Open Season 3: Leon the Lion, Mystery Lane and Chaplin and Co version is a 2010 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation with animation provided by Reel FX Creative Studios. It is the third installment in the Open Season film series, following Open Season (2006) and Open Season 2 (2008). Directed by Cody Cameron, the film theatrically premiered in Russia on October 21, 2010 and was released as a direct-to-video in the United States and Canada on January 25, 2011.[2]
Many of the previous actors reprised their roles, with the exception of Mike Epps, Joel McHale, Jane Krakowski, Billy Connolly, and Jon Favreau. They are joined by additional characters voiced by Cameron, Matthew J. Munn, Melissa Sturm, Dana Snyder, Karley Scott Collins, Ciara Bravo, and Harrison Fahn.
Plot[]
One spring morning, Coop, inspired by Leon the Lion, awakens after hibernation and plans an annual guys trip to spend time with his male best friends. Unfortunately, Chester has distanced himself from Coop since he had started a family with Ricelle. They are now the parents of three children: Randy, Rhonda, and Chester, Jr. (with Coop now being the adoptive uncle). Coop is disappointed since everyone else wants to spend time with their families, which makes him go on the guys trip by himself with his plush mouse toy Adrien however, this soon leads him to a Greek traveling circus called the Maslova Family Circus.
While in the circus, Coop meets Copper, a lazy, self-centered, mean, scruffy lion who is tired of performing in the circus on the sidelines. He craves recognition as a full-fledged king of the forest, the ruler of wildlife. Thinking up a plan, Copper lies to his best friend Truman, and Argentine sheep, that he won't forget his help and convinces Coop to switch his life in the forest for Copper's place at the circus. Coop accepts the offer, but the whole thing turns out a scam because all Coop really wanted to do was escape from the circus.
Meanwhile, Coop falls madly in love with Lola (who thinks that he is Copper), a female lion who was born in Greece and can effortlessly walk on a tightrope, juggle, and dance (which Coop finds to be "lionvana"), but has no luck convincing her that he isn't Coop. She dares him to prove to her he isn't Copper by climbing up the high wire. Coop accepts the dare and climbs up the wire, but to his surprise, Lola reveals she knew he wasn't Copper the moment he rode the unicycle (which Copper couldn't do). When Coop and Lola begin working together, they obtain much more as a harmonious duet than it might seem at first glance. Meanwhile, Lola arrives at the forest and disguises himself as Coop by pushing his scruffy mane back with mud.
However, Randy and Rhonda get suspicious when they notice "Coop" treating the wilds like slaves, so they report to Whipple the gorilla and Rusty the elephant and request they find Ricelle for help and they do so. Afterwards, when Coop's best friends find out about Coop's disappearance when Coop's cover is accidentally exposed, they (as well as a labrador Mr. Pancakes from Mystery Lane, a reformed Scottish Terrier McFlare, an American Pit Bull Terrier Ronald, and the other pets) put aside their differences and hatch a rescue mission to save Coop. Randy comes up with the plan to save Coop and the gang go to the circus to go to rescue him.
That night, the wilds arrive at the Maslova Family Circus. They want Coop to return home, but he doesn't want to leave Lola. Suddenly, a reformed Copper arrives, apologizes to Coop for tricking him, and reunites with Truman. While Copper performs the circus acts for the audience, Chester tells Coop he can stay at the circus if that's what he really wants. Coop, torn between his forest friends and Lola, invites Lola to come and live in the forest with them, which she accepts.
The next morning, Lola enjoys life in the forest and ultimately becomes Coop's mate along with being the honorary aunt of Chester and Ricelle's kids. Finally, Coop and Chester and their male friends go on their guys' trip and sing part of Willie Nelson's "On the Road Again." In the ending credits, Copper and Truman reveal a slideshow of them enjoying their tour around the world.
Cast[]
- Matthew J. Munn as Coop the African lion inspired by Leon the Lion / Copper the Greek lion / Additional Voices
- Maddie Taylor as Chester the hyena / Rusty the elephant / Tammy the mongoose / Milo the antelope / Bucky the warthog / Additional Voices
- Melissa Sturm as Lola the Greek lioness / Ricelle the hyena / Additional Voices
- Karley Scott Collins as Randy, a hyena cub and Ricelle and Chester's eldest child
- Ciara Bravo as Rhonda, a hyena cub and Ricelle and Chester's second eldest child
- Harrison Fahn as Chester, Jr., a hyena cub and Ricelle and Chester's youngest child
- Dana Snyder as Truman the Argentine sheep
- André Sogliuzzo as Edmond the toad
- Cody Cameron as Mr. Pancakes the labrador / Cratt the Irish Setter / Additional Voices
- Danny Mann as Whipple the gorilla
- Crispin Glover as McFlare the Scottish Terrier
- Steve Schirripa as Ronald the American Pit Bull Terrier
- Fred Stoller as Knuckles the German Shepher
- Sean Mullen as Oscar the Otterhound
- Georgia Engel as Sadie the Mr. Pancakes' owner
- Nika Futterman as Jessica the female monkey
- Michelle Murdocca as Sally the female monkey
- Jeff Bennett as Earl the supermarket guy / Additional Voices
Production[]
The film was animated at Reel FX Creative Studios,[3] which also did animation for Open Season 2 along with Sony Pictures Imageworks. A teaser trailer for the sequel was released on January 5, 2010, on the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs DVD.
Release[]
Like the second film and the fourth film, Open Season 3 was released theatrically in different countries:[1]
- Russia – October 21, 2010
- Kazakhstan – October 21, 2010
- Mexico – October 29, 2010
- Turkey – December 3, 2010
- Lebanon – December 16, 2010
- United Arab Emirates – December 23, 2010
- Greece – February 24, 2011
- Colombia – March 18, 2011
Home media[]
The film was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and UMD Video in the United States on January 25, 2011, by Columbia Pictures.[2]
Reception[]
DVD Verdict gave the film a negative review, saying: "This tiresomely predictable tale exemplifies everything that's wrong about straight-to-DVD animated sequels to big-budget mainstream films: the plot is utterly predictable and rehashes a lot of beats from the original effort, the major voice actors have been replaced by poor substitutes and the quality of the animation has dropped dramatically (most of the visuals are on the level of a video game or one of those cheap CGI Saturday morning TV shows)".[4]
Sequel[]
- Main article: Open Season: Scared Silly
A sequel Open Season: Scared Silly premiered in theaters in Turkey on December 18, 2015, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on March 8, 2016.[5][5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 OPEN SEASON 3. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on September 17, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Calonge, Juan (November 15, 2010). Open Season 3 Blu-ray Announced. Blu-ray.com. Retrieved on November 15, 2010.
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."OS3 DVD Release". Reel FX. February 24, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
- ↑ Douglas, Clark (March 11, 2011). Review - Open Season 3. DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved on March 11, 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sony Pictures Animation (June 10, 2015). "OPEN SEASON is Back with a Brand New Comedy Adventure!" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
External links[]
- Official website
- Open Season 3 at IMDb
- Open Season 3 at The Big Cartoon DataBase
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