Open Season is a 2006 English-language Animation Adventure motion picture written by Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman, Nat Mauldin, Jill Culton, Anthony Stacchi, Steve Moore, John B. Carls, Sam Harper, Dan Wilson and David Gilbreth. The movie is directed by Roger Allers and Jill Culton and produced by Michelle Murdocca. Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear, finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army against the hunters. Open season stars Martin Lawrence in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Ashton Kutcher, Gary Sinise, Debra Messing, Billy Connolly, Jon Favreau and Georgia Engel. The screenplay is written by Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman and Nat Mauldin which is inspired from An original story by Steve Moore John B. Carls. The music was composed by Paul Westerberg along with Ramin Djawadi. Editing was done by Pamela Ziegenhagen-Shefland. The film has a running time of 86 minutes. It was released on 30th November 2006. Open Season was made on a budget of $85 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Sony Pictures Releasing.