The Nut Job is a 2014
3D computer-animated heist-
comedy film directed by
Peter Lepeniotis (who also wrote the film with Lorne Cameron) and starring the voices of
Will Arnett,
Brendan Fraser,
Gabriel Iglesias,
Jeff Dunham,
Liam Neeson and
Katherine Heigl with supporting roles done by
Stephen Lang,
Maya Rudolph, and
Sarah Gadon. The film is based on Lepeniotis's 2005 short animated film
Surly Squirrel. Produced by Gulfstream Pictures, Redrover International and
ToonBox Entertainment, it was released in the United States on January 17, 2014, by
Open Road Films. With a budget of $42.8 million, it is the most expensive animated film co-produced in South Korea. The film grossed $64.3 million in North America for a worldwide total of $120.9 million. A sequel, titled
The Nut Job 2, is in production.