Barnyard

Barnyard (marketed as Barnyard: The Original Party Animals) is a 2006 computer-animated comedy film produced by O Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is directed, produced, and written by Steve Oedekerk, the co-creator of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and the spin-off television series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. It stars Kevin James, Courteney Cox, Sam Elliott, Danny Glover, Wanda Sykes, Andie MacDowell and David Koechner, with supporting roles done by Jeffrey Garcia, Tino Insana, Dom Irrera, Cam Clarke, Rob Paulsen, S. Scott Bullock, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Fred Tatasciore and Lloyd Sherr.

Barnyard tells the story of the Otis, a Holstein cow who learns the value of responsibility when he becomes the leader of a group of farmyard animals after his adoptive father, Ben, dies from a coyote attack. The film was released on in the United States and October 5, 2006, in Germany. It grossed $116.5 million worldwide against a $51 million production budget and received negative reviews from critics, who described it as "unimaginative and unfunny" and particularly targeted its inaccurate depiction of male bovine with udders for criticism. It later spawned a television series, titled Back at the Barnyard, which ran on Nickelodeon for two seasons from 2007 to 2011.

Release
Barnyard went through several release date changes, In July 2004, The film was initially set for release in November or December 2005. In March, April or May 2005, the film was moved up to January 13, 2006 to avoid competition with other films released in the holiday season. On September 5, 2005, the film was pushed back again to October 6, 2006 when Ghost Rider was pushed back to from August 4 to July 14, 2006. In March 2006, the film was pushed back once more to July 28, 2006 to make more production time. In May 2006, The film was pushed back one final time to August 4, 2006 with Warner Bros. Pictures' The Ant Bully taking the July 28 date.

The website for the film was launched on June 3, 2005.

The teaser poster of the film was released on May 26, 2005.

A teaser for the film was release in July 2005 followed by a full trailer in May 2006, and another one in June 2006.