Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies has shared a first look clip from the upcoming Search for SquarePants, the latest movie in the unstoppable SpongeBob SquarePants franchise. The film is currently set to hit cinemas – including in 3D where available – on December 20, 2025.
In the film SpongeBob and his Bikini Bottom friends set sail in their biggest, all-new, can’t miss cinematic event ever…The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman – a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate – on a seafaring comedy- adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.
Watch the latest clip from the film in the player below:
The latest SpongeBob movie is directed by Derek Drymon based on an original story by Marc Ceccarelli & Kaz and Pam Brady and screenplay by Pam Brady and Matt Lieberman. The film stars Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence, Mr. Lawrence, George Lopez, Isis “Ice Spice” Gaston, Arturo Castro, Sherry Cola with Regina Hall and Mark Hamill.