Overview
- Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon released the main trailer today for The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.
- The preview sets up a seafaring quest as SpongeBob seeks to prove he is a “big guy,” crossing paths with the Flying Dutchman and venturing into the deep sea.
- Series stalwarts return, including Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Carolyn Lawrence, and Mr. Lawrence.
- Mark Hamill voices the Flying Dutchman, while Ice Spice joins the cast with a first listen of the original song Big Guy.
- The movie opens in U.S. theaters on December 19, 2025, the franchise’s first cinema release since 2015 and the first feature without Hillenburg’s direct input.