Open Season is a 2006 American
computer-animated comedy film, written by
Steve Bencich and
Ron J. Friedman and directed by
Jill Culton and
Roger Allers, and co-directed by
Anthony Stacchi. It follows Boog, a domestic bear who teams up with a one-antlered deer named Elliot and woodland animals to defeat human hunters. The film stars the voices of
Martin Lawrence,
Ashton Kutcher,
Gary Sinise,
Debra Messing,
Billy Connolly,
Jon Favreau,
Georgia Engel,
Jane Krakowski,
Gordon Tootoosis and
Patrick Warburton. It was produced by
Sony Pictures Animation as its first theatrical film and released by
Columbia Pictures on September 29, 2006. It has also been released in the
IMAX 3D format. A
video game for the film was released on multiple platforms.
Open Season earned $197.3 million on a $85 million budget, and was followed by
three direct-to-video sequels:
Open Season 2 (2009),
Open Season 3 (2011), and
Open Season: Scared Silly (2016).