The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants Gets First Trailer With an Unexpected Cameo

The hunt is on. The authoritative trailer for the latest SpongeBob offering, The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants, has officially deed supra oversea level nonstop from Paramount — and needless to say, this looks similar different amusive thrust with our favourite sponge.

The sneak peek is afloat of jokes, charm, and intriguing story, arsenic good arsenic immoderate truly chill animation, which has been a accordant portion of the SpongeBob movie franchise since 2015’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.

One absorbing happening astir the trailer, though, is that it highlights the acting debut of nary different than Ice Spice, 1 of the astir fashionable rappers of the past fewer years. The musician, known for her abbreviated curly reddish hair, appears concisely successful the trailer successful what seems to beryllium a cameo relation — but you can’t miss her, betwixt her recognizable dependable and her hair, which her quality besides rocks.

The authoritative synopsis for the movie reads, “Desperate to beryllium a large guy, SpongeBob sets retired to beryllium his bravery to Mr. Krabs by pursuing The Flying Dutchman — a mysterious swashbuckling shade pirate — connected a seafaring comedy-adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the heavy sea, wherever nary Sponge has gone before.”

This is the 4th movie successful the SpongeBob franchise, which started with 2004’s deed movie The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. Despite the fantabulous container bureau showing — implicit $140 cardinal globally connected a fund of $30 cardinal — Paramount and Nickelodeon didn’t spell guardant with different SpongeBob movie until implicit a decennary later. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water was released successful 2015, and past 5 years aft that, the 3rd installment The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge connected the Run was released.

SpongeBob SquarePants was created by animator and writer Stephen Hillenburg successful 1999. Hillenburg died astir 20 years aboriginal successful 2018.

The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants volition get successful theaters connected December 19, and volition surely travel to Paramount+ sometime aft that, but there’s nary authoritative streaming merchandise day conscionable yet.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.