He already has a Pulitzer Prize and 17 Grammys to his identify, however Kendrick Lamar might be including a few new movie awards to his crowded mantle quickly. On the ultimate day of CinemaCon (April 11), Paramount Footage introduced the brand new live-action comedy from Lamar and South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker begins taking pictures quickly, and in addition revealed the discharge date.
“I’m excited to announce that we’re going into manufacturing this summer time on a [comedy] from the creators of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker,” Paramount movie chief Brian Robbins revealed to the viewers in regards to the presently untitled movie, in line with The Hollywood Reporter. “This script is among the funniest and most authentic scripts we’ve ever learn, and it’s sure to create some fireworks when it hits theaters on July 4, 2025.”
The Independence Day theatrical launch for the movie is apt contemplating its plot. Beforehand introduced in 2022, the upcoming film will “depict the previous and current coming to a head when a younger Black man, who’s interning as a slave re-enactor at a dwelling historical past museum, discovers that his white girlfriend’s ancestors as soon as owned his,” in line with a press launch on the time.
In the course of the presentation, Robbins additionally confirmed that the film is ready to start taking pictures this summer time. Lamar, together with Grammy winner Dave Free, will produce the image by pgLang, a multidisciplinary communications firm specializing in music and visible media that the 2 based in 2020. Stone and Parker will produce through Park County, a media and leisure firm the 2 Emmy winners based in 2012.
Whereas Stone and Parker — who’ve been dabbling in musicals since 1993’s Cannibal! The Musical — await the debut of season 27 of South Park, the official announcement of their forthcoming movie with Lamar follows a very energetic few months for the “Humble” rapper.
In March, Lamar teamed up with Future and Metro Boomin for the Billboard Sizzling 100-topping “Like That,” which embrace a fiery verse that discovered him throwing direct pictures at fellow weblog period superstars Drake and J. Cole. That musical battle has dominated headlines since, with J. Cole responding (“7 Minute Drill) and rapidly retracting his reply, whereas Drake continues to hold followers ready for his response to Lamar’s call-outs.
Though Lamar boasts 4 consecutive Billboard 200 chart-toppers and an eye-popping 72 profession entires on the Sizzling 100 — together with the No. 1 singles “Humble” (one week), “Dangerous Blood” (with Taylor Swift, one week) and “Like That” (two weeks) — he’s not the one collaborator on the forthcoming movie with some Billboard chart success. On the chart dated July 24, 1999, the South Park: Greater, Longer & Uncut soundtrack peaked at No. 28 on the Billboard 200.
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