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Ice Age: Continental Drift

Ice Age: Continental Drift (also called Ice Age 4: Continental Drift or simply known as Ice Age 4) is 2012 American 3D computer animated adventure and comedy movie. It was directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier. It was written by Jason Fuchs and Michael Berg. It stars the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer, Peter Dinklage, Wanda Sykes, Drake, and Nicki Minaj.

Ice Age: Continental Drift
Ice Age Continental Drift logo.svg
Directed bySteve Martino
Michael Thurmeier
Produced byLori Forte
John C. Donkin
Screenplay byMichael Berg
Jason Fuchs
Story byMichael Berg
Lori Forte
Starring
Music byJohn Powell
CinematographyRenato Falcão
Edited byJames Palumbo
David Ian Salter
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • June 27, 2012 (2012-06-27) (Europe)
  • July 13, 2012 (2012-07-13) (North America)
  • November 28, 2012 (2012-11-28) (Egypt)
  • November 22, 2013 (2013-11-22) (Togo)
Running time
88 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$95 million[2][1]
Box office$877.2 million[1]

It is the fourth Ice Age series. It was produced by Blue Sky Studios. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is also the first sequel of Ice Age not to be directed by Carlos Saldanha. It was the second Ice Age movie that is in Digital 3D. It was released in the United States on July 13, 2012. This was the first Ice Age movie to be shot in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio.

The movie was welcomed well from audience: they praised its story, the cast's performance, the villain, its new characters, the humor, the emotional weight and the animation, but was criticized for the siren scenes and for having Scrat as the cause of the events of the movie. The movie became a box office hit. It is currently the 6th highest-grossing animated movie in history. It is the 3rd highest-grossing movie of 2012 with a worldwide gross of over USD$800 million. Ice Age: Continental Drift was released on DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D on December 4, 2012.[3]

Production

News of another Ice Age sequel were announced on January 10, 2010. The New York Times reported that Blue Sky was working on a fourth movie. They were also developing plans on who would be voice acting in the movie.[4] Fox later confirmed this on May 5, 2010. They released the title as Ice Age: Continental Drift. They said that it will be released on July 13, 2012.[5]

Cast
  • Ester Dean as Sloth siren[13]
  • Rebel Wilson as Raz, an Australian prehistoric kangaroo (Procoptodon) that is part of Gutt's crew[10][14]
  • Joy Behar as Eunice, Sid's mother[7][15]
  • Nick Frost as Flynn, a 4000 pound English elephant seal that is part of Gutt's crew[7][10]
  • Heather Morris as Katie, a woolly mammoth[7][16]
  • Ally Romano as Meghan, a woolly mammoth
  • Alan Tudyk as Milton, Sid's father / Fabio sloth[7]
  • Kunal Nayyar as Gupta, a Bengali Badger (Chamitataxus) and part of Gutt's crew and used as the ship's impearl flag[11]
  • Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo as Fungus, Sid's uncle
  • Ben Gleib as Marshall, Sid's brother[17]
  • Jason Fricchione as Dumb mammoth / Various / Crab / Announcer
  • Patrick Stewart as Ariscratle, a sabre-thoth squirrel who is the leader of Scratlantis
  • Simon Pegg as Buck (cameo)
  • Christopher Campbell as Creature siren / Various
  • George Jacobs as Beaver

Non-speaking characters include:

Jeremy Renner was supposed to be the voice actor of Captain Gutt. He later dropped out because of scheduling conflicts with The Bourne Legacy. Jennette McCurdy was originally set to voice Peaches, but dropped out because of her schedule on iCarly.

Premieres

Country Release Date
  United States
  Canada		 July 13, 2012
March 6, 2015 (re-release)
  Togo November 11, 2013

Staff

Soundtrack

Ice Age: Continental Drift
Film score by
John Powell
ReleasedJuly 10, 2012
Recorded2012
GenreScore
Length57:57
LabelVarèse Sarabande
John Powell film scores chronology
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
(2012) 		Ice Age: Continental Drift
(2012) 		Rio 2
(2014)

Ice Age: Continental Drift is the soundtrack of the movie scored by John Powell and was released on July 10, 2012.[18]

No. Title Length
1. "Morning Peaches"   2:22
2. "Schism"   2:28
3. "Storm"   3:50
4. "No Exit Gutt"   5:37
5. "Escape from Captivity"   3:02
6. "New Loves"   4:50
7. "Hydraxes / Prison Talk"   2:57
8. "Diversion"   3:57
9. "Pirating the Pirates"   4:37
10. "Teen Cave"   4:42
11. "Sirens"   2:35
12. "Land Bridge Trap"   8:22
13. "Herd Reunion"   3:08
14. "Scrat's Fantasia"   5:30
Total length:
 57:57

