Overview
- Parker and Stone issued a public apology Wednesday saying they “take full responsibility” for the movie’s repeated schedule slippage and that they still believe in the project.
- The film, working under the internal title Whitney Springs, has no release date after being moved from a July 4, 2025 slot to March 20, 2026 and then removed from Paramount’s calendar in November 2025.
- People close to the production report rough early cuts, in-production rewrites and demands for major reshoots, and the filmmakers reportedly retain broad creative control over the final cut.
- Multiple outlets cite a negative-pickup financing deal in which Paramount committed large sums to the picture, with estimates ranging from about $70 million to as high as $150 million and some reports saying the studio’s commitment exceeded $100 million.
- Paramount’s leadership upheaval after the Skydance merger and the project’s absence from this year’s CinemaCon have reduced the film’s visibility and leave its completion and commercial rollout uncertain.