Kendrick Lamar's comedy with South Park creators bumped to 2026

Whether it was motivated more by Lamar’s schedule or Paramount’s, the collaborators’ still-untitled film—originally announced in 2022—has been pushed from its original premiere date of July 4 this year to March 20, 2026, per Deadline. Lamar will be away all summer on tour, while Parker and Stone reportedly have prior South Park commitments.

Neither the plot nor cast of the live-action film have been announced as of this writing, but the script—penned by four-time Emmy winner Vernon Chatman (South Park, The Chris Rock Show, Late Night With Conan O’Brien, Dogvvalker)—is said to be about “a young Black man who interns as a slave re-enactor at a living history museum,” per Variety. 

This will be the first feature film produced by Lamar, although he and SZA already have an Oscar nomination to their names for “All The Stars,” which they wrote together for the Black Panther soundtrack. (SZA also got into the Hollywood game recently with her starring role in One Of Them Days opposite Keke Palmer.) We have to wait another year, but when all is said and done, Lamar may be one step closer to earning elusive PEGOT (Pulitzer, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) status. He’s already got three out of five!