Lunch Time With Mac and Friends (cancelled animated direct-to-DVD film; 2009)

Lunch Time With Mac and Friends was a cancelled 2D animated direct-to-DVD film, that would be distributed by Mac and Friends Media.

Plot
The official Mac and Friends website give a premise to the film:"'Mac and his friends live above ground like all Hollywood superstars. Afraid that SpongeBob is becoming old news, his boss runs a contest called 'Have Lunch with Mac and Friends'. The contest makes Mac and his friends the talk of the town, as thousands of kids enter to win. The lucky winner is Mathew, and he is ecstatic about his meal with Mac and his friends. However, the day becomes a roller coaster ride as things don’t go quite the way they planned.'"

Production
Production started for the film around 2009, after the 3rd season of The Mac and Friends was completed. Early on into production, child actor, Frankie Muniz agreed to work on the project, as long as it would be greenlit in the future.

Cancellation
In 2013, the project was cancelled after 3 years of development hell. This was due to Mac and Friends being cancelled after the 4th season.