When the SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge Out of Water trailer debuted at Comic Con, the main reaction of the audience was apparently bewilderment over what on earth they’d just seen. However confusion would only arise if they’d never watched a lot of SpongeBob or seen the first movie.
After all, that film involved the title character using a live-action David Hasselhoff as a surfboard, so after that it should have been clear that any follow-up would be slightly surreal, bizarre and take you to places you never expected.
The real confusion probably stemmed not just from the fact SpongeBob and friends enter our world and turn from animation to CGI, but they then manage to become very unusual superheroes! If you have the right sense of humour though, this look like it could be a lot of fun.
Take a look at the trailer below. The film will be in UK cinemas March 2015.