The SpongeBob Movie: The Fourth Adventure

The SpongeBob Movie: The Fourth Adventure is a 2023 American live-action/animated comedy film directed by Vincent Waller in his directorial debut with a story written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger and Mr. Lawrence and live-action sequences directed by Mike Mitchell. It is the fourth film based on the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants created by Stephen Hillenburg, and stars Jim Carrey and the voices of Tom Kenny, Lori Alan, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Mary Jo Catlett, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence, Mr. Lawrence, and Jill Talley, all reprising their roles from the series.

The film follows Captain Munch (Carrey), a notorious yet underestimated pirate who steals the Krabby Patty secret formula so he can open his own nautical fast food restaurant and prove his worth to his late parents, who were all famous restaurateurs in their prime. When SpongeBob and friends discover the formula is missing, they return to the surface to retrieve it. However, SpongeBob isn't the Captain's biggest threat; Pearl, Mr. Krabs' whale daughter, has also reached dry land, defying her dad's orders to stay behind (and going barefoot as a symbol of her personal freedom). When she discovers Munch's evil deed, she rallies all of Bikini Bottom against the pirate and take back the formula...no matter the cost. To put an end to the chaos, Munch gets the idea of writing a story about SpongeBob and friends in the hopes of trapping them inside the book.

The film was produced by United Plankton Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and released in the United States on July 24, 2023. It received positive reviews from critics and audiences, and was a box office success, grossing $300 million against a $90 million budget.

CAST CAPTAIN MUNCH...JIM CARREY PEARL...LORI ALAN SPONGEBOB...TOM KENNY PATRICK...BILL FAGERBAKKE MR. KRABS...CLANCY BROWN SQUIDWARD...RODGER BUMPASS SANDY...CAROLYN LAWRENCE PLANKTON...MR. LAWRENCE KAREN...JILL TALLEY MRS. PUFF...MARY JO CATLETT DEWEY FINN...JACK BLACK GARY...TOM KENNY PERCH PERKINS...DEE BRADLEY BAKER SPARKY...CARLOS ALAZRAQUI LARRY...MR. LAWRENCE SQUILLIAM...DEE BRADLEY BAKER FLYING DUTCHMAN...BRIAN DOYLE-MURRAY MALE CUSTOMER...JEFF DANIELS FEMALE CUSTOMER...COURTENEY COX POLICE CHIEF...TOMMY "TINY" LISTER JR.                                                                    PARROTS/ADDITIONAL BIKINI BOTTOMITES BRAD ABRELL   LORI ALAN CARLOS ALAZRAQUI   DEE BRADLEY BAKER CLANCY BROWN   RODGER BUMPASS MARY JO CATLETT   BILL FAGERBAKKE MARK FITE   SIRENA IRWIN BOB JOLES   TOM KENNY CAROLYN LAWRENCE   MR. LAWRENCE JILL TALLEY   TOM WILSON SCHOOL OF ROCK VERONICA AFFLERBACH   ALEISHA LANAE ALLEN KEVIN CLARK   MIRANDA COSGROVE BRIAN FALDUTO   JOEY GAYDOS, JR.                                                           JORDAN-CLAIRE GREEN    CAITLIN HALE MARYAM HASSAN   COLE HAWKINS JAMES HOSEY   ZACHARY INFANTE ANGELO MASSAGLI    RIVKAH REYES ROBERT TSAI

PEARL PUPPETEERS...LESLIE CARRARA-RUDOLPH TY KARAC SARGENT

STUNT COORDINATOR...CHRIS ANDERSON ASSISTANT STUNT COORDINATOR...ALEX DANIELS STUNT DOUBLE FOR MR. CARREY...TOM DEAKMAN