Sandy In Texas

Sandy In Texas (also titled Sandy In Texas: A SpongeBob Movie) is a 2022 American live-action/computer-animated Western adventure comedy film directed by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger and produced by Paul Tibbitt, Mark Osborne and Peggy Thomas based on a screenplay by Aibel and Berger and a story from Tim Hill. It is based on the animated television series Sandy's Texas Rodeo, and stars Carolyn Lawrence as the title character, with Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, and others in voice roles, and stars the Frisco-based sports-comedy group, Dude Perfect.

The film was conceived in 2019 during the 20th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants. Screenwriters Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger had began planning a plot and a story for the film, going by the name of Sponge Out of Water 2, but its name was changed to Sandy In Texas. Principal photography took place in Houston, Austin, and Frisco, Texas.

Produced by Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Movies, Bikini Bottom Pictures and Buddy Animation, with Cinesite providing animation services, the film was released on August 11, 2022 by Paramount Pictures in the United States, to positive reviews from critics, praising its animation, voice cast (particularly Lawrence and Kenny), faith to its source material, visual effects, themes, and its plot. The film was a box office success, grossing $465 million worldwide on its budget of $92 million.