South Park creators ink massive deal which also includes 14 movies
New York, New York - The boys are back in South Park, and they’ll be there for awhile.
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have signed a six-year deal with ViacomCBS through 2027, giving cable’s longest-running scripted show "an unprecedented 30th season," Comedy Central announced Thursday.
In addition to the new seasons, the deal also includes 14 spinoff movies for ViacomCBS’ Paramount+ streamer.
"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," Parker and Stone said in a statement.
The Book of Mormon co-creators skipped a new season of the animated series, which premiered 24 years ago next week, amid the pandemic in 2020 but did release The Pandemic Special” and this year, the South ParQ Vaccination Special.
"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," Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of MTV Entertainment and CCO of Adult Animation at Paramount+, said in the release.
McCarthy noted that "franchising marquee content ... is at the heart of our strategy to continue growing Paramount+."
The $900 million deal is one of television’s largest-ever deals, Bloomberg reports.
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