Open Season is a 2006 American computer-animated adventure family comedy film, written by Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman and directed by Jill Culton, Roger Allers, and Anthony Stacchi. The film stars Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Gary Sinise, Debra Messing, Gordon Tootoosis, Jon Favreau, Matthew W. Taylor, Jane Krakowski, Cody Cameron, Danny Mann, Billy Connolly, Georgia Engel, and Patrick Warburton. It was produced by Sony Pictures Animation and released by Columbia Pictures on September 29, 2006. The story centers around woodland animals that are traditionally hunted teaming up against hunters. It has also been released in the IMAX 3D format.[2] It was Sony Pictures Animation's first theatrical film. A video game for the film was released on multiple platforms.