has not placed a new date on its calendar.

The absence of a new timetable is the biggest practical takeaway from the apology. Parker and Stone’s statement signals that the film remains active in their view, but it does not say when production will be completed, when promotion might begin or when audiences should expect to see it.

A rare feature collaboration remains in development

Vernon Chatman wrote the screenplay, and the project has circulated under the working title Whitney Springs. Paramount has publicly described it only as an original live-action comedy, keeping its plot and Lamar’s possible onscreen role under wraps.

Lamar and Dave Free are producing through pgLang, while Parker and Stone are producing through Park County. The collaboration connects Lamar’s expanding work in film with the duo behind one of television’s longest-running animated comedies.

If completed, the movie would also mark Parker and Stone’s first feature in more than two decades. Their previous theatrical release was the 2004 puppet satire Team America: World Police, which followed 1999’s Oscar-nominated South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.

Lamar arrives at the project with a major music résumé and prior screen work, including an appearance in the 2024 Pharrell Williams documentary Piece by Piece. Yet the latest update is less a promotional launch than an attempt to clarify why the comedy has missed its dates. Until Paramount issues a new schedule, the film’s future rests on the creators’ stated commitment rather than a firm path to theaters.