00:09The Herd is back, and this time the ice isn't the only thing melting.
00:15Ice Age, Boiling Point, hits theatres February 5th, 2027, through 20th Century Studios,
00:23marking the franchise's first theatrical release in over a decade and its first film ever made
00:30without Blue Sky Studios, which Disney shut down in April 2021.
00:36The entire original voice cast is returning. Ray Romano as Manny, John Leguizamo as Sid,
00:45Dennis Leary as Diego, Queen Latifah as Ellie, and Simon Pegg as the one-eyed weasel Buck Wild.
00:53Disney officially announced the film at D23 Brazil in November 2024,
00:59revealed the title at Destination D23 in August 2025,
01:05and then blew the roof off CinemaCon 2026 by screening the opening scene,
01:11Scrat and Baby Scrat, escaping a volcanic eruption in classic slapstick chaos.
01:18The official logline describes a dinosaur and lava-filled madcap adventure
01:23that takes the herd into never-before-seen corners of the treacherous lost world,
01:28bringing back the underground dinosaur realm, first introduced in Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
01:35The film was originally slated for December 2026, but was moved to February 2027
01:41to avoid a box-office collision with Avengers Doomsday and Dune Part 3.
01:48The Ice Age franchise has generated $3.2 billion worldwide across five films,
01:55and the original 2002 movie surged back into the Disney Plus Global Top 10
02:01immediately after the announcement.
02:05Eleven years between sequels, volcanic stakes, dinosaurs,
02:11and Scrat is still chasing that acorn.
02:14Some things never change.
02:21A bunch of things never change.
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