The film in general, the first SpongeBob movie to be entirely in CGI, seems to be about the search for Gary — like an even more anthropomorphized Finding Nemo — who gets stolen from SpongeBob. Despite being in CGI entirely, the film manages to hold on to some of the more pop, drawn-animation qualities by belying a quality of stop-motion to the film, despite the fact that it really is just CGI. Meanwhile, SpongeBob and Patrick leave their safe haven of Bikini Bottom to travel to “The Lost City of Atlantic City,” which appears to just be an underwater version of, well, Atlantic City. Patrick and Spongebob engage in travel, drive cars (I guess SpongeBob finally got his driver’s license), gamble, struggle to do basic math, and more. The film drops on May 22, 2020, and will feature not just Keanu but also Reggie Watts, Snoop Dogg and Awkwafina.
