Open Season: Scared Silly
Open Season: Scared Silly (also known as Open Season 4: Scared Silly or simply Open Season 4) is a 2015 American-Canadian computer-animated comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation, with animation provided by Rainmaker Entertainment.[3] It is the fourth installment in the Open Season film series, following Open Season (2006), Open Season 2 (2008), and Open Season 3 (2010).
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Directed by | David Feiss |
Produced by | John Bush |
Written by | Carlos Kotkin |
Story by | Steve Barr David Feiss Stephan Franck Paul McEvoy John Norton Kris Pearn |
Based on | Characters by Steve Moore John B. Carls Jill Culton Anthony Stacchi |
Starring | Donny Lucas Will Townsend Melissa Sturm Trevor Devall Garry Chalk Kathleen Barr |
Music by | Rupert Gregson-Williams Dominic Lewis |
Edited by | Maurissa Horwitz |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $5.5 million[1] |
Box office | $1.8 million[2] |
The film was directed by David Feiss, creator of Cartoon Network's Cow and Chicken/I Am Weasel, and produced by John Bush, with music by Rupert Gregson-Williams and Dominic Lewis. With an exception of Melissa Sturm and Michelle Murdocca, none of the voice cast from the previous installments reprised their roles in this film. It theatrically premiered in Turkey on December 18, 2015, and was released as a direct-to-video in the United States and Canada on March 8, 2016.
While the film acknowledges the events depicted in the original film, it ignores the continuity seen in Open Season 2 and Open Season 3, as characters, such as the Domesticated Dogs, Elliot's fawns, and Ursa, are completely absent.
Plot
The film opens with Elliot telling a campfire story about the legend of the Wailing Wampus Werewolf that lives in Timberline National Forest. Domesticated bear Boog is terrified by the story and decides to "chicken out" of their annual summer camping trip until he knows the werewolf is gone. Determined to help Boog overcome his fears, Elliot, Mr. Weenie and their woodland friends band together to scare the fear out of Boog and uncover the mystery of the Wailing Wampus Werewolf.
Former hunter Shaw, now a tour guide, returns to Timberline to get revenge on Boog and Elliot for defeating him, and witnesses an unseen creature in the forest (who was actually Ian in a disguise), and begs Gordy to reopen hunting season, who reluctantly does so. Despite being told to only hunt down the werewolf, Shaw is determined to not only catch it, but also hunt down Boog and Elliot. To do so, Shaw recruits his old friends Ed and Edna. Meanwhile, a heartbroken Elliot catches the werewolf by himself alone after Boog angrily breaks up with him. As Boog walks through the forest after he breaks up with Elliot, Giselle catches up to him and tries to convince Boog that Elliot was trying to help him to over come his fear of the werewolf and that Elliot is headed toward Dead Bear Gulch, but fails.
Meanwhile, a starving Mr. Weenie believes he is the werewolf. At Dead Bear Gulch, Elliot and Mr. Weenie are both caught by the werewolf, who is actually Shaw in a costume, but Boog and his friends leap to the rescue. Shaw is overpowered and defeated (in which he is revealed to be allergic to hornets) and arrested for impersonating a monster and creating a general panic, and open season is permanently shut down. In the end, the werewolf turns out to be real, but Elliot befriends him by dancing with him as he joins their camp out. The next morning, Bobbie and Bob happily return to the RV with Mr. Weenie, and Bobbie tells Mr. Weenie that today is his birthday.
Cast
- Will Townsend as Elliot / Mr. Weenie / Additional Voices
- Donny Lucas as Boog
- Melissa Sturm as Giselle / Additional Voices
- Brian Drummond as Ian / Reilly / Tree-Hugger Man / Deputy #2
- Lee Tockar as Buddy / McSquizzy / Additional Voices
- Peter Kelamis as Serge
- Trevor Devall as Shaw / Wailing Wampus Werewolf / Deputy #1
- Lorne Cardinal as Gordy
- Garry Chalk as Ed
- Kathleen Barr as Bobbie / Edna / Tree-Hugger Lady
- Shannon Chan-Kent as Rosie / Marcia
- Michelle Murdocca as Maria
- Frank Welker as Animals' vocal effects (uncredited)
- Maddie Taylor as Deni
Production
Open Season: Scared Silly was first announced on June 11, 2015.[4] The first trailer was released on November 1, 2015.[5]
Release
Like its predecessors Open Season 2 and Open Season 3, the film was released theatrically in different countries:[6]
- Turkey – December 18, 2015
- Hungary – December 31, 2015
- Romania – February 5, 2016
- Russia – June 2, 2016
- Ukraine – June 2, 2016
- Slovakia – September 1, 2016
- Czech Republic – September 8, 2016
Home media
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States and Canada on March 8, 2016, by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.[3]
Reception
Renee Schonfeld from Common Sense Media gave it a positive review, saying, "Talented voice actors, along with a clever story and script, make this very funny film a cut above most direct-to-DVD fare for kids and families".[7]
Possible sequel
In an interview with ComicBook in 2016, Feiss hinted at the possibility of a fifth film stating: "You can never be too sure, but I have a feeling that we will be seeing an Open Season 5. Everybody likes the characters and the movie and the way it turned out, so I would be surprised if there wasn’t a Open Season 5. I know people want to do another."[8]
References
- Failes, Ian (November 1, 2016). "From 'Cow & Chicken' to 'Open Season': Q&A with David Feiss". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on November 1, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
- "Open Season: Scared Silly".
- "'Open Season: Scared Silly' Lands on Retail March 8". Animation World Network. February 19, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- "'Open Season: Scared Silly' Due for Spring 2016 Release". Rotoscopers.
- "Trailer for 'Open Season: Scared Silly' Debuts". Rotoscopers.
- "Open Season: Scared Silly". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
- "Open Season: Scared Silly".
- "EXCLUSIVE: Director DAVID FEISS Talks OPEN SEASON: SCARED SILLY And More". ComicBookMovie.
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