South Park is lastly going to Paramount+ within the U.S.. Paramount World’s streamer has reached an settlement with South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone‘s firm Park County on a five-year international licensing deal, sources affirm to Deadline. The pact, which continues to be being finalized, is believed to be unique and embrace the following 5 seasons — consisting of 10 episodes every — in addition to the present’s intensive library, sources stated. In accordance the Los Angeles Times, which first reported the information, it’s valued at $300 a yr or $1.5B complete.
The deal is anticipated to be signed earlier than Season 27 of South Park premieres on Comedy Central on July 23. A day later, Parker and Stone are scheduled for a Comedian-Con panel in Corridor H.
The 2 sides have individually been negotiating a renewal of Parker and Stone’s earlier $900 million general deal, signed in 2021 that was to maintain South Park on Comedy Central with new episodes by means of 2027. In response to sources, Paramount and the duo are closing in on a brand new, five-year general deal that can change the present one, kicking in now to align with the brand new South Park streaming deal.
Reps for Paramount declined remark.
Paramount World at all times deliberate to place South Park, considered one of its marquee IP titles, on its streaming platform within the U.S. after its $500M five-year unique streaming take care of Warner Bros. Discovery’s HBO Max expired in late June.
“And beginning this July, [South Park] might be coming to Paramount+ within the U.S.,” the corporate’s co-CEO Chris McCarthy, who oversees Comedy Central and streaming, stated throughout the earnings name in Might.
However negotiations between the corporate, which co-owns the three way partnership behind the animated hit, South Park Digital Studios, with Parker and Stone who run it, and the duo grew to become acrimonious not less than partly due to Paramount’s pending acquisition by Skydance, leading to Parker and Stone threatening authorized motion towards Paramount’s incoming proprietor and President Jeff Shell alleging interference within the streaming rights negotiations. The letter claimed that there have been outdoors gives for 10-year streaming licensing agreements whereas Skydance & Co. pushed for a 5-year time period.
As a part of the standoff, South Park earlier this month was taken off Paramount+ internationally a few weeks after the license deal had expired. However it had remained on HBO Max within the U.S. as WBD Discovery had engaged in talks about extending the home licensing settlement on a non-exclusive foundation. As of this morning, South Park was nonetheless accessible on HBO Max amid speak of last-minute again channeling; The present is anticipated to be phased out within the coming hours because it transitions to Paramount+.
Amid the uncertainty over the streaming deal, South Park‘s Season 27 premiere, initially slated for July 9, was pushed to July 23.
