According to ComicBook, South Park will be coming back with new episodes. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the scheduling of the episodes has been shaking up for the past few years. However, a new deal signed with Paramount+ has been shaking up for the past few years . They have brand new episodes, streaming specials along with a regular season episode. Fans have long awaited for the return of this cartoon and now can finally get to watch as the wait is over.
The last special South Park: End of Obesity, was released in Spring 2024 and has received little fan rave since it release. South Park co-creator Matt Stone (The Book of Mormon, South Park: Post Covid)revealed that it has been while since new episodes has been released because of an upcoming project with Kendrick Lamar(Not Like Us, Swimming Pools) and Dave Free(We Cry Together,The Button). But despite all of the setbacks South Park will be returning in 2025.
Co-Creator Matt Stone has made fans aware that the crew of South Park has being working non-stop on projects which includes a movie with Lamar and Free and their company. Stone said about the project “We are working on a movie. We are doing a movie with Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free and their company”. He has also stated that there haven’t been any updates since last spring but he is confident they will be releasing on the 4th July.
Stone continued “We are working on it, and it will hopefully come out July 4th weekend…opposite Jurassic Park...which is pretty funny.But that is what we are doing, and then we will do South Park.” He then revealed that at the start of 2025 they are coming back with one episode (which is possibly a new special for Paramount+) before returning for a new full season of episodes much later in the year. “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”.
The creators have avoided new episodes releasing in 2024 due to the presidential election. With the election having passed, a new path has opened for new projects to be released and specials to be announced. With a new year the creators anticipate a new era in South Park and hopes to bring joy to the fan base.