Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies have released the first trailer for their next cinematic SpongeBob adventure: “The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.” “Search for SquarePants” marks ...

The Nickelodeon franchise has released a handful of movies focusing on side characters like Plankton and Sandy Cheeks, proving that Spongebob doesn’t need to be the be-all, end-all for the series.

The last theatrically released “SpongeBob” movie, “Sponge Out of Water,” opened to $55 million in February 2015. “Search for SquarePants” will release on Dec. 19.