Netflix Successful Acquisition Of SpongeBob: Sponge On The Run

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JAKARTA - The power of Netflix! On Wednesday, July 15, Netflix reportedly took away the international broadcast rights for the film SpongeBob: Sponge on the Run. They managed to take the opportunity from Viacom who previously announced that they would show the film.

The competition for OTT (over the top) streaming never ends. Moreover, they are the only film industry businessmen that are currently still running.

Initially this SpongeBob film will be shown in theaters, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS chose to screen the film on CBS All Access, CBS's digital platform which is scheduled for release in 2021. The news was shared at the end of last June but related to Netflix taking over, they couldn't answer yet.

Later, the broadcast of SpongeBob: Sponge on the Run can be watched by Netflix subscribers all over the world except China. But reported from Variety, reportedly Paramount still releases films theatrically in several countries.

The release date for the SpongeBob franchise on Netflix has yet to be released but this news means that fans don't have to wait until 2021 to see SpongeBob's latest story.

SpongeBob: Sponge on the Run will be the next film to be released digitally. Previously there were films Trolls World Tour, The King of Staten Island, Scoob !, and Artemis Fowl.

SpongeBob: Sponge on the Run tells the story of SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star's journey out of Bikini Bottom to find SpongeBob's pet, Gary. The two of them search for Gary to the Lost City of Atlantic City. The first trailer was released in November last year.

The film Sponge on the Run is SpongeBob's third film after The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie in 2014 and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water in 2015. Sponge on the Run is filled by Tom Kenny, Keanu Reeves, Carolyn Lawrence, Awkwafina, and Bill Fagerbakke.