Kendrick Lamar’s Doable 2026 Tour May Push Again His Upcoming Comedy With ‘South Park’ Workforce

Kendrick Lamar’s long-awaited comedy movie with South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone is inching nearer to the end line, however there’s one issue nonetheless clouding its launch schedule. Kendrick may hit the street subsequent yr. In line with new studies from Selection, the movie has quietly turn out to be probably the most protected initiatives at Paramount. Solely a handful of executives have been allowed to learn the script, and insiders describe it as “outrageously humorous,” with Kendrick, Parker, and Stone sustaining full artistic management.

The trio has reportedly been crafting the comedy for years, constructing round a premise that initially adopted a younger Black museum employee who grows uninterested in reenacting slavery for vacationers. Sources observe that the early logline could also be outdated, because the movie has gone via vital rewrites and reshoots.

These reshoots had been really a part of the delay. Kendrick allegedly pushed for main adjustments late within the course of, which stalled the unique manufacturing timeline. With Paramount underneath new possession, executives are reportedly nervous however haven’t any selection however to launch the film theatrically. One insider even joked they’ll drop it “with closed eyes and gritted enamel,” given the daring artistic course.

Trey Parker can be mentioned to look within the movie because the mayor of the city the place the story unfolds. Furthermore, including one other layer of South Park humor to Kendrick’s already experimental imaginative and prescient.

However the largest query mark is timing. Phrase broke elsewhere that Kendrick was contemplating a world tour. And if that turns into official, the studio must schedule the movie round his availability. With Kendrick carrying the extent of affect he does, Paramount is unlikely to launch it with out his full promotional assist. Which means the film could possibly be pushed even additional, relying on how the tour plans develop.

For now, the movie stays completed however floating, prepared for the correct second. And ready on Kendrick’s subsequent transfer. If he does hit the street subsequent yr, followers may get a blockbuster tour and a wild new Kendrick-led comedy in the identical period.