‘South Park’ Creators Apologize for the Years-Long Delay of Their Kendrick Lamar Movie: ‘We Still Believe in the Project’
Creators apologize for the years-long delay of an unfinished $100 million musical.
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Who apologized for the delay?
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone apologized for the delay.
Who is the movie about or associated with?
The project is associated with Kendrick Lamar and involves a reparations musical.
Which studio is involved?
Paramount is sitting on the project, according to the coverage.
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- Primary Driver: Creators apologize for the years-long delay of an unfinished $100 million musical.
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A $100 million reparations musical featuring Kendrick Lamar remains unfinished and heavily delayed, according to recent entertainment reporting. Outlets including Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Playlist, The A.V.
Club, and The Ankler covered the rare apology, highlighting the status of the project that Paramount is currently sitting on. The delay impacts Paramount as the studio holding the unfinished project, alongside the creators and Kendrick Lamar, who are tied to the musical.
Coverage does not yet specify a new release date or a revised production schedule for the unfinished film.
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The reporting (7)
- ‘South Park’ Creators Apologize for the Years-Long Delay of Their Kendrick Lamar Movie: ‘We Still Believe in the Project’ Variety · 5h ago
- Trey Parker & Matt Stone Blame ‘South Park’ For Delay Of Their Still-Unfinished $100M Kendrick Lamar Reparations Musical The Playlist · 7h ago
- South Park guys issue rare, apparently genuine apology for not getting their Kendrick Lamar movie done yet A.V. Club · 7h ago
- 'South Park' Creators Apologize for Delay of Kendrick Lamar Movie Variety · 7h ago
- Paramount Is Sitting on a $100 Million Reparations Musical. Why? The Ankler · 7h ago
- ‘South Park’ Creators Apologize to Kendrick Lamar, Paramount for Movie’s Delay: “We Still Believe in the Project” The Hollywood Reporter · 7h ago broke it first
- ‘South Park’ Creators Apologize to Kendrick Lamar, Paramount for Movie’s Delay: “We Still Believe in the Project” The Hollywood Reporter · 7h ago broke it first
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