Stop Motion Casts a Spell on SpongeBob

November 21, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

How the talented team at Screen Novelties brought a familiar 2D toon to 3D life in It’s a SpongeBob Christmas! special. You can call it the Rankin-Bass legacy—the reason we tend to enjoy our classic animated holiday programming spiced with a touch of stop-motion magic. It’s only natural that kids [...]

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CBS Premieres ‘It’s a SpongeBob Christmas’ on Nov. 23

October 31, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments

Nickelodeon has scheduled the new stop-motion special It’s A SpongeBob Christmas! on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. following its CBS television premiere on November 23. It’s A SpongeBob Christmas! was inspired by the classic Rankin/Bass specials (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town) and the popular [...]

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Paramount to Release New ‘SpongeBob’ Movie in 2014

February 28, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

SpongeBob is getting ready to make another big splash on the big screen. During a Deutsche Bank media and telecom investor conference in Palm Beach, FL, Viacom president and CEO Philippe Dauman revealed that Paramount will release a SpongeBob SquarePants movie in 2014. “We will be releasing a SpongeBob movie [...]

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