SpongeBob Squarepants: First Look At Sponge Out Of Water Movie

On the first full day of 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International, Paramount Pictures has released the first look at the upcoming SpongeBob SquarePants: Spong Out of Water movie (via USA Today).

Appropriately enough, SpongeBob and company are decked out in superhero costumes in one of the two first look images. As you can see from the photos, the new look is a more “real” look than the characters usual animated look.

In the Sponge Out Of Water movie, SpongeBob and his team start out in the animated world of Bikini Bottom, but they transform into computer graphic superheroes to fight a menace that is endangering their world.

Patrick Star’s superhero name is Mr. Superawesomeness, SpongeBob Squarepants is The Invincibubble, Squidward Tentacles is Sour Note and Mr. Krabs is Sir Pinch-A-Lot.

While comic book fans might be apt to label this as a reboot, Tom Kenny, who is the voice of SpongeBob, insists to USA Today that is not the case.

“It’s not like SpongeBob has gone through any personality rewiring, there’s no reboot. Daniel Craig will not be voicing him,” said Kenny. “It’s just a very different likeness.”

Paramount will be bringing the cast and crew of Sponge Out of Water to Comic-Con on Thursday for a Q&A and to show footage from the movie.