Spongebob: The Giant Ouctopus

Spongebob: The Giant Ouctopus is an 2018 American 2D animated adventure/action comedy mystery film based on the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. The sequel to The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) and the fourth installment in the SpongeBob SquarePants film series, it was directed by Tim Hill and Kent Osborne. The film is the first in the series to be fully animated in stylized traditional 2D animation. The regular voice cast of the series reprise their respective roles from the series and the previous films and including new characters performed by Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Doug Lawrence, Jill Talley, Carolyn Lawrence, Nicki Minaj, Derek Hough, Steve Carrell, Scarlet Johansson, Jeffrey Tambor, Enid-Raye Adams, Bebe Rexha and Becky G.

Cast

 * Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants / Gary the Snail
 * Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star
 * Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles
 * Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs
 * Doug Lawrence as Plankton
 * Jill Talley as Karen the Computer Wife
 * Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Perch Perkins
 * Ana Sani as (Unknown Character)

Including cast

 * Nicki Minaj as Bella the Mermaid
 * Derek Hough as Denny Tentacles
 * Steve Carrell as Tinder Tentacles
 * Scarlet Johansson as Mindy the Mermaid
 * Jeffrey Tambor as King Neptune
 * Enid-Raye Adams as Frader the White Rainbow Jellyfish
 * Bebe Rexha as Catfish
 * Becky G as Spongalina
 * Lucien Dodge as Smellacuda
 * Rashida Jones as (Unknown Character)
 * Rob Riggle as Fishhook the Bad Fish Guy

Development
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Filming
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Theatrical
Spongebob: The Giant Ouctopus was originally scheduled to be theatrically released on October 26, 2018, by Paramount Pictures.

Home media
Spongebob: The Giant Ouctopus was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 8, 2019.

Sequel
In April 2015, Viacom announced a third SpongeBob SquarePants movie was in development. In April 2018, Tibbitt was replaced as director by Tim Hill and the third film's official subtitle, It's a Wonderful Sponge, was announced. Paramount assigned the third film with a scheduled release date of August 7, 2020. On January 22, 2019, it was confirmed that production on the film had officially begun. On November 12, 2019, the title of the movie had been changed from its original title, It's a Wonderful Sponge, to its new title, Sponge on the Run. The film had a theatrical release in Canada on August 14, 2020, with a release of the film on premium video-on-demand and Paramount+ for the United States on March 4, 2021.