Deadline reports that Paramount’s The SpongeBob Movie, the third installment in the SpongeBob SquarePants movie trilogy, will debut in theaters on July 17, 2020.
The second film, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, hit theaters in February 2015 and was directed by Paul Tibbitt.
The third SpongeBob Movie will be launching against the Bob’s Burgers animated feature for Fox, as well as untitled projects from Warner Bros. and Universal.
The movie will be directed by Tim Hill (SpongeBob SquarePants) and written by Emmy winners Jonathan Aibel (King of the Hill, Trolls) and Glenn Berger (Monster Trucks, Kung Fu Panda), and Michael Kvamme (I Swear, Winchester Palace).