Hillenburg: The Man and His Sponge

Hillenburg: The Man and His Sponge is an upcoming biographical drama film about Stephen Hillenburg, a marine biologist who would later go on to create the popular television series, SpongeBob SquarePants, for Nickelodeon. Directed, produced and written by Damien Tran, it stars Jason Lee as Hillenburg with Pom Klementieff, Ben Mendelsohn and Paul Rudd in supporting roles. The film will be produced by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.

Plot
The film portrays the life of Stephen Hillenburg, as he goes from marine biologist to creator of the popular Nickelodeon TV series, SpongeBob SquarePants.

Cast

 * Jason Lee as Stephen Hillenburg, a marine biologist who would later go on to create SpongeBob SquarePants
 * Pom Klementieff as Karen Umland, Stephen's wife and the inspiration for the computer character, Karen
 * Ben Mendelsohn as Martin Olson, Stephen's friend from his workplace who conceived the idea of a TV show similar to a comic Stephen made
 * Paul Rudd as Joe Murray, the creator of Rocko's Modern Life and eventful friend of Hillenburg
 * Liam Hemsworth as Derek Drymon, a storyboard artist who met and collaborated with Hillenburg on Rocko's Modern Life and SpongeBob SquarePants
 * TBA as Tom Kenny, the voice actor of the titular character from SpongeBob SquarePants
 * TBA as Mr. Lawerence, the voice of Plankton
 * TBA as Bill Fagerbakke, the voice of Patrick Star
 * TBA as Rodger Bumpass, the voice of Squidward Tentacles

Historical accuracy
Coming soon

Trivia

 * Tran came up with the idea of a Stephen Hillenburg biopic when he read about Hillenburg's history and became fascinated with it. He said that he also watched and loved SpongeBob as a child and that his inner childhood came out when he started the project.