Regina Hall And Ice Spice Tapped For ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants’ Cast

Regina Hall and Ice Spice have been added to the ensemble cast for the new The Spongebob Movie: Search for Squarepants. Paramount and Nickelodeon Animation revealed the news along with a cast that includes Sherry Cola, Arturo Castro, George Lopez, and others.

Returning cast members include Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants), Clancy Brown (Mr. Krabs), Rodger Bumpass (Squidward), Bill Fagerbakke (Patrick), Carolyn Lawrence (Sandy), Mr. Lawrence (Plankton) and Mark Hamill (Flying Dutchman), with direction from Derek Drymon and writing by Pam Brady and Matt Lieberman.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, the children’s film’s synopsis reads: “SpongeBob and his friends Patrick, Squidward, Sandy, and Mr. Krabs journey to the ocean’s depths to face the Flying Dutchman’s ghost, encountering challenges and uncovering marine mysteries.”

This film marks Ice Spice’s second venture into Hollywood, as she had a role in A24’s Highest 2 Lowest, which stars Denzel Washington and A$AP Rocky. The film, directed by Spike Lee, finds Washington, 70, playing a record executive with the “best ears in the business” who is then targeted in a ransom plot. Additional co-stars include Jeffrey Wright and Ilfenesh Hadera. The bold 2025 neo-noir crime thriller directed is a reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 classic High and Low.

As for Regina Hall, she’s set to star alongside Teyana Taylor and Leonardo DiCaprio for their new film, One Battle After Another. The film, which is loosely based on Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland, is described as a “satirical black comedy action film” and centers around a group of ex-revolutionaries who reunite after 16 years to save one of their own’s daughter after an old nemesis reemerges.

Although the trailer for Spongebob Movie: Search for Squarepants has not been released, the film is set to premiere in December.