Comedy Central Renews "South Park" through 2027, 14 Movies Set for Paramount+

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Yes, 14 "South Park" Movies will Debut Over the Next 6 Years
by Joey Nolfi
Aug. 5, 2021


Fans will be goin' down to South Park for at least 14 feature films on Paramount+ thanks to a massive new deal inked by beloved series creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

MTV Entertainment Studios announced Thursday the long-running animated program's run on Comedy Central has been extended through 2027, with a planned 14 movies based on the series slated to hit the Paramount+ streaming service over the same period.

The first two films will premiere by the end of 2021, just ahead of the show's 25th anniversary in 2022.




"Comedy Central has been our home for 25 years and we're really happy that they've made a commitment to us for the next 75 years," said Parker and Stone in a joint statement.

"When we came to ViacomCBS with a different way to produce the show during the pandemic, Chris (McCarthy), Nina (Diaz), Keyes (Hill-Edgar) and Tanya (Giles) were immediately supportive and enabled us to try something new that turned out to be really well received. We can't wait to get back to doing traditional South Park episodes but now we can also try out new formats. It's great to have partners who will always take a chance with us."

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Keep it going South Park.

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South Park may get its own weed now that Trey Parker and Matt Stone have "f*** you money" from their $900 million ViacomCBS deal

Stone notes that he and Trey Parker will have even more money that they could invest, including buying the real-life Casa Bonita restaurant and selling weed based on South Park's Tegridy Farms. The $900 million deal comes two years after South Park reruns sold to HBO Max as part of a deal worth more than $500 million. "That was one of the better things that happened in our financial life," Stone tells Bloomberg News of the HBO Max deal. "We took it to market and established its worth on the open market. That’s rarely done right now." Do they worry about cancel culture? "No. As you can see from this deal, we have ‘f*** you’ money now," says Stone. "We’re more interested in it than whining about it. It’s a legit cultural change. We explore it all the time in the show." Stone points out that "we’ve been rich for a long time. We have nice houses and cars. Even this giant deal won’t change my day-to-day. I’m not going to buy a new watch. We’re a media company. We use the proceeds from this to invest. These are multi-year projects we invested a bunch of money in. We have a South Park 3D video game, release date unknown. We’re doing deep fakes. We have a studio with a dozen people who are deep fake artists. We’re working on a little more of this deep fake movie we’re trying to piece together. We have a horror movie. A musical. I think we’re really for the first time going to bring Tegridy Weed into real life. We are gunning for this restaurant that’s just been abused in Colorado. It’s Trey’s dream to revamp Casa Bonita."

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South Park may get its own weed now that Trey Parker and Matt Stone have "f*** you money" from their $900 million ViacomCBS deal

Stone notes that he and Trey Parker will have even more money that they could invest, including buying the real-life Casa Bonita restaurant and selling weed based on South Park's Tegridy Farms. The $900 million deal comes two years after South Park reruns sold to HBO Max as part of a deal worth more than $500 million. "That was one of the better things that happened in our financial life," Stone tells Bloomberg News of the HBO Max deal. "We took it to market and established its worth on the open market. That’s rarely done right now." Do they worry about cancel culture? "No. As you can see from this deal, we have ‘f*** you’ money now," says Stone. "We’re more interested in it than whining about it. It’s a legit cultural change. We explore it all the time in the show." Stone points out that "we’ve been rich for a long time. We have nice houses and cars. Even this giant deal won’t change my day-to-day. I’m not going to buy a new watch. We’re a media company. We use the proceeds from this to invest. These are multi-year projects we invested a bunch of money in. We have a South Park 3D video game, release date unknown. We’re doing deep fakes. We have a studio with a dozen people who are deep fake artists. We’re working on a little more of this deep fake movie we’re trying to piece together. We have a horror movie. A musical. I think we’re really for the first time going to bring Tegridy Weed into real life. We are gunning for this restaurant that’s just been abused in Colorado. It’s Trey’s dream to revamp Casa Bonita."

Trey Parker and Matt Stone's $935 million new South Park deal was thanks to their 50-50 "digital rights" split with Comedy Central

In 2007, Parker, Stone and their longtime attorney, Kevin Morris, negotiated an ad-sharing deal with Comedy Central that would give them a 50-50 split on digital revenue. "At the time, 'digital rights' wasn’t a conversation in dealmaking," explains The Hollywood Reporter's Lesley Goldberg. "Now, as Scarlett Johansson and Disney can attest, it’s the centerpiece of every deal as media companies prioritize their in-house streaming services. So in 2019, when HBO Max spent $550 million to be the exclusive domestic streaming home of South Park’s entire 23-season-plus library, Parker and Stone cashed in for $275 million. Fourteen years ago, receiving 50 percent of all non-TV revenue sounded absurd. Now, those digital rights — which include video games and other endeavors — along with ViacomCBS’ need to bulk up its streamer, Paramount+, have helped the creators score one of the biggest deals in TV history. Over the years, Parker and Stone have reaped their gains. Comedy Central licensed South Park to Hulu in back-to-back deals worth $87.5 million and $110 million. The value of South Park’s library has only skyrocketed in recent years — fueled by new seasons of the series that still makes headlines in its 23rd season — as streaming services rely on hits like Friends and The Office to draw subscribers."