Paramount Pictures has shared The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants teaser trailer for its upcoming adventure comedy. This serves as the latest installment to the popular animated film franchise, based on the iconic Nickelodeon show. Prior to this, Netflix previously released the spin-off Plankton: The Movie last March, which centered around the titular villain and his robot wife Karen.
The movie is currently scheduled to make its debut in theaters on December 19, pitting it directly against James Cameron’s long-awaited Avatar: Fire and Ash movie. It will also be debuting in the same month as other high-profile movies such as Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Anaconda, and Marty Supreme.
Check out The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants teaser trailer below (watch more trailers):
What is The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants about?
“In the film, SpongeBob SquarePants must embark on a journey to the ocean’s depths to face the Flying Dutchman’s ghost, where he’ll encounter challenges and uncover marine mysteries,” reads the initial synopsis.
The upcoming movie is directed by Derek Drymon from a screenplay written by Pam Brady and Matt Lieberman, based on a story by Marc Ceccarelli & Kaz and Pam Brady. The voice cast includes Tom Kenny as SpongeBob, Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick, Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy, Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs, Rodger Bumpass as Squidward, Mr. Lawrence as Plankton, and Mark Hamill as The Flying Dutchman, with Regina Hall, Sherry Cola, Arturo Castro, George Lopez, and Ice Spice in undisclosed roles.
Executive producers are Marc Ceccarelli, Vincent Waller, Pete Chiappetta, Anthony Tittanegro, and Andrew Lary, with Brady, Lisa Stewart, and Aaron Dem serving as producers. It is a production by Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies in association with Domain Entertainment and MRC. The movie has been granted a rated PG for “rude humor, some thematic elements, and mild language.”
