The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

Directed by

Tim Hill

Written by

Jonathan Aibel (screenplay)
Glenn Berger (screenplay)
Tim Hill (screenplay/story)

Produced by

Ryan Harris
Chantal Feghali (executive)
Stephen Hillenburg (executive)
Kevin Lima (executive)

Cinematography

Larry Fong

Music by

Hans Zimmer

Distributed by

Paramount Pictures
Nickelodeon Movies
Paramount Animation
United Plankton Pictures
Mikros Image

Release date

August 14, 2020 (Canada)^[1]
2021^[2]

Film rating

Preceded by

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Playing with Fire

Followed by

PAW Patrol: The Movie

**External links**
IMDb

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run^[3] (originally titled The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge) is the third feature film based on SpongeBob SquarePants. It was released theatrically in Canada on August 14, 2020, and will be released on premium video-on-demand and CBS All Access for the United States and Netflix internationally^[4] in early 2021.

Plot

SpongeBob and Patrick go on a rescue mission to save Gary, who's been snailnapped by King Poseidon and taken to the Lost City of Atlantic City. The movie will reveal the first time our beloved characters (as kids) met at Kamp Koral... a magical moment that brings meaning to the power of true friendship.

Cast

Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants / Gary the Snail
- Antonio Raul Corbo as Young SpongeBob SquarePants
Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star
- Jack Gore as Young Patrick Star
Clancy Brown as Eugene Krabs
Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles
- Jason Maybaum as Young Squidward
Doug Lawrence as Plankton
Jill Talley as Karen
Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks
- Charlotte Grace Prinze as Young Sandy Cheeks
Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Puff
Lori Alan as Pearl Krabs
Awkwafina^[5] as Otto
Matt Berry^[6] as King Poseidon
Snoop Dogg as Himself ^[7]
Reggie Watts^[8] as Chancellor
Tiffany Haddish^[9] as Fish Announcer
Danny Trejo as El Diablo
Keanu Reeves as Sage

Release

Since April 2, 2020, the film's planned theatrical release for May 22, 2020 was postponed to August 7th that year due to COVID-19 pandemic before Paramount finally scrapped its theatrical release. The film will instead be released digitally, first on premium digital formats and then exclusively on CBS All Access.^[10]^[11] According to ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish, he addressed about the uncertainty regarding the film's planned theatrical release following the virus for the sake of public safety even if theaters were to reopen by its release.^[12] On July 30, 2020, Paramount Pictures Canada announced the film would be released in Canadian theaters on August 14, 2020.^[13]

