Ice Age (franchise)
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Ice Age is a popular computer animated movie franchise, started by Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge of the comedy genre on March 15, 2002. Set in the ice age, it follows the adventures of fictional mammals consisting Manny the woolly mammoth, Sid the Ground sloth, Diego the saber-tooth cat, Ellie the woolly mammoth, Crash and Eddie the opossums, Peaches the woolly mammoth, Scrat the saber-tooth squirrel, and Scratte the saber-tooth squirrel (as well as other characters).
All movies and shorts have been produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The franchise has received PG rating for peril and mild language. The films have met financial success, grossing over $2 billion worldwide in their theater run.
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Plot Summary
Ice Age (2002)
- Main article: Ice Age
In the ice age period, three animals (Manny the mammoth (Ray Romano), Sid the sloth (John Leguizamo), and Diego the saber-toothed cat (Denis Leary) go into an adventure to return a baby to a human tribe that has left for their campsite; however, Diego had been sent secretly by Soto (Goran Višnjić), the sabers' pack leader, to bring the baby and mammoth to a place known as the Half Peak so they can ambush them and kill them.
Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
- Main article: Ice Age: The Meltdown
Global warming affects the environment and an immense amount of water threatens to flood the valley our heroes are currently living at. They have to go to the other side of the valley, where there presumably is a giant tree that can act as a boat to save them. Meanwhile, Manny (Ray Romano) is teased about being the last mammoth, but he finds Ellie (Queen Latifah), a female woolly mammoth, who thinks that she's a possum (as she lives with her possum "brothers" Crash and Eddie (Josh Peck and Seann William Scott).
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
- Main article: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Manny (Ray Romano) and Ellie (Queen Latifah) are waiting their first baby while Diego (Denis Leary) wonders if he's becoming too soft lately and decides to leave the herd. Sid (John Leguizamo) grows jealous of Manny and Ellie and adopts three apparently abandoned eggs that hatch into T-Rex baby dinosaurs (Carlos Saldanha). The next day, a female T-Rex takes the babies and Sid and the herd follow them, getting into an underground world where dinosaurs lived secretly for millions of years. Meanwhile, they meet a one-eyed weasel named Buck (Simon Pegg), who's been living underground for some time and helps them on their way.
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
- Main article: Ice Age: Continental Drift
Sid (John Leguizamo) is reunited with his old family.
Scrat
Added by Anthony9- Main article: Scrat
Movies have a subplot, where an animal named Scrat makes many comical attempts to bury his acorn, which he loves a whole bunch (probably even more than anything else in the world). Scrat's misfortunes include getting chased by an enormous glacier, being struck by lightning, trying to thaw out his acorn by a fire too long so that it accidentally took the form of a kernel of popcorn, and finally, getting frozen in an ice cube, along with his much sought after nut 20,000 years into the future.
Main Characters and Cast
- Manny - Ray Romano
- Sid - John Leguizamo
- Diego - Denis Leary, Rick Pasqualone (Ice Age: The Meltdown (video game))
- Ellie - Queen Latifah
- Peaches - Ciara Bravo (Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas), Keke Palmer (Ice Age: Continental Drift)
- Crash and Eddie - Seann William Scott (Crash), Josh Peck (Eddie), James Arnold Taylor (video games {Crash})
- Scrat - Chris Wedge
- Scratte - Karen Disher
- Buck - Simon Pegg (films, shorts), James Patrick Stuart (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (video game))
The only character seen on all Ice Age films and shorts is Scrat.
| Character | Ice Age films and shorts | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Age (2002) | Gone Nutty (2002) | Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) | No Time For Nuts (2006) | Surviving Sid (2008) | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) | Scrat's Continental Crack-up (2010) | Scrat's Continental Crack-up Part 2 (2010) | Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011) | Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) | |
| Manny | Ray Romano | Ray Romano | no speaking role | Ray Romano | Ray Romano | |||||
| Sid | John Leguizamo | John Leguizamo | no speaking role | John Leguizamo | John Leguizamo | |||||
| Diego | Denis Leary | Denis Leary | no speaking role | Denis Leary | Denis Leary | |||||
| Scrat | Chris Wedge | |||||||||
| Ellie | Queen Latifah | Queen Latifah | Queen Latifah | |||||||
| Crash | Seann William Scott | Seann William Scott | Seann William Scott | |||||||
| Eddie | Josh Peck | Josh Peck | Josh Peck | |||||||
| Buck | Simon Pegg | Simon Pegg | ||||||||
| Scratte | Karen Disher | Karen Disher | ||||||||
| Peaches | no voice actress | Ciara Bravo | Keke Palmer | |||||||
Various Information
Basic Info
| Movie | Release Date | Running Time | Director | Music by | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Age | March 15, 2002 | 81 minutes | Chris Wedge | David Newman | $59million |
| Ice Age: The Meltdown | March 31, 2006 | 91 minutes | Carlos Saldanha | John Powell | $80million |
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | July 1, 2009 | 94 minutes | Carlos Saldanha | John Powell | $90million |
| Ice Age: Continental Drift | July 13, 2012 | 88 minutes | Steve Martino Mike Thurmeier | John Powell | $95million |
Box office statistics
| Movie | Opening day | Opening Weekend | Domestic Gross | Foreign Gross | Worldwide total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Age | $13,468,085 | $46,312,454 | $176,387,405 | $206,869,731 | $383,257,136 |
| Ice Age: The Meltdown | $21,788,862 | $68,033,544 | $195,330,621 | $460,057,537 | $655,388,158 |
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $13,791,157 | $41,690,382 | $196,573,705 | $687,867,051 | $884,440,756 |
| Ice Age: Continental Drift | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Shorts
There have been several released short feature films, in which Scrat has been the main character (expect for the third, which focuses on Sid).
- Gone Nutty - Ice Age VHS and DVD
- No Time For Nuts - Ice Age: The Meltdown DVD and Blu-ray (re-release)
- Surviving Sid - Horton Hears a Who! DVD and Blu-ray
- Scrat's Continental Crack-up
- Scrat's Continental Crack-up Part 2
Merchandise
Added by TeshiKennedy117The Ice Age series has had a variety of merchandise, including video games, Pez dispensers, plush dolls, action figures, and puzzles for small kids.
See also
References
External links
| Ice Age |
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| Films |
| Ice Age (2002) • Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) • Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) |
| Characters |
| Scrat • Manny • Sid • Diego |
| Shorts |
| Gone Nutty (2002) • No Time For Nuts (2006) • Surviving Sid (2008) • Scrat's Continental Crack-up (2010) • A Mammoth Christmas (2011) |
| Other clips |
| Lost Historical Films during the Ice Age period • Falling for Scratte • Unearthing the Lost World • Buck: From Easel to Weasel |
| Video games |
| Ice Age • The Meltdown • Dawn of the Dinosaurs • Continental Drift |
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