Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024)

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie Review

The new animated movies, In Your Dreams and Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, are among the projects that Netflix announced Tuesday as part of a slate of animated titles debuting over the next 18 months. The streamer also set new voice cast for fantasy adventure Nimona and released first-look stills from each project.

In Your Dreams is billed as a comedy adventure about two kids, Stevie and her brother Elliot, who magically travel into the world of dreams in search of The Sandman who will grant them their ultimate wish saving their parents’ marriage. The kids are total opposites, making them an unlikely duo to navigate the absurdity of their own subconscious. Along their journey, they find that as long as they have each other, they can face anything even their worst nightmare. Alex Woo is directing with Erik Benson serving as co-director. Gregg Taylor & Tim Hahn are producing.

Saving Bikini Bottom is based on the hit kids’ series SpongeBob SquarePants created by Stephen Hillenburg. When all of Bikini Bottom and its denizens are suddenly scooped out of the ocean floor, Sandy Cheeks (Carolyn Lawrence) and SpongeBob SquarePants (Tom Kenny) must venture to Texas to save their town from a villainous cowboy played by Jack Rodeo (Kaz). Liza Johnson (The Last Of Us) directs from a teleplay by Kaz and Tom Stern based on a story by Kaz. Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller serve as executive producers on the title; additional vocal performances are provided by Wanda Sykes as Ma Cheeks; Clancy Brown as Mr Krabs; Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star; Mr. Lawrence as Plankton; Rodger Bumpass as Squidward; Johnny Knoxville appears in live-action taken from his forthcoming Paramount movie Jackass Forever alongside Craig Robinson and Grey DeLisle. Ilia Isorelýs Paulino voices young Sandy and Matty Cardarople appears in live-action.

Nimona, the previously announced Annapurna animated pic based on the bestselling graphic novel by ND Stevenson, will now feature supporting cast members Frances Conroy, Lorraine Toussaint, Beck Bennett, RuPaul Charles, Indya Moore, Julio Torres and Sarah Sherman joining the voice cast of Chloë Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed and Eugene Lee Yang. The film is directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane; it follows Ballister Boldheart (Ahmed), a knight framed for a crime he didn’t commit and the titular shapeshifter (Moretz) who sets out to help him prove his innocence.

New images are being released today for films including Anthony Stacchi’s The Monkey King (this summer), the Adam Sandler-led Leo and Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget (both this fall) plus 2024 titles That Christmas, Thelma The Unicorn and Ultraman.

Chicken Run’s sequel, “Dawn of the Nugget,” has finally arrived. Sam Fell directed, and Thandiwe Newton plays chicken Ginger who narrowly escapes death at Tweedy’s farm but finds her dream on a peaceful island haven far from human harm. However, when Ginger and Rocky (Zachary Levi) hatch Molly (Bella Ramsey), everything seems perfect for her until she realizes that all chickens are again in grave danger back on the mainland.

Simon Otto took up the directorial role in “That Christmas” from Richard Curtis’ script based on his own children’s book series. This Locksmith Animation title features intertwining stories about love and loneliness as well as family and friends; it also tells how Santa Claus messed things up big time by bringing way too many turkeys.

Jared Hess (“Napoleon Dynamite”) co-directed “Thelma the Unicorn” with Lynn Wang (“Unikitty!”), which follows an aspiring little pony named Thelma living her best life she transforms into a fabulous unicorn pop sensation thanks to one fateful pink-glittery moment; but every fame has its price…

Finally we have Ultraman based off beloved Japanese character where baseball superstar Ken Sato returns home to Japan only take up Earth-defending duties as new superhero Ultraman; Shannon Tindle is directing alongside co-director John Aoshima, who both wrote screenplay along with Marc Haimes (Lost Ollie).

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