Mark Hamill Joins THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS as the Flying Dutchman

Movie The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants Mark Hamill Image Safe Comic-Con about a month agoby Jessica Fisher

To celebrate a quarter century of SpongeBob SquarePants, Nickelodeon showed up yesterday in Hall H at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, and delivered an epic panel.

Fan-favorite Star Wars actor Mark Hamill made a surprise appearance to reveal that he’d be voicing the Flying Dutchman in the upcoming fourth SpongeBob film, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, which is due out in 2025.

Hamill said of the project, “He’s the most fearsome goofball pirate you’ve ever seen. The movie is more cerebral. It’s more thoughtful, intellectually challenging. No, I’m just yanking your chain. It’s inspired silliness from start to finish.”

Voice actors Tom Kenny (SpongeBob), Bill Fagerbakke (Patrick), Carolyn Lawrence (Sandy), Rodger Bumpass (Squidward), Clancy Brown (Mr. Krabs) and Mr. Lawrence (Plankton) took the stage to participate in a live table read of beloved pilot “Help Wanted.”

It was a good time for all SpongeBob fans. Are you looking forward to the next film in the franchise?

Jessica Fisher

I’m Jessica Fisher! I love being a wife and mom, and I love movies and TV. I’m a murderino, and love to travel and write. I love Disney and the beach, and being awesome. My favorite things to geek out on are the podcast My Favorite Murder, The Handmaid’s Tale, Mindhunter, Cobra Kai, The Wonder Years, and The Walking Dead. My favorite movies are About Time, 50/50, pretty much anything with Jason Segel and/or Paul Rudd, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Dirty Dancing, and so many others. I love the books Little Women and Harry Potter, and love stand-up comedy. I love writing for GeekTyrant!

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