Poor Pirates

Poor Pirates is an upcoming live-action surreal comedy road-trip film based upon the character of Patchy the Pirate from the animated series , and the song from its musical adaptation of the same name. The film follows Patchy and Potty setting out on a road trip to the Nickelodeon headquarters upon learning that their favorite show SpongeBob has been cancelled. It is set to be directed and written by in her third theatrical directorial credit and will be produced by PI Movies, being their first live-action venture. is acting as the film's producer and financial advisor. Wet Painters Animation is set to provide additional computer generated images and visual effects. 
Poor Pirates is currently set to release on the streaming service on September 19 2021 (or ).
== Cast ==
*Patchy the Pirate as Patchy the Pirate
* as Barbara
* as TBA
* as Mrs. Johnson
* as Himself
* as Himself
* as Security Guard
The film also features various cast and crew of cameoing as themselves.
=== Voice ===
* as Potty the Parrot
** voices Potty via archive through a flashback at the beginning of the film
* as SpongeBob SquarePants
* as Patrick Star
== Transcript ==
== Production ==
Talks about the film began when was considering the concept of a spin-off surrounding Patchy the Pirate. They ultimately scrapped the idea but didn't completely rule out other forms of media. This inevitably led to the idea of a film regarding Patchy. This idea was initially pitched to PI as a jukebox musical/road-trip hybrid film. PI eventually green-lit the concept and began production, although the musical aspects were eventually dropped.
Distribution rights were sold to Cut-Out due to Granolavirus Pandemic closing most movie theatres at the time. Poor Pirates was originally scheduled for a summer 2020 release, and then Q4 2020, but was indefinitely delayed due to issues with the script and the project eventually entered development-hell.
On March 14, 2021 it was announced that the film was still being worked on with a scheduled release date of late-2021. A new logo was also unveiled the same day. On April 13 2021, a new poster was revealed unveiling the new release date of September 19, 2021 (). of Cool Cat Saves The Kids fame was added to the main cast in an undisclosed role, as well as playing himself.
== Soundtrack ==
One song has been confirmed for the film's soundtrack so far. Lil Pampers has signed on to compose the film's score.
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== Trivia ==
*The film is PI's first live-action film.
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