Open Season 2 (alternate version)


 * Note: This is an alternate version of the infamous 2008 sequel to the original Open Season film from 2006 where is set to be a theatrical film rather than a direct-to-video film.

Open Season 2 is an American CGI-animated comedy film, serving as a sequel to  (2006), being directed by, and. It is produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Columbia Pictures, being released on September 24th, 2008 with positive reviews, being considered an improvement to the first film, which had mixed reviews.

Synopsis
When Shaw's vicious pet pitbull manipulates McSquizzy into leaving the wild behind, Boog and friends head on a journey to rescue him.

Cast

 * Martin Lawrence as Boog, a grizzly bear who TBD
 * Ashton Kutcher as Elliot, a mule deer who TBD
 * Cody Cameron as Mr. Weenie, TBD
 * Jane Krakowski as Giselle, TBD
 * Billy Connolly as McSquizzy, a Scottish squirrel who was manipulated by Ripjaw, causing Boog, Elliot, and the other wilds to rescue him.
 * Danny Mann as Serge, TBD
 * Maddie Taylor as:
 * Deni, TBD
 * Buddy, TBD
 * Patrick Warburton as Ian, TBD
 * Nika Futterman as Rosie, TBD
 * Michelle Murdocca as Maria, TBD
 * Jon Favreau as Reilly, TBD
 * Georgia Engel as Bobbie, TBD
 * Like the first film, her husband, Bob, is unvoiced.
 * Crispin Glover as Fifi, an ill-tempered toy poodle who is one of Mr. Weenie's friends, and is often annoyed by his companion, Roberto.
 * Steve Schirripa as Roberto, Fifi's dim-witted friend who is one of Mr. Weenie's friends, and usually annoys him.
 * Fred Stoller as Stanley, a cat who is one of Mr. Weenie's friends, and is constantly annoyed by Roger.
 * Sean Mullen as Roger, an intellectually disabled cat who is one of Mr. Weenie's friends, and often annoys his best friend Stanley.
 * Diedrich Bader as Rufus, a Southern dog who is one of Mr. Weenie's friends, and is Charlene's boyfriend.
 * Olivia Hack as Charlene, a Southern dog who is one of Mr. Weenie's friends, and is Rufus' girlfriend.
 * Frank Welker as Nate, an Old English Sheepdog who is one of Mr. Weenie's friends, and doesn't talk, only barks, growls, and whimpers.
 * Jim Cummings as Ripjaw, a pitbull, who learned about what happened to his master, and plans to manipulate McSquizzy as part of his plan to get Boog and his friends killed.
 * Gary Sinise as Shaw, a hunter who was Ripjaw's owner. He appears in Ripjaw's flashbacks.
 * Debra Messing as Beth, a park ranger who is Boog's former owner and adoptive mother. She appears in Boog's flashbacks.
 * Gordon Tootoosis as Gordy, the sheriff of Timberline. Like Shaw, he also appears in Ripjaw's flashbacks.

Critical response
Open Season 2 received generally positive reviews from critics, being an major improvement to the first film. The Rotten Tomatoes' score is "78%", the critical consenus reads: TBD. On MetaCritic, it has a score of 76 of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews". On CinemaScore, it has an average grade of "A-", same grade given to its predecessor.

Changes

 * Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher and Patrick Warburton would reprise their roles as Boog, Elliot and Ian.
 * Open Season 3, Open Season: Scared Silly and Surf's Up 2: WaveMania wouldn't exist due to mainly seen as useless sequels created for the sake of profit as Sony Pictures Animation would focus on theatrical films, meaning that Open Season would end up after the second film and the first Surf's Up film alone is enough.
 * The movie would feature a scene involving Boog's past.
 * During one of his flashbacks, Beth taught him how to make s'mores.
 * Although still rather ill-tempered and annoyed by Roberto, Fifi isn't the main antagonist, and has a more sympathetic personality.
 * The main villain would manipulate McSquizzy as part of his plan to get Boog and his friends killed.
 * The animation is exclusively provided by Sony Pictures Imageworks.
 * Jon Favreau is given credit for the role of Reilly.

Video game
A video game based on the film was released for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and Microsoft Windows on September 17, 2008, shortly before the film's theatrical release.

Trivia

 * This is considered a major improvement to the first film.