'The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants' Trailer Readies An Underworld Trip
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There’s a major battle brewing this Christmas, as December 19 houses two major theatrical releases. However before Wednesday, the broader public had seen nothing of Avatar: Fire and Ash and The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants with just over five months until release. While the latter probably won’t beat the former at the box office, it has beaten it to revealing its first trailer, a teaser suspiciously in time for the release of next week’s Smurfs movie, almost like a certain cat in front of the cape. It also fulfilled the promise made with Tuesday’s release of the poster.
Still in the CG style introduced by Sponge Out of Water, which became the standard with its whole-film usage in Sponge on the Run, Nickelodeon’s official synopsis for the film tells that “Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman… on a seafaring comedy-adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.” The film’s first act was shown at last month’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival, in which SpongeBob is tall finally enough, but not brave enough to ride a rollercoaster. SpongeBob clings to the idea of getting his swashbuckler certificate but in doing so unwittingly summons the spirit of the Flying Dutchman and actually signs himself away, taken to the Underworld. The teaser itself is very joke-focused, with the crown jewel being Squidward hearing “underworld” and jumping into an “under where/underwear” riff.
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Directed by franchise veteran Derek Drymon, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants marks the franchise’s return to American theaters after a decade, as a COVID-caused pivot for Sponge on the Run turned it into a Paramount+ launch title, and Sandy and Plankton-centric films released to Netflix. It stars Tom Kenny as SpongeBob and Gary, Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs, Rodger Bumpass as Squidward, Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick, Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy, and Mr. Lawrence as Plankton, with Mark Hamill taking on the role of The Flying Dutchman, and seeing as he’s seen in the role in live action, the vocal consistency at least at this self-contained level, makes a lot of sense. Maybe the level of physicality is something a man six years younger than original actor Brian Doyle-Murray could achieve at this stage of his life. As announced at Annecy, George Lopez, Regina Hall, Sherry Cola, Arturo Castro, and soundtrack contributor Isis Gaston aka Ice Spice, have roles as well. It seems Jill Talley, Lori Alan and Mary Jo Catlett, Karen, Pearl, and Mrs. Puff respectively, are on the sidelines this time.
It is produced by Paramount Pictures with Nickelodeon Movies in association with Domain Entertainment and MRC. Reel FX handled animation for the mostly CG feature, with Cinesite providing support for integrating live-action footage. The release of Smurfs will have the SpongeBob short “Order Up”, which will have waited a decade for its release, while The Search for SquarePants will have a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles short attached set in and starring the Turtles of the Mutant Mayhem continuity, “Chrome Alone 2: Lost in New Jersey” directed by Kent Seki.
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