‘SpongeBob Squarepants’ Spinoff Movies, ‘Dora the Explorer’ Live-Action Series Set at Paramount Plus
variety.comJoe Otterson TV ReporterParamount Plus is mining even more Nickelodeon content to fill out its content slate.The streamer announced a slew of new projects that will be produced by Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon Animation as part of the ViacomCBS investor day presentation on Feb.
15. Among the new offerings will be three new “SpongeBob Squarepants” spinoff films focusing on different Bikini Bottom characters.
The first of the new films will debut in 2023. These are in addition to the fourth “SpongeBob” film being prepared for a theatrical release.
Two “SpongeBob” spinoff shows, “The Patrick Star Show” and “Kamp Koral,” debuted in 2021.“As we’ve known with Nickelodeon’s long-standing success, the kids and family audience is incredibly loyal, and we see that on Paramount Plus as well, with kids and family ranking as one of the strongest genres on the service in terms of both engagement and subscriber acquisition,” said Brian Robbins, chief content officer, Movies and Kids & Family for Paramount Plus. “So as they stay for our shows and look for even more of them, we’re doubling down on giving them what they want by expanding the universes of the characters they love the best.” Paramount Plus has also ordered a live-action “Dora the Explorer” series.
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