Production on the first film began in 2002 after Hillenburg and the show's staff completed the third season. I'm continually dazzled and delighted with what these guys came up with." Of the plot, Bill Fagerbakke (the voice of Patrick) said, "It's just nuts.
That's where the comedy's coming from, having these two naïve characters, SpongeBob and Patrick, a doofus and an idiot, on this incredibly dangerous heroic odyssey with all the odds against them." The writers decided to write a mythical hero's quest for the 2004 film: the search for a stolen crown, which brings SpongeBob and Patrick to the surface. He was concerned, after watching The Iron Giant and Toy Story with his son, about the challenge of SpongeBob and Patrick doing something more cinematically consequential and inspiring without losing what he called the SpongeBob "cadence." He said, on a break from season four post-production, "To do a 75-minute movie about SpongeBob wanting to make some jellyfish jelly would be a mistake, I think This had to be SpongeBob in a great adventure. Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures had approached SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg for a film based on the show as early as 2001, but he refused for more than a year. Production The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie A dark grey cell indicates that the character does not appear in the film.A third film, Sponge on the Run, was directed by former show writer Tim Hill and released in 2020.įurther information: List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters and List of SpongeBob SquarePants cast members Characters Sponge Out of Water, directed by former showrunner Paul Tibbitt, followed in 2015.
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It was originally planned to act as the series finale, but the franchise's success led to the production of more episodes. Hillenburg directed the film, which was theatrically released in the United States on Novemto critical and commercial success. He initially refused their offers, but began developing it in 2002 upon completion of the show's third season. Plans for a film based on the series began in 2001 when Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures began approaching series creator Stephen Hillenburg for a theatrical feature. Lawrence, Jill Talley, Carolyn Lawrence, Mary Jo Catlett and Lori Alan. The films feature the regular television voice cast: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Mr. The films are distributed by Paramount Pictures. SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series that has been adapted into multiple theatrical films, beginning in 2004 with The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
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