Board Thread:Naruto Gaiden/@comment-12509038-20150702050604/@comment-734582-20150705113955

Matako wrote: Well Kishimoto is not the sole owner of Naruto. As much as I know Jump does still own the rights Naruto, while TV Tokyo and Pierrot own restricted rights to the Naruto anime. I'm certain they can go as far as to produce a new Naruto series not written by Kishimoto himself, like it was done with GT. Considering how most of these things go for new and aspiring writers, Kishi likely signed away the rights to Naruto years ago. So yes, it's likely that a new Mangaka will be found or (god forbid) the Anime will come with new content.