Disney has formally put the Ice Age franchise again on the massive display calendar. Throughout its Vacation spot D23 showcase this weekend at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, the studio revealed that the sixth installment within the prehistoric animated journey comedy collection will likely be titled Ice Age: Boiling Level and is slated to hit theaters on February 5, 2027.
The announcement, made throughout the fan-focused occasion Vacation spot D23: A Journey Across the Worlds of Disney and hosted by Yvette Nicole Brown, confirms the return of Manny, Sid, Diego, Scrat, and the remainder of the beloved herd for an additional spherical of animated journey. In accordance with Disney, the upcoming sequel is described as “a dinosaur-and-lava-filled madcap journey that takes Manny, Sid, Diego, Ellie, Scrat and the remainder of the herd to go to never-before-seen corners of the treacherous Misplaced World.”
The movie will mark the primary feature-length entry in almost a decade, following 2016’s Ice Age: Collision Course, which grossed $408.5 million worldwide. Regardless of being the lowest-grossing movie within the collection, Collision Course prolonged the franchise’s world attain, which has amassed $3.2 billion throughout 5 theatrical releases, a derivative, and shorts that later discovered a house on Disney+ (Disney Plus).
Returning to the fold for Boiling Level are franchise veterans Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, and Simon Pegg, reprising their voice roles. Disney first confirmed the undertaking was in improvement throughout final 12 months’s D23, although Saturday’s reveal gave followers the primary concrete title and launch date.
The Ice Age movies, produced by Blue Sky Studios earlier than its closure and later absorbed beneath Disney’s twentieth Century Animation banner, have lengthy been a key participant within the household animation market. With Boiling Level, the studio seems set to faucet into each nostalgia and the enduring attraction of its eccentric herd of misfits, whereas increasing into contemporary territory with the “Misplaced World” idea.
The reveal got here alongside a number of different updates from Disney’s animation pipeline. Chief artistic officer Jared Bush additionally introduced Hexed, a brand new unique characteristic directed by Josie Trinidad (Zootopia+) and Jason Hand (Moana 2), whereas teasing progress on high-profile sequels like Toy Story 5, Zootopia 2, and Tron: Ares.
With the herd heading again to theaters in 2027, followers will as soon as once more watch their favourite prehistoric survivors stumble, squabble, and stick collectively by way of catastrophe—this time towards the backdrop of dinosaurs, lava, and a deadly new frontier.
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