Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon have released the first trailer for the upcoming SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Sponge out of water. The movie is all set to hit the theatres on 6 February, 2015.
The trailer sees SpongeBob, Patrick Star and the rest of the gang adopt superhero powers to tackle a pirate hell bent on anarchy.
The film is directed by the show writer and executive producer Paul Tibbitt, and written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. The movie stars the regular television cast – Tom Kenny as SpongeBob, Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick, Rodger Bumpass as Squidward, Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs, Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy and Mr. Lawrence as Plankton. The despicable pirate, Burger-Beard, is played by Antonio Banderas.
The film is a mix of live-action and animation and sees SpongeBob leave his underwater dwelling to take on the human world. Animation for the film was done overseas by Rough Draft Studios in South Korea.
