The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)

Directed by

Tim Hill

Genre

comedy film, live-action/animated film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 3,003 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

SpongeBob sets off to Atlantic City to save his pet snail Gary after he is kidnapped. Along the way he meets some new friends and runs into typical underwater chaos.

sillyfunupbeatcolorfulgoofyadventurouslightheartedwhimsical

What happens

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run is a 2020 American animated adventure comedy film based on the television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Written and directed by series co-developer and former writer Tim Hill, who co-wrote the story with Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, it stars the series' regular voice cast and includes new characters (both live-action and animated) performed by Awkwafina, Snoop Dogg, Tiffany Haddish, Keanu Reeves, Danny Trejo, and Reggie Watts. The film follows SpongeBob on a journey to Atlantic City to rescue his kidnapped pet snail, Gary. The film is dedicated to the series creator, Stephen Hillenburg, who died in 2018, and also served as an executive producer on the project. It is the third theatrical film based on the series. Development for a third SpongeBob film began in April 2015, two months after the release of the second film. By January 2016, Aibel and Berger had been hired to write the film, and by April 2018, Hill had been hired as director. It is the first film in the franchise to be fully animated in stylized computer-generated imagery (as opposed to being entirely animated in 2D like the first film, or the mixing of 2D and CGI animation in the second film). Hans Zimmer composed the film's score. Animation was provided by Mikros Image. Originally slated for a worldwide theatrical release by Paramount Pictures, plans were changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was released theatrically in Canada on August 14, 2020, and digitally on Netflix in other territories on November 5, 2020. It was released as a premium video-on-demand offering and a Paramount+ launch title in the United States on March 4, 2021. Sponge on the Run received positive reviews from critics, and was nominated for Favorite Animated Movie at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards. A fourth film, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, was released in 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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