Trivia

SpongeBob-Kamp-Koral-talent-show-Nick-SBSP — Book artwork for the movie

This will be the second SpongeBob SquarePants production to be animated in CGI.
- It is also the very first to be fully produced in the format and to forfeit its 2D animation. It will be animated by Mikros Image which also worked on Sherlock Gnomes, another animated work by Paramount Pictures. Mikros is notorious for its 'cartoon-style' CG animation.
  - The animation is done in style of frame-by-frame 2D animation, previously implemented in movies, such as Netflix's Klaus, The Peanuts Movie, and Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse. This is a first for Mikros itself.
This will be the first SpongeBob movie to be released following the death of series creator Stephen Hillenburg in 2018.
According to the original storyboards, this film was originally going to be a sci-fi adventure where cat invaders take over Bikini Bottom. It was also originally going to be the first SpongeBob film to be shot in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio instead of the usual 1.85:1.
- It was also likely to reuse the 2D traditional animation with full-CG characters before being revamped to a full-CG feature.
The film's title was changed from The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge to The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run on November 12, 2019.^[14]
- The original title was an homage to the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.
The first trailer of the film was released on November 14, 2019.^[15]
A series based on the film, itself a prequel to both the previous films and the series, has been greenlit. Titled Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, the announcement has already met with backlash from fans including former showrunner Paul Tibbitt.
Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer will compose the film's score. Zimmer has previously collaborated in Rango and various blockbuster films.
- Zimmer has previously worked on another film based on a popular animated television series, The Simpsons Movie.
This is the first animated film for Tim Hill as a director after previously working on many live-action/CGI hybrid family films. He was a former storyboard artist and writer, as well as one of the developers. Sponge on the Run marks his official return to the SpongeBob franchise.
- This will also feature the return of Aaron Springer, who lasted worked on SpongeBob in the season 8 finale, "Hello Bikini Bottom!", former animator Frank Weiss, who last worked on "I Had an Accident" in season 3, and former storyboard artist and writer Mark O'Hare, who last working on "The Sponge Who Could Fly" in season 3.
Like the previous films, it will have live-action sequences, but now it will seemingly take place somewhere in a land area rather than at a beach as previously done.
This will be Snoop Dogg's third appearance in a Nickelodeon production, after the Big Time Rush episode "Big Time Christmas" and the Sanjay and Craig episode "Street Dogg".
This will be the first film to use the new Paramount Animation logo.
Tiffany Haddish has previously collaborated in three animated sequels in 2019, as well as the comedy films released by Paramount Players. This is her first animated film with Paramount.
This will be the first SpongeBob film to collaborate with Skywalker Sound, an Academy Award-winning sound studio. It previously collaborated in the SpongeBob short, The Endless Summer.
- Oscar nominee Tom Rogers is the film's sound designer who worked on Toy Story 3. He's also working on The Willoughbys for Netflix, another "frame-by-frame" styled CG animated film released this year.
The film's flashback to when SpongeBob first met Gary as a child is very similar to how Shaggy met Scooby-Doo in Scoob!, another CG animated film based on a television cartoon, released in May (and was originally also planned for a theatrical release, just a week before Sponge on the Run's original intended release, in fact).
- Conversely, both characters sound like an actual child rather than having their original voices high-pitched as in their original cartoons.
- Animator Tony Craig is involved in the two films.
Strangely, while being a SpongeBob film, it is the first theatrical film to be based on a Nicktoon since Sponge Out of Water in 2015 and the first in the 2020s.
This is Matt Berry's second role in a SpongeBob film, having previously voiced Bubbles in Sponge Out of Water.
The film is rated PG "for rude humor, some thematic elements, and mild language" from the Motion Picture Association.
- This is the first Spongebob that has mild language and thematic elements.
  - This is also the second Spongebob movie to have rude humor, the first movie had crude humor for the rating.
The film is likely to be 'darker' compared to previous films since it would feature an antagonist who use snails for cosmetic use.
This is the first animated film produced by Nickelodeon Movies based on an animated series that was made as a theatrical film but will instead go directly to digital (except Canada).

Videos

The SpongeBob Movie Sponge on the Run (2020) - Official Trailer - Paramount Pictures

Official SpongeBob Movie Trailer! Sponge On The Run 🐌 - May 2020

The SpongeBob Movie Sponge On The Run - Big Game Spot - Paramount Pictures

The SpongeBob Movie Sponge on the Run (2020) - World Laughter Day - Paramount Pictures

