South Parkis set for a big comeback in 2025. Matt Stone, co-creator of the acclaimed adult animated series,confirmed aSouth Parkmovie special will arrive early this year via Paramount+ followed by new episodes on Comedy Central.
2024 saw Stone and co-creator Parker releasing an Ozempic-themed special in May, and that was it forSouth Parklast year.It was just the second year without a new season ofSouth Parksincethe long-running series' premieredin 1997, asThe Directpointed out.
The slow-down in 2024 also prompted a cascade of searches for a 2025South Parkmovie on the big screen. Now, it appears the beloved series will remain on the small screen this year, with a “movie special” and more new episodes.
Parker and Stone also have a live-action comedy film in the works. Back in November 2024, Stone spoke withBloombergabout a project he and Parker are working on with hip-hop star Kendrick Lamar and associate Dave Free as a possible reason for the South Park hiatus.
“We are working on a movie. We are doing a movie with Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free and their company. And we are working on it, and it will hopefully come out July 4th weekend, opposite ‘Jurassic Park’ which is pretty funny.
“[Kendrick Lamar is] very involved. And Dave Free is very involved. Every day they are working on it. But that is what we are doing, and then we will do ‘South Park.’ Beginning of next year, we are coming back with one episode, and a bunch more in the second half of 2025. But we are working on something.”
While there has been speculation thatSouth Parkbeing largely absent in 2024 could signal a looming end to the beloved series,Stone dispelled those notions.
"We don’t have an end in sight. And actually, and I will say, honestly, it is because it is still such an awesome sandbox. You know, we are working on a movie right now, a live-action movie, and when we get back to ‘South Park,’ it is going to be like, ‘Oh, right, here we go.’ I cannot wait to hang out with those characters again, to be cheesy about it, but we love doing ‘South Park.’”
Always quick with a topical joke, Stone added, “I think we will last long enough to reach the singularity and pass it off to our AI.”
South Park Signed Some Serious Ink in 2021
There’s also the fact that Parker and Stone signed a massive deal with ViacomCBS in 2021,guaranteeing newSouth Parkepisodes on Comedy Central through 2027. The deal also includes14 original movies which stream through Paramount+.
Why We Haven’t Gotten a Sequel to the 1999 South Park Film
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was a critical and financial success 25 years ago, but a sequel has never come to fruition.
The upcoming 2025 movie special will count among the 14 in the contract, with seven released so far. Those titles includeSouth Park: Post COVID(July 19, 2025),South Park: Post COVID - The Return of COVID(July 09, 2025),South Park: The Streaming Wars(July 29, 2025),South Park: The Streaming Wars Part 2(June 02, 2025),South Park: Joining the Panderverse(August 10, 2025)South Park (Not Suitable for Children)(August 02, 2025), andSouth Park: The End of Obesity(July 16, 2025.)
With just half of the movie specials out, and Stone confirming new episodes on the way,the state of theSouth Parkunion seems strong.
