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REVIEW: “The Spongebob Movie: Search For Squarepants”
If it weren’t for Paramount executives deciding to give the film a full-feature treatment rather than a streaming release to Netflix, we might have missed theater-sized entertainment.
Director Derek Drymon Talks ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’

Director Derek Drymon Talks ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’

Avatar photoBill Desowitz|
December 12th, 2025
Derek Drymon, longtime writer and creative director of the SpongeBob SquarePants series, finally got to direct the latest "Search for SquarePants" movie. We talked to him about it.
INTERVIEW: Ninja Turtles Holiday Power In “Chrome Alone 2”

INTERVIEW: Ninja Turtles Holiday Power In “Chrome Alone 2”

Avatar photoJackson Murphy|
December 1st, 2025
Kent Seki, the cinematographer of 2023 animated feature Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, has directed the new holiday short Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey. Seki dives into the making of the short, which is Oscar qualified and will screen in theaters nationwide with The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants starting December 19th.

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“The Smurfs” Head To Nickelodeon with Brand New CGI Episodes in 2021

Nickelodeon, the number-one network for kids, and LAFIG Belgium and IMPS, the worldwide licensors for The Smurfs, are partnering to bring a brand-new original CG-animated series based on the iconic property to a new generation of kids and families around the world. Under the deal, Nickelodeon has licensed the global rights to The Smurfs which […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|June 18, 2020
“The Smurfs” Head To Nickelodeon with Brand New CGI Episodes in 2021

Nickelodeon Announces “Middlemost Post”

Nickelodeon has ordered a new original animated series, Middlemost Post (working title), which combines quirky characters with hilarious adventures and unwavering friendship. Created and co-executive produced by John Trabbic III (SpongeBob SquarePants, storyboard director), the 20-episode 2D-animated series follows a former rain cloud, a brawny mailman and their magical pet walrus as they deliver packages […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|June 16, 2020
Nickelodeon Announces “Middlemost Post”

INTERVIEW: Producer Karen Malach on the 100th Episode of “The Loud House”

Nickelodeon’s popular animated series The Loud House is hitting a major milestone. The show’s 100th Episode, A Star Is Scorned, airs tomorrow, June 10th at 12pm ET/PT on Nickelodeon. Producer Karen Malach is thrilled with the achievement and another Daytime Emmy nomination this month for the series. (This interview was conducted as an email Q&A.) […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|June 9, 2020
INTERVIEW: Producer Karen Malach on the 100th Episode of “The Loud House”

INTERVIEW: Creators Pedro Eboli and Graham Peterson talk “Ollie’s Pack”

The premiere of Nickelodeon’s original action-comedy series, Ollie’s Pack, is on Monday, April 6th at 4:00 P.M. (ET/PT). The 26-episode, 2D-animated series was created by Pedro Eboli (Cupcake & Dino) and Graham Peterson (Rick & Morty) and is being produced by Nelvana. Nickelodeon will air new episodes on Mondays through Thursdays the weeks of April […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|March 30, 2020
INTERVIEW: Creators Pedro Eboli and Graham Peterson talk “Ollie’s Pack”

Nick to Debut Nelvana’s “Ollie’s Pack” in April

Ollie, his two best friends and an otherworldly backpack embark on monstrous adventures with the premiere of Nickelodeon’s original action-comedy series, Ollie’s Pack, in April. Produced by Nelvana, the 26-episode, 2D-animated series combines the struggles of tween life with the responsibility of controlling an entire dimension of monsters. The series is slated to debut internationally […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|March 2, 2020
Nick to Debut Nelvana’s “Ollie’s Pack” in April

Nickelodeon Adds Three New Senior Executives To Lead Movies, Casting and Recruiting

Nickelodeon has named three executives to newly created senior positions in its animation studio headquarters in Burbank, as the network continues to steadily increase its development and production slate. The new hires include: Darlene Caamaño Loquet, named Senior Vice President of Nickelodeon Movies; Liz Paulson, named Senior Vice President of Nickelodeon Animation Casting & Talent […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|February 13, 2020
Nickelodeon Adds Three New Senior Executives To Lead Movies, Casting and Recruiting

REVIEW: “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on The Run”

As of 2021, SpongeBob SquarePants had hit the skids. New episodes of the wildly popular Nickelodeon series (now in its 21st year) had dribbled down to a sporadic trickle, and with creator Steve Hillenburg gone, the fire seemed to have died. Several veterans of John Kricfalusi’s old Spumco outfit (aided by other veteran writers and […]