In what might be an early contender for 2022's most unexpected collaboration, Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar is joining with the creators of South Park for a new live-action comedy film, Collider reports.
The film will be written by Vernon Chatman, longtime producer, and writer on South Park for the last 20 seasons. Chatman's credits also include production on Adult Swim cult classics like Wonder Showzen, Delocated, The Shivering Truth, Xavier: The Renegade Angel, and FX's Louie.
The film's synopsis reads: "The past and present [come] to a head when a young black man who is interning as a slave reenactor at a living history museum discovers that his white girlfriend’s ancestors once owned his."
Paramount will handle theatrical distribution, and the film will eventually land on Paramount+. Lamar's company pgLang will handle film production. It will be the first film produced under the company, which was originally founded as a record label, but also a publishing and production house.
Production is set to start in spring, but no director or cast have been tied to the project as of yet.
South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker signed a $900 million deal with ViacomCBS Inc last year, giving them at least six more seasons of South Park and 14 movies.
Lamar is a critically-acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning musician, though he has been relatively quiet on the music front recently, dropping the single "Family Ties" alongside Baby Keem in mid-2021. Lamar is also scheduled to perform during the Super Bowl LVI's halftime show.
Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN.
[Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images]
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The film will be written by Vernon Chatman, longtime producer, and writer on South Park for the last 20 seasons. Chatman's credits also include production on Adult Swim cult classics like Wonder Showzen, Delocated, The Shivering Truth, Xavier: The Renegade Angel, and FX's Louie.
The film's synopsis reads: "The past and present [come] to a head when a young black man who is interning as a slave reenactor at a living history museum discovers that his white girlfriend’s ancestors once owned his."
Paramount will handle theatrical distribution, and the film will eventually land on Paramount+. Lamar's company pgLang will handle film production. It will be the first film produced under the company, which was originally founded as a record label, but also a publishing and production house.
Production is set to start in spring, but no director or cast have been tied to the project as of yet.
South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker signed a $900 million deal with ViacomCBS Inc last year, giving them at least six more seasons of South Park and 14 movies.
Lamar is a critically-acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning musician, though he has been relatively quiet on the music front recently, dropping the single "Family Ties" alongside Baby Keem in mid-2021. Lamar is also scheduled to perform during the Super Bowl LVI's halftime show.
Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN.
[Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images]
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