Grab your horses — we’re going to Texas! Netflix has unveiled the official trailer and poster for Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, the streaming service's brand new SpongeBob SquarePants spin-off movie focusing on Sandy Cheeks, set to premiere globally on Friday, August 2, 2024!
In Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, when Bikini Bottom and all its denizens are suddenly scooped out of the ocean, Sandy Cheeks and SpongeBob SquarePants journey to Texas to save the town from a villainous plot.
They messed with the wrong squirrel. When Bikini Bottom and all its denizens are suddenly scooped out of the ocean, Sandy Cheeks and SpongeBob SquarePants journey to Texas to save the town from a villainous plot.
The film will see Carolyn Lawrence, Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Bill Fagerbakke, Mr. Lawrence, Rodger Bumpass reprising their SpongeBob roles of Sandy, SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs, Patrick Star, Plankton and Squidward Tentacles, respectively. Joining the cast will be Wanda Sykes, Johnny Knoxville, Craig Robinson, Grey DeLisle, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, and Matty Cardarople. Liza Johnson directs.
As is the case with earlier movies, Saving Bikini Bottom uses 3D computer animation and mixes animation with live-action photography. At a recent Netflix event, they previewed a scene from the film, which involved Sandy and her family (Johnny Knoxville, Craig Robinson and Grey DeLisle) involved in a high-speed car chase. All of the characters were animated and everything else was real photography. It played well.
The film is produced by Nickelodeon Movies with animation services by Pipeline Studios in Ontario (The Tiger’s Apprentice, Dora series), the CG feature film will premiere August 2 on the streamer.
An aquarium load of new stills was also revealed with the new preview:
The movie is directed by Liza Johnson (episode director on Dead to Me, Silicon Valley, A Series of Unfortunate Events) from a teleplay by series veteran Kaz (SpongeBob SquarePants) and Tom Stern (The Andy Milonakis Show, Saul of the Mole Men), based on the SpongeBob SquarePants series created by Stephen Hillenburg.
Saving Bikini Bottom is the first in a planned series of animated features devoted to SpongeBob’s many sidekicks. Netflix recently announced Plankton: The Movie, which is scheduled to debut next year and focuses on SpongeBob’s perpetual foe, Plankton (voiced by Mr. Lawrence, who also cowrote the upcoming movie). There are also still big screen SpongeBob outings on the way as well, as Paramount has announced The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants which is scheduled to arrive in theaters on Dec. 19, 2025.
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie – August 2, 2024
When Bikini Bottom and all its denizens are suddenly scooped out of the ocean, Sandy Cheeks and SpongeBob SquarePants journey to Texas to save the town from a villainous plot.
- Director: Liza Johnson
- Executive producers: Marc Ceccarelli, Vincent Waller
- Teleplay by: Kaz and Tom Stern
- Story by: Kaz. Based on the Series SpongeBob SquarePants by Stephen Hillenburg.
- Voice cast: Carolyn Lawrence, Tom Kenny, Wanda Sykes, Clancy Brown, Bill Fagerbakke, Mr. Lawrence, Rodger Bumpass, Johnny Knoxville, Craig Robinson, Grey Delisle, Ilia Isorelys Paulino, Matty Cardarople
The news comes as SpongeBob SquarePants is celebrating its milestone 25th anniversary.
Over the past few years, Netflix has released several Nickelodeon movies exclusively based on established Nick IP, including The Casagrandes Movie, but other movies included Invader Zim: Enter the FLORPUS, The Loud House Movie, Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie. Netflix also acquired the international rights to The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run midway through the pandemic. Netflix also released the SpongeBob game SpongeBob: SquarePants Get Cooking! to its 50+ strong arsenal of mobile game titles. The game developed by iLLOGIKA.
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Originally published: July 09, 2024 at 23:03 BST.