Two a long time after the discharge of Bigger, Longer and Uncut, the primary and solely South Park film to this point, collection creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone will produce 14 direct-to-streaming films for Paramount+ as a part of a brand new deal the 2 signed with ViacomCBS to maintain the present on Comedy Central by way of 2027. According to Bloomberg, the settlement is price greater than $900 million over six years, simply eclipsing the roughly $500 million AT&T subsidiary WarnerMedia spent in 2019 to safe unique streaming rights to the present for HBO Max.

Parker and Stone have not made a film collectively since 2004’s Team America: World Police. The first two movies included of their ViacomCBS deal will debut later this yr. Stone instructed Bloomberg he and Parker plan to broaden the world of South Park by utilizing the flicks as a possibility to introduce new characters and ideas.

What the deal does not embody is streaming rights to the South Park TV collection. As talked about above, Viacom licensed these to WarnerMedia in 2019, and that settlement continues to be in place. However, the $900 million funding within the model does recommend the corporate will try and convey the collection to Paramount+ finally. 

ViacomCBS government Chris McCarthy hinted as a lot within the press launch saying right this moment’s information. “Matt and Trey are world-class creatives who brilliantly use their outrageous humor to skewer the absurdities of our culture and we are excited to expand and deepen our long relationship with them to help fuel Paramount+ and Comedy Central,” he stated. “Franchising marquee content like South Park and developing new IP with tremendous talent like Matt and Trey, is at the heart of our strategy to continue growing Paramount+.”