Video games

Ice Age Village is a mobile video game. It was developed by Gameloft, and was released on April 5, 2012 to iPhone, iPad, and various Android devices.[19][20]

Ice Age: Continental Drift – Arctic Games, a video game based on the movie, was published by Activision Publishing. It was developed by Behaviour Interactive and was released on July 10, 2012,[21] on the Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, and Kinect for the Xbox 360.[22]

Sequel

A sequel, titled Ice Age: Collision Course, was released on July 22, 2016.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  2. ↑ Stewart, Andrew (July 21, 2012). Drift does best biz overseas. https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118056885. Retrieved July 21, 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
  4. ↑ Barnes, Brooks (January 10, 2010). Taking Aim at the Big Names in Animated Film. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/business/media/11bluesky.html. Retrieved August 15, 2012. 
  5. ↑ Mcclintock, Pamela (May 5, 2010). Fox sets 3D Ice Age sequel. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118018829. Retrieved August 30, 2011. 
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 Finke, Nikki (April 26, 2011). Jennifer Lopez, Jeremy Renner, Wanda Sykes, & Drake Join Cast Of 2012 Ice Age. Deadline.com. http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/jennifer-lopez-jeremy-renner-wanda-sykes-drake-join-cast-of-next-ice-age/. Retrieved July 4, 2011. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Abrams, Rachel (August 4, 2011). Behar, Minaj, Frost warm to Ice Age. Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118040908. Retrieved August 5, 2011. 
  8. ↑ Simon Reynolds (May 30, 2012), "Ice Age 4: Continental Drift releases new trailer - video", Digital Spy, retrieved June 1, 2012
  9. ↑ Wloszczyna, Susan (March 1, 2012). Sneak peek: Ice Age: Continental Drift. https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/story/2012-02-29/a-first-look-at-ice-age-4-continental-drift/53303654/1. Retrieved March 1, 2012. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT - Characters". 20th Century Fox. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Indian actors lend voice for Ice Age 4. July 7, 2012. http://businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=21172. Retrieved July 8, 2012. 
  12. ↑ Hampp, Andrew (December 2, 2011). Exclusive: Nicki Minaj Barbie Doll to Be Auctioned for Charity (Photo). http://www.billboard.com/news/exclusive-nicki-minaj-barbie-doll-to-be-1005602952.story#/news/exclusive-nicki-minaj-barbie-doll-to-be-1005602952.story. Retrieved December 26, 2011. 
  13. ↑ Thompson, Erica (August 19, 2011). Ester Dean Talks Ice Age 4, New Album and Missy Elliott. http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/ester-dean-talks-ice-age-4-new-album-and-1005322932.story#/column/the-juice/ester-dean-talks-ice-age-4-new-album-and-1005322932.story. Retrieved September 10, 2011. 
  14. ↑ Kit, Borys (August 19, 2011). "'Bridesmaids' Co-Star Ramps Up Movie Roles (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter (Prometheus Global Media). http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bridesmaids-star-ramps-up-movie-225490. Retrieved August 27, 2011. 
  15. ↑ Joy takes us behind the scenes at Ice Age. http://joybehar.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/15/joy-takes-us-behind-the-scenes-at-ice-age/. Retrieved December 17, 2011. [dead link]
  16. ↑ Cheung, Nadine (August 8, 2011). 'Glee's' Heather Morris to Star in Ice Age: Continental Drift. http://www.jsyk.com/2011/08/08/heather-morris-ice-age-4/. Retrieved August 30, 2011. 
  17. ↑ "Ben Gleib". The Comic Strip. Archived from the original on December 23, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Ice Age: Continental Drift". Varese Sarabande Records. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  19. ↑ Molina, Brett (March 14, 2012). New Ice Age game hitting mobile devices in spring. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2012/03/new-ice-age-game-hitting-mobile-devices-in-spring-/1#.T2NzCVvj52A. Retrieved March 16, 2012. 
  20. ↑ Ice Age Movie (April 5, 2012). The official Ice Age app is here!. http://www.facebook.com/IceAge/posts/278010435614999. Retrieved April 11, 2012. "The official Ice Age app is here! Help your favorite characters in this heroic challenge, and get ready for fun and surprises along the way!". 
  21. ↑ "Ice Age Continental Drift - Arctic Games". Ice Age Continental Drift - Arctic Games. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  22. ↑ Activision Publishing And Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products Announce All New Ice Age Video Game. April 25, 2012. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/activision-publishing-and-twentieth-century-fox-consumer-products-announce-all-new-ice-age-video-game-148861795.html. Retrieved April 28, 2012. 

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