The SpongeBob Movie Sponge on the Run World Oceans Day

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SpongeBob SquarePants
Characters		SpongeBob • Patrick • Squidward • Mr. Krabs • Plankton • Karen • Sandy • Mrs. Puff • Pearl • Gary • Patchy • Potty • French Narrator • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy • Flying Dutchman • King Neptune • Larry the Lobster • Perch Perkins • Mr. and Mrs. SquarePants • Bubble Bass • Squilliam Fancyson • Mrs. Tentacles • Squidina • Cecil and Bunny Star • GrandPat Star • Ouchie • Granny Tentacles • Narlene and Nobby
Locations		Bikini Bottom • Conch Street • Bubble Bowl • Krusty Krab (Krabby Patties) • Chum Bucket • Mrs. Puff's Boating School • Jellyfish Fields • Goo Lagoon • Kamp Koral
Media	Episodes and movies	Episodes (Seasons: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15) • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run • Video releases (International) • Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (Seasons: 1 • 2) • The Patrick Star Show (Seasons: 1 • 2)
	Albums	Original Theme Highlights • Movie soundtrack • The Yellow Album • The Best Day Ever Album • SpongeBob's Greatest Hits • Sponge Out of Water (Score) • The New Musical • Sponge on the Run (Score)
	Video games	Legend of the Lost Spatula • SuperSponge • Operation Krabby Patty • Revenge of the Flying Dutchman • Employee of the Month • Battle for Bikini Bottom (Rehydrated) • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie • Lights, Camera, Pants! • The Yellow Avenger • Nighty Nightmare • Creature from the Krusty Krab • Atlantis SquarePantis • Underpants Slam! • Drawn to Life • Beach Party Cook-Off • Truth or Square • SpongeBob's Boating Bash • SpongeBob SquigglePants • SpongeBob's Surf & Skate Road Trip • Plankton's Robotic Revenge • SpongeBob HeroPants • The Cosmic Shake • SpongeBob Simulator
	Other	Comic book • Musical
Cast and Crew		Stephen Hillenburg • Tom Kenny • Bill Fagerbakke • Rodger Bumpass • Clancy Brown • Mr. Lawrence • Jill Talley • Carolyn Lawrence • Mary Jo Catlett • Lori Alan

Nickelodeon Movies
1990s	Harriet the Spy • Good Burger • The Rugrats Movie
2000s	Snow Day • Rugrats in Paris • Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius • Clockstoppers • Hey Arnold!: The Movie • The Wild Thornberrys Movie • Rugrats Go Wild • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie • Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events • Mad Hot Ballroom • Yours, Mine & Ours • Nacho Libre • Barnyard • Charlotte's Web • The Spiderwick Chronicles • Hotel for Dogs • Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging • Imagine That
2010s	The Last Airbender • Rango • The Adventures of Tintin • Fun Size • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water • TMNT: Out of the Shadows • Monster Trucks • Wonder Park • Dora and the Lost City of Gold • Playing with Fire
2020s	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run • PAW Patrol: The Movie • The Loud House Movie* • The J Team* • Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank • Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie* • Blue's Big City Adventure* • Fantasy Football* • Snow Day (2022)* • Zoey 102* • TMNT: Mutant Mayhem • PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie • Good Burger 2* • Baby Shark's Big Movie!*
Upcoming	The Thundermans Return* • The Casagrandes Movie • Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie * • Plankton * • The Smurfs Movie • Aang: The Last Airbender • The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants • Untitled Patrick Star spinoff film* • Untitled Zuko film • Untitled earth Avatar film • Untitled TMNT: Mutant Mayhem sequel

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[2] ‘SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run’ Skipping Theaters to Launch On Demand and CBS All Access (EXCLUSIVE)

[3] ttps://twitter.com/YahooMovies/status/846880451906064384

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[5] ttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/paramount-plans-spice-girls-movie-as-part-newly-unveiled-animation-slate-1217519

[6] ttps://www.animationmagazine.net/features/snail-of-a-tale-tim-hill-gives-us-the-scoop-on-the-spongebob-movie-sponge-on-the-run/

[7] ttps://hypebeast.com/2019/6/snoop-dogg-jimmy-kimmel-live-lakers-nba-finals-video-interview

[8] ttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/paramount-plans-spice-girls-movie-as-part-newly-unveiled-animation-slate-1217519

[spongebob-cast-9] NickALive! Twitter post: "Tiffany Haddish and Keanu Reeves to guest star on #SpongeBobMovie #SpongeOnTheRun!"

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[11] ‘SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run’ Skipping Theaters to Launch On Demand and CBS All Access (EXCLUSIVE)

[12] ttps://www.thewrap.com/spongebob-sequel-theaters-august-delay-viacomcbs/

[13] ttps://twitter.com/ParamountCanada/status/1288988083514482688

[14] Telling, Gillian (November 12, 2019). "SpongeBob Is Back! The Man Behind the Voice on Returning for a Big Screen Adventure ". People. https://people.com/movies/spongebob-is-back-the-man-behind-the-voice-tom-kenny-on-returning-for-a-big-screen-adventure/. Retrieved on November 12, 2019.

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