Draft:Open Season: Call of Nature

Open Season: Call of Nature
Genre
Based onOpen Season
by Columbia Pictures
Voices of
  • Jonathan Langdon
  • Joshua Graham
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Ireland
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (52 segments)
Production
Executive producers
  • Vince Commisso
  • Rick Mischel
  • Natalie Osborne
  • Blake Tohana
Running time22 minutes (11 minutes per segment)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkFamily Channel[note 1]
ReleaseNovember 3, 2023 (2023-11-03)[note 2] –
present (present)

Open Season: Call of Nature is an animated children’s television series based on the 2006 film Open Season and its film franchise.[1] The series follows Boog and Elliot, a pair of urban animals, both are lovable best friends. They embark on an adventure to create a new place for animals to live and embrace their inner wild. It is a co-production between Sony Pictures Animation in the United States, 9 Story Media Group in Canada and Brown Bag Films in Ireland. The series premiered on Family Channel on November 3, 2023.

It is also been broadcast on Discovery Kids in Latin America, ABC Me in Australia and Disney Channel in Germany. 26 episodes of the series are currently produced.

Plot edit

Set after the events of all four films, the series centers around two urban animals, and also best friends: Boog, a risk-averse grizzly bear, and Elliot, a fast-talking deer, as they discover an abandoned summer camp in the middle of nowhere.

Cast edit

Main edit

  • Jonathan Langdon as Boog, a brown teenage grizzly bear who loves nature with her best friend.
  • Joshua Graham as Elliot, a young, yellow mule deer who is fun, wild, and sometimes crazy.

Supporting edit

  • Josette Jorge as Giselle, Boog and Elliot's heroic deer mom.
  • Ron Pardo as Ian, Boog and Elliot's deer dad.
  • Johnathan Sconza as Mr. Weenie, a black dachshund who is crazy.
  • Trevor White as McSquizzy, a grey-brown squirrel who finds acorns in the forest.
  • Sara Garcia as Karla, a striped skunk who is one of the best friends in the nature.
  • Annick Obonsawin as Kiki, a hot pink circus gibbon who thinks she has to go back for life about time with her unlikely friends.

Minor edit

Broadcast edit

Open Season: Call of Nature was produced by Sony Pictures Animation, 9 Story Media Group and Brown Bag Films.[2] The series had its world premiere on Discovery Kids in Latin America on October 2, 2023, and it is made available on Discovery+ after the premiere. The series later premiered on Family Channel in Canada on November 3, 2023. Prior to that, a sneak peek of the series aired on October 30, 2023, after an airing of the latest film in the Open Season franchise.

As of result of the series premiere of the show, the first three films: Open Season, Open Season 2 and Open Season 3 were aired between November 3 and 5, respectively. The French dub of the series premiered on Télémagino in Canada on February 4, 2024. The series was then followed by a German dub, which premiered on Disney Channel on February 5, 2024.

The series was broadcast on ABC Me in Australia and was available on ABC iview. The series premiered on Minimax in Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia in April 2024. The series will make a debut in summer 2024 during the Okoo block on either France 3 or France 4 in France and on Cartoon Network in some parts of Europe and Asia.

In the United States, the series is currently available on YouTube.[3] The series is available on Max in Latin America since February 2024, with the first ten episodes of the second segment of the eleventh episode. Episodes of the show are also available on The Roku Channel and Amazon Prime Video. It will be available on Disney+ later.[4]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Episodes have premiered early on Discovery Kids in Latin America, ABC Me in Australia, and Disney Channel in Germany.
  2. ^ The series first premiered in Latin America on October 2, 2023.

References edit

  1. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (August 1, 2023). "New 'Open Season' Series in the Works at 9 Story".
  2. ^ "9 Story Media Group Announces Production on New Animated Comedy Series OPEN SEASON: CALL OF NATURE Based on the Motion Picture Franchise from Sony Pictures Animation - 9 Story Media Group". August 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  3. ^ "Welcome to Camp Wild | Wildlife Retreat | Full Episode | Open Season". YouTube. February 20, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  4. ^ https://twitter.com/JDubGV/status/1719020231899668929. Retrieved March 16, 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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