Animation Scoop had the amazing opportunity to speak with the Executive Producers of SpongeBob SquarePants, Vincent Waller and Marc Ceccarelli, as well as Screen Novelties Producer Chris Finnegan, Producer and Co-director Seamus Walsh, and Producer and Co-director Mark Caballero. We discussed the timelessness of Stop Motion Animation and how wonderfully it lends itself to the […]
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INTERVIEW: The Making Of “Sandy’s Country Christmas” Now Streaming On Paramount+
December 3rd, 2024 
Lauren Ashton 
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First Look At “Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie”
July 11th, 2024 Lauren Ashton When all of Bikini Bottom is suddenly scooped out of the sea, Sandy Cheeks and her best friend SpongeBob SquarePants embark on a mission to Texas to save the town and its inhabitants from a terrible scheme. Sue Nahmee (played by Wanda Sykes) is leading this villainous plot and wants those living in Bikini Bottom […]
INTERVIEW: SpongeBob’s Next Stop — “The Tidal Zone”
January 9th, 2023 Jackson Murphy This Friday The 13th at 7pm, Nickelodeon presents a new one-hour SpongeBob SquarePants special, The Tidal Zone. It’s five surreal, bizarre, unpredictable and entertaining stories featuring beloved characters from SpongeBob SquarePants, The Patrick Star Show and Kamp Koral. Executive Producers and Bikini Bottom aficionados Vincent Waller and Marc Ceccarelli discuss the new special, the success […]
FIRST LOOK: Nickelodeon’s The Patrick Star Show Stop-Mo Halloween-Themed Special
October 19th, 2021 Jerry Beck Here’s our first look at Nickelodeon’s Halloween-Themed Special for The Patrick Star Show, “Terror at 20,000 Leagues”. In the show, Patrick goes on a spooky adventure, premiering Friday, Oct. 22, at 7:00 p.m. on Nickelodeon. The half-hour special features stop-motion, puppets and 2D animation. Screen Novelties, the Los Angeles-based stop-motion animation production company, produced the […]
INTERVIEW: It’s Lights! Camera! Pat-ion! With “The Patrick Star Show”
July 19th, 2021 Jackson Murphy SpongeBob Squarepants spinoff prequel series The Patrick Star Show is already a hit for Nickelodeon. New episodes premiere on Fridays at 7pm. Executive Producer Jennie Monica and Developer Claudia Spinelli (the SVP of animation development at Nick) discuss putting the spotlight on Mr. Star and giving him a TV show about a TV show! Jackson […]
REVIEW: “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on The Run”
March 4th, 2021 Martin Goodman 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 […]
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INTERVIEW: “Kamp Koral” Is More Than Just “Young SpongeBob”
March 3rd, 2021 Jackson Murphy Streaming service Paramount+ launches this Thursday March 4th with the brand new CG SpongeBob prequel series Kamp Koral. Nickelodeon’s beloved sponge is 10 years old, joining pals Patrick and Sandy at summer camp. Squidward is their counselor. Mr. Krabs is the camp director (taking care of baby Pearl in his office). Other familiar faces pop-in, […]
INTERVIEW: Tim Hill Is Ready To Unveil “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run”
March 1st, 2021 Jackson Murphy Alvin and the Chipmunks, Hop and The War with Grandpa director Tim Hill’s latest film is finally making waves in the U.S. Following a theatrical run in Canada last summer and a Netflix debut overseas in the fall, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run is premiering in the U.S. this Thursday March 4th on […]
First Look at Nickelodeon’s “Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years”
October 14th, 2020 Jerry Beck Nickelodeon today revealed a first look of the characters in its all-new animated series Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years, which follows 10-year-old SpongeBob SquarePants and his pals as they spend their summer building underwater campfires, catching wild jellyfish, and swimming in Lake Yuckymuck at the craziest camp in the kelp forest, Kamp Koral. Produced by […]
TEASER TRAILER: Nickelodeon’s “Spongebob: Sponge On The Run”
November 14th, 2019 Jerry Beck This Memorial Day weekend, SpongeBob SquarePants, his best friend Patrick Star and the rest of the gang from Bikini Bottom hit the big screen in the first-ever all CGI SpongeBob motion picture, The Spongebob Movie: Sponge On The Run. Squarepants veteran Tim Hill wrote and directed – leading a cast including Tom Kenny, Awkwafina, Clancy […]
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RIP ‘Spongebob’ Creator Stephen Hillenberg
November 27th, 2018 Jerry Beck Stephen Hillenberg, the creator of Nickelodeon’s Spongebob Squarepants passed away yesterday, November 26th, from complications from ALS. To say he was one of the nicest guys in animation would be an understatement. He will be sorely missed. He was not only a cartoonist and animator, but a marine biologist and teacher as well. Born in […]
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November 6th, 2017 Jerry Beck Today marks the kick off of Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants: You Bring The Color week, the culmination of the past few months where fans have been submitting digitally colored frames from the opening sequence and the final scene of Friday’s black-and-white episode, “Squid Noir,” for a chance to be featured on air during next week’s premieres. […]
Nickelodeon Dates New SpongeBob Stop-Mo Special “The Legend Of Boo-kini Bottom”
September 25th, 2017 Jerry Beck Nickelodeon will treat viewers to a spooky stop-motion special with the premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom, on Friday, Oct. 13th, at 7p.m. (ET/PT). The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom tells the story of the Flying Dutchman (Brian Doyle-Murray) coming to Bikini Bottom to make sure everyone in town is scared–especially SpongeBob, who […]
Amazon Alexa Welcomes Nickelodeon’s “The Spongebob Challenge”
August 31st, 2017 Jerry Beck Kids can interact with their favorite characters from Bikini Bottom like never before as Nickelodeon unveils The SpongeBob Challenge, part of the inaugural kid skills available now on the Amazon Echo and other Alexa-enabled devices. In The SpongeBob Challenge memory game, kids will be transported into the center of the SpongeBob SquarePants series itself, where […]
