Talk:A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (Rare Direct-to-DVD Release, Late 2011)/@comment-2170582-20150928151147

BREAKING NEWS:

A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants Was Never Released

A few days ago, I emailed MVD, the distributor for Reagal Films, about Reagal and A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants. This morning, I received this response:



"This film was listed, but never released as  it was canceled. That said, some promo copies for review may have slipped out."

With this email, we can confirm that ADWSS officially does not exist, at least in any form the average consumer could have purchased. MVD did say that promotional copies of the movie might exist, but where one would need to look, I don't know. The search for this film has hit a major dead end, and while films of this nature have been found (such as the old Fantastic Four movie), it is unlikely this film will see the light of day.

That said, there are still a few questions that I, personally, want answered. If the film was never released, why is there a barcode for it, and why did that New Jersey library list it as one of the movies they had? Why does Reagal's website list it in their filmography? More importantly, why was the movie cancelled? Was it due to copyright claims by Viacom, or was it for a different reason? I will reply to MVD after this post and try to get whatever answers I can.

The bottom line is that A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants was a real film by a real company with a real distributor, but it was never released for some reason. Unless we get someone from Reagal to officially speak up about the film and get us a copy, there's pretty much no chance of finding it now.

I'll make a long comment later this week containing all the information I gathered about the film, as well as any additional info I get out of MVD.