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The SpongeBob Movie: The Search for SquarePants
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| The SpongeBob Movie: The Search for SquarePants | |
|---|---|
 © Paramount Global | |
| Movie No.: | 4 (SpongeBob Movie franchise) 6 (overall) |
| Season(s) of show at time of release: | 15 or 16 (awaiting future episodes) |
| Based on: | The television series SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Release date: | December 19, 2025 |
| Previous Movie(s): | Plankton: The Movie |
| Next Movie(s): | TBA |
| Characters | Actors/Voice actors |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | Tom Kenny |
| Flying Dutchman | Mark Hamill |
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The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants is an upcoming film based on Nickelodeon's hit TV show SpongeBob SquarePants, to be released on December 19, 2025. In this movie, SpongeBob goes to the deepest depths of the ocean where he will face off against the Flying Dutchman.
[edit] Trivia
- This film was first announced at CinemaCon 2023 with a release date of May 23, 2025. The release date was ultimately changed to December 19, 2025 amid the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes, which saw the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) go on strike (the WGA begun its strike on May 2 and SAG-AFTRA followed suit on July 13, with the strikes ending on September 27 and November 9, respectively); the labor disputes also delayed some other movies' releases (and, in some cases, even the production schedule of those films) and heavily affected the television industry (including almost all daytime and late night topical programs employing WGA writers, which broadcast only reruns from May 2 onward (most such shows didn't return with new episodes until early October) and the fall network television schedules, which resorted mainly to unscripted programs or acquisitions from other outlets (scripted programs didn't return until midseason, mostly during 2024). For example, Nickelodeon's sister network CBS resorted mainly to shows originally made for other Paramount Global-owned outlets.
- Debuts of new episodes of SpongeBob and its spin-offs were, however, not affected by the labor disputes (as animated shows, episodes of SpongeBob and SpongeBob-related shows require longer lead times before they premiere compared to live-action scripted shows).
| Movies |
| Feature-Length Movies: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020) • Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024) • Plankton: The Movie (2025) • The SpongeBob Movie: The Search for SquarePants (2025) TV Movies: Atlantis SquarePantis (2007) • Truth or Square (2009) • SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout (2019) • Kreepaway Kamp (2024) |
