Open Season

Open Season is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy film directed by Jill Culton, Roger Allers and Anthony Stacchi from a screenplay by Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman. It follows Boog, a domestic grizzly bear who teams up with a one antlered deer named Elliot and other 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 film and project, and was released by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Releasing 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. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was a box office success (earning $197.3 million on an $85 million budget) and was followed by three direct-to-video sequels: Open Season 2 (2008) Open Season 3 (2010), and Open Season: Scared Silly'' (2015).