Paramount Announces Release Dates For New 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' And 'Spongebob' Movies
Are you ready kids and non-kids? Paramount has announced release dates for two Nicktoon-based movies, one for SpongeBob SquarePants, and one for Avatar: The Last Airbender. Both are still untitled and are produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Paramount Animation.
The SpongeBob SquarePants film is scheduled to be released on May 23, 2025. It is the fourth theatrical film for the long-running series, following The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie in 2004, Sponge Out of Water in 2015, and Sponge On the Run, which was released domestically as a Paramount+ launch title in 2021. This film is not one of the three spinoff films announced for the service at an investor day in February, it is separate. The first of those will debut next year.
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The Avatar: The Last Airbender film is scheduled for October 10, 2025. It is additionally produced by Avatar Studios. Series creators Bryan Konietzko and Mike DiMartino formed the studio last year in the wake of creative fallout over at the Netflix live-action series adaptation of the original animated series. The film is the first in line for release out of the three films announced to be in production in June. Directed by Lauren Montgomery, the film follows the original Team Avatar: Avatar Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, and Zuko shortly after the events of the original series.
While it was initially reported for a 2024 release, those were Paramount’s internal, early, and demonstrably unfinalized estimates. It is being animated at Flying Bark, coupling traditional 2D animation with significant CG elements in such a way that pushes the style and boundaries of hybrid animation. 2025 also happens to mark the 20th anniversary of the entire franchise, as the original series ran from 2005-2008.
Both films join an animated musical Smurfs film that is scheduled for February 2025 that may or may not be based on the current TV series iteration that has been airing on Nickelodeon in the U.S. since 2021.
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