their first movie "open season" was released on september 29, 2006, it's latest release was "the angry birds movie 2" on august 13, 2019, and it's next release being "the mitchells vs. the machines" on april 30, 2021, along with three direct-to-video sequels: "open season 2" (released on september 24, 2008), "open season 3" (released on october 21, 2010), and "" (released on november 6, 2015). the studio's most successful movie to date is "the smurfs". however, its most critically acclaimed movie is "arthur christmas", which was co-produced with aardman animations.