First Look At "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water"

The American national daily newspaper USA Today has unveiled a exclusive first-look at Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures' upcoming brand-new "SpongeBob SquarePants" movie, "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water"!

In the still from the film, below, Nickelodeon's iconic animated character SpongeBob SquarePants and his pals have come out of the water and have hit the beach!


In this exclusive first look at the upcoming movie "SpongeBob: Sponge Out of Water", due to be released on Friday 13th February 2015, the main cast get a new "real world" look once they leave their animated sea city of Bikini Bottom.

In Nick and Paramount's "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water", the team start in their usual animated world. Then late in the movie they transform to CG-animated superheroes to fight off a menace endangering their beloved Bikini Bottom - SpongeBob SquarePants becomes The Invincibubble, Patrick Star turns into Mr. Superawesomeness, Squidward Tentacles is Sour Note and Mr. Krabs turns into Sir Pinch-A-Lot.

The Avengers-type group of superheroes then need to deal with the threat of Antonio Banderas, who plays a villainous pirate in the movie.

The "Sponge Out of Water" crew will be at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2014 on Thursday 24th July 2014 to show off the new-look superhero characters and footage from the movie. It is speculated that Nickelodeon will also unveil the first trailer for "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" at SDCC.

Additionally, USA Today have also unveiled a exclusive interview with Tom Kenny, the iconic voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, and Paul Tibbit, the director of the movie, in which they talk about Nickelodeon's upcoming brand-new SBSP film, which you can read below:

Exclusive peek at SpongeBob in 'Sponge Out of Water' (Photo: Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Animation)

The classic underwater animated character SpongeBob SquarePants has come out of the water at last. He's hitting the beach — and he's buff to boot.

In this exclusive first look at the upcoming movie SpongeBob: Sponge Out of Water (due out Feb. 13, 2015) the main cast gets a new "real" look once they leave their animated sea city of Bikini Bottom.

"It's a bold new world where no Sponge has gone before. I'm still getting used to it," says Tom Kenny, who has voiced SpongeBob for 17 years. "You've seen someone in a certain way for so long... It's just really different."

The character's zany personality remains the same in this second movie installment for the long-running Nickelodeon television franchise — Kenny still voices SpongeBob even with his new look which comes late in the movie.

"It's not like SpongeBob has gone through any personality rewiring, there's no reboot. Daniel Craig will not be voicing him," says Kenny. "It's just a very different likeness."

The team start in their usual animated world. Then they transform to computer graphic superheroes to fight off a menace endangering beloved Bikini Bottom.

Patrick Star turns into Mr. Superawesomeness, SpongeBob Squarepants becomes The Invincibubble, Squidward Tentacles is Sour Note and Mr. Krabs turns into Sir Pinch-A-Lot.

"It's the big climax of the movie," says director Paul Tibbit. "They all come to shore in our world. And they transform themselves into an Avengers-type team to do battle. Their world is in jeopardy."

Not that they look to be a serious crime fighting team going forward.

"I don't know if these guys could take out Thor and The Hulk, but they might give them a run for their money," says Tibbit.

The group needs to deal with the threat of Antonio Banderas, who plays a villainous pirate in the movie. "He's got a great comedy touch," says Kenny. "And we've seen him in Zorro. He really knows how to swash a buckle. If there were pirates today, he would definitely pass as one."

The Sponge Out of Water crew will be at Comic-Con in San Diego on Thursday to show off the new-look superhero characters and footage from the movie.

Kenny believes fans will be excited. He's ready for some shocked reactions too.

"There a thin line between a riot and a paroxysm of joy," he says. "Either way, it's Comic-Con and it's always good to have your escape route planned."

SpongeBob SquarePants in the upcoming movie "SpongeBob: Sponge Out of Water," from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.(Photo: Paramount Pictures)

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