{"id":25569,"date":"2023-08-02T09:39:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/production-begins-open-season-animated-series\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T09:39:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:39:01","slug":"production-begins-on-open-season-animated-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/production-begins-on-open-season-animated-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Production Begins on Open Season Animated Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>9 Story Media Group\u2019s Brown Bag Films has begun production on the animated comedy series <em>Open Season: Call of Nature<\/em>, based on characters from Sony Pictures Animation\u2019s Open Season films.<\/p>\n<p>The series follows a lovable, risk-averse grizzly bear and a fast-talking impulsive deer who discover an abandoned summer camp in the middle of nowhere. Together, they embark on a mission to transform it into a place where animals get to embrace their inner wildness.<\/p>\n<p>The series is directed by Mark Thornton (<em>Total Drama Island<\/em>,<em> True and the Rainbow Kingdom<\/em>) and Todd Kauffman (<em>Total Drama Island<\/em>, <em>Grojband<\/em>). Alan Keane (<em>Space Chickens in Space<\/em>, <em>The Oddbods Show<\/em>) serves as executive story editor. Sony Pictures Animation producer Rick Mischel (<em>Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs<\/em> series) is executive producer alongside 9 Story\u2019s Vince Commisso, Natalie Osborne and Blake Tohana.<\/p>\n<p>9 Story Distribution International holds the worldwide distribution rights for <em>Open Season: Call of Nature<\/em>, and 9 Story Brands has worldwide merchandising rights. 9 Story has licensed home entertainment rights in the U.S. and global master toy rights to Sony Pictures Animation.<\/p>\n<p>The series will debut on ABC Australia, WildBrain (Canada), Discovery Kids (Latin America) and France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions (France) in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Open Season<\/em> is a classic animated film franchise that has entertained kids all over the world since debuting in 2006,\u201d said Commisso, president and CEO of 9 Story. \u201cWe are thrilled to be working with Sony Pictures Animation to bring their beloved characters to new audiences with a brand-new action-packed comedy series.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 Story Media Group\u2019s Brown Bag Films has begun production on the animated comedy series Open Season: Call of Nature, based on characters from Sony Pictures Animation\u2019s Open Season films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":25570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[3681,2453,221,717,508,390,268,8127,8128,1412,598,1156],"class_list":["post-25569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-9-story-brands","tag-9-story-distribution-international","tag-9-story-media-group","tag-abc-australia","tag-brown-bag-films","tag-discovery-kids","tag-france-televisions","tag-open-season","tag-open-season-call-of-nature","tag-sony-pictures-animation","tag-vince-commisso","tag-wildbrain","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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