The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run is a 2020 American live-action/computer-animated adventure comedy film based on the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Written and directed by series co-developer and former writer Tim Hill, who co-wrote the story with Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, it is the first film in the franchise to be fully animated in stylized CGI rather than traditional 2D animation. The regular voice cast of the series reprise their respective roles from the series and the previous films, and the plot follows the origin of how SpongeBob met Gary the Snail, and SpongeBob's quest to rescue him after he is kidnapped. It is the third theatrical film based on the series, following the first in 2004 and second in 2015. The film is dedicated to creator Stephen Hillenburg, who died in 2018, and also served as an executive producer on the project.
The film was produced by Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Movies, Media Rights Capital, and United Plankton Pictures, with animation provided by Mikros Image, and was released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the United States on July 13, 2021, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on November 8, 2021, by Paramount Home Entertainment.
== Images ==
File:The SpongeBob Movie Sponge on the Run 2020 US DVD cover.png|US DVD cover
File:The SpongeBob Movie Sponge on the Run 2020 US Blu Ray cover.png|US Blu-Ray cover
File:The SpongeBob Movie Sponge on the Run 2020 UK DVD cover V1.jpeg|UK/Ireland DVD cover (front)
File:The SpongeBob Movie Sponge on the Run 2020 UK DVD cover V2.jpeg|UK/Ireland DVD cover (spine)
File:The SpongeBob Movie Sponge on the Run 2020 UK Blu Ray cover V1.jpeg|UK/Ireland Blu-Ray cover (front)
File:The SpongeBob Movie Sponge on the Run 2020 UK Blu Ray cover V2.jpeg|UK/Ireland Blu-Ray cover (spine)
File:The SpongeBob Movie Sponge on the Run 2020 UK Blu Ray cover V3.png|UK/Ireland Blu-Ray cover (back)
File:The SpongeBob Movie Sponge on the Run 2020 UK Blu Ray disc label.png|UK/Ireland Blu-Ray disc label
==Storyline==
===Plot===
After SpongeBob's beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to The Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary back home.
=== Genres ===
* Animation
*Adventure
*Comedy
*Family
*Fantasy
=== Home Media Rating===
*PG (Ireland)
*PG (UK)
*PG (US)
==Details==
===Countries of origin=== 
*United States
*South Korea
===Category Number===
* 5320212 (UK / Ireland) (DVD)
*5320231 (UK / Ireland) (Blu-Ray)
===Home Media Release Dates===
*July 13, 2021 (US) (DVD / Blu-Ray)
*November 8, 2021 (UK) (DVD / Blu-Ray)
*November 8, 2021 (Ireland) (DVD / Blu-Ray)
==Company Credits==
===Production Companies===
*Paramount Pictures
*Paramount Animation
*Nickelodeon Movies
*Media Rights Capital
*United Plankton Pictures
===Distributors===
* Paramount Home Entertainment (2021) (US) (DVD / Blu-Ray)
* Paramount Home Entertainment (2021) (UK) (DVD / Blu-Ray)
*Paramount Home Entertainment (2021) (Ireland) (DVD / Blu-Ray)
===Special Effects===
*Mikros Image (animation services)
== Technical Specs==
===Aspect Ratio===
*1.85:1
==Trivia==
*This is the first film to feature the 2019 Paramount Animation logo, which would later be used on Rumble (2021).
* This is the first film to feature the 2020 Nickelodeon Movies logo, which would later be used on films such as PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021), The Loud House Movie (2021), and Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022), among others.
==Connections==
=== Follows ===
* The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
===Included in===
*SpongeBob SquarePants: 3-Movie Collection (2021)
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