The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants Hits Paramount+

Paramount+ today announced that the animated film, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, starring everyone’s favorite aquatic invertebrate, will make its streaming premiere on the service tomorrow, February 17, in the U.S. and Canada. Additional international Paramount+ markets will be announced at a later date.

Search for SquarePants is the fourth theatrical film based on the iconic children’s cartoon character. In the film, SpongeBob and his Bikini Bottom friends set sail in their biggest, yellow-est, most side-splittingly hilarious, all-new, can’t miss cinematic event ever.

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 when no Sponge has gone before.

Upon the film’s release, Search for SquarePants received rave reviews from critics and is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The film earned $165 million worldwide, including $71 million from North American theaters and $94.4 million from international markets.

Directed by series veteran Derek Drymon, the action-packed family film is heralded by the show’s regular voice cast (Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence, and Mr. Lawrence) along with a star-studded supporting voice cast including George Lopez, Isis “Ice Spice” Gaston, Arturo Castro, and Sherry Cola, with Regina Hall and Mark Hamill.

This latest addition to the SpongeBob SquarePants universe joins the ocean of SpongeBob content available on Paramount+, including the past three theatrical releases, The Patrick Star Show, Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years, and a 15-season catalog of the original SpongeBob SquarePants series.

Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies are presenting The SpongeBob Movie: Sarch for SquarePants, based on the series SpongeBob SquarePants created by Stephen Hillenburg. The story is by Marc Ceccarelli & Kaz and Pam Brady, and the screenplay is by Pam Brady and Matt Lieberman.

The movie was produced by Lisa Stewart, p.g.a., and Pam Brady, with Aaron Dem, Marc Ceccarelli, Vincent Waller, Pete Chiappetta, Anthony Tittanegro, and Andrew Lary serving as executive producers.