THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS (2025) – SpongeBob’s Biggest, Craziest, Deepest Adventure Ever 🧽⚔️🌊

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants hits theatres on December 19, 2025—and this time, Bikini Bottom’s brightest sponge is heading into the deepest, darkest corners of the ocean to face the legendary Flying Dutchman. With a star-packed cast, massive laughs, and a bold new adventure, this film is primed to be one of 2025’s biggest animated events. Here’s your ultimate guide.

🧽💥 A Trailer So Big… You Might Just Lose Your Pants

The brand-new trailer for The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants teases one thing loud and clear:

This adventure is BIG.Loud.Hilarious.And extremely SpongeBob.

SpongeBob wants to prove he's a "big guy" to Mr. Krabs — a full-on, certified, brave, sea-legend-level hero. So naturally, he decides to chase down the most terrifying ghost pirate in the history of the seven seas:

The Flying Dutchman.(Voiced by Mark Hamill… yes, THE Mark Hamill. Joker + Pirate Ghost = chaos.)

And with one tiny decision, SpongeBob is thrown into a wild seafaring quest where the stakes are high and the water pressure is even higher.

⚓🏴‍☠️ A Swashbuckling Adventure at the Bottom of the Sea

This film dives deeper than any SpongeBob story before. Literally.

To prove he’s brave, SpongeBob follows the Flying Dutchman far beyond Bikini Bottom — into ancient shipwrecks, cursed waters, haunted trenches, and places that even seasoned pirates whisper about.

Along the way, he drags his loyal crew along for the ride:

• Patrick (who thinks this is a vacation)

• Squidward (who would rather do literally anything else)

• Sandy (who’s scientifically offended by everything she sees)

• Mr. Krabs (mainly there to protect his wallet)

Expect laughs.

Expect chaos .

Expect SpongeBob screaming, “I’M OKAY!” while clearly not being okay.

This movie is pure ocean madness.

🎬 The Fourth Theatrical SpongeBob Film — And the Biggest Yet

This is the fourth major SpongeBob theatrical release after:

• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)

• Sponge Out of Water (2015)

• Sponge on the Run (2020)

But Search for SquarePants 

is different.

It’s cinematic.

It’s ambitious.

It’s SpongeBob turned into a full-blown epic comedy-adventure.

The trailer even drops the cheeky line: “Where no Sponge has gone before.”

And they’re not kidding.

🌟 An All-Star Cast Under the Sea

Your favorite voice cast returns:

• Tom Kenny — SpongeBob

• Clancy Brown — Mr. Krabs

• Rodger Bumpass — Squidward

• Bill Fagerbakke — Patrick

• Carolyn Lawrence — Sandy

• Mr. Lawrence — Plankton

Joined by a stacked supporting lineup:

• George Lopez

• Ice Spice

• Arturo Castro

• Sherry Cola

• Regina Hall

• Mark Hamill as The Flying Dutchman (casting perfection)

Mark Hamill stepping in as the Dutchman is already getting massive buzz — the man just knows how to voice a villain.

🎥 Who’s Behind the Madness?

Directed by: Derek Drymon (a SpongeBob legend)Written by: Pam Brady & Matt LiebermanStory by: Pam Brady, Marc Ceccarelli & Kaz

Music by: John Debney (who also scored Sponge Out of Water)

Backed by the teams at:

• Paramount Animation

• Nickelodeon Movies

This is SpongeBob with premium-level filmmaking energy.

🎉 World Premiere & Release Date

• World Premiere: October 26, 2025 — AFI Film Festival

• US Theatrical Release: December 19, 2025

• Runtime: 88 minutes

Perfect timing for the holiday season, aka the era of “Let’s take the kids to the movies so they stop fighting for two hours.”

🌊🔥 Why This Movie Will Make Waves at the Box Office

Here’s why Search for SquarePants will be everywhere this December:

🔥 Massive nostalgia factor

🔥 Broad family appeal

🔥 Mark Hamill as the Flying Dutchman

🔥 The biggest SpongeBob adventure ever

🔥 A December holiday release (high footfall + families off work)

🔥 SpongeBob is still one of the most globally recognized cartoon icons ever

Paramount wants a hit — and they know SpongeBob delivers one every time.

🧭 Final Verdict: SpongeBob’s Funniest, Wildest, Most Epic Ride Yet

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants isn’t just a movie — it’s a full, deep-sea spectacle.

It’s silly, cinematic, and loaded with heart. It takes SpongeBob into the unknown. It tests his courage. It pushes his humor to “did-he-just-say-that?” levels.

And most importantly…It reminds us why the little yellow sponge still rules animation after 25 years.

As SpongeBob himself might say: “I’m ready! I’m ready! I’m ready… to lose my pants!”

Get ready for December 19 .

Bikini Bottom is calling.