Even before “Ice Age’s” global theatrical and DVD successes, Meledandri, Carlos Saldanha, Chris Wedge (the first film’s director), and producer Lori Forte, knew there were more stories to tell for these characters. The film’s broad-based appeal was also aided by the starring voice cast – Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary – whose inherent edginess helped attract adults and teens. “They bonded with Manny, Sid and Diego and laughed at Scrat.” “The film’s success was largely due to the fact that audiences loved the characters,” says executive producer Christopher Meledandri, who also serves as president of Twentieth Century Fox Animation. They fell in love with the four principal characters – three of whom unexpectedly come together to form a family, while the fourth begins his lifelong struggle to get his nut. When the smart, character-based comedy “Ice Age” hit theaters in March 2002, critics and audiences immediately responded to its action, adventure, humor and heart. Our three heroes’ unyielding friendship lives on with some memorable new characters thrown into the mix. Ice Age: The Meltdown has everything you loved about the first movie with even more comedy, action, and spectacular visuals. The film also presents the continuing adventures, or misadventures, of Scrat, who has an even larger role this time. So our three heroes, along with Ellie, Crash and Eddie, form the most unlikely family – in any “Age” – as they embark on a mission across an ever-changing, increasingly dangerous landscape towards their salvation. The only chance of survival lies at the other end of the valley. Manny, Sid, and Diego quickly learn that the warming climate has one major drawback: A huge glacial dam holding off oceans of water is about to break, threatening the entire valley. Their only problems: They can’t stand each other – and Ellie somehow thinks she’s a possum!Įllie comes with some excess baggage in the form of her two possum “brothers”…Crash and Eddie (voiced by Seann William Scott and Josh Peck), a couple of daredevil pranksters and cocky, loud-mouthed troublemakers. That is, until he miraculously finds Ellie (voiced by Queen Latifah), the only female mammoth left in the world. Manny may be ready to start a family, but nobody has seen another mammoth for a long time Manny thinks he may be the last one. Our trio is still together and enjoying the perks of their now melting world. New cast members include Academy Award nominee Queen Latifah (“Chicago”), Seann William Scott (the “American Pie” trilogy), late night talk show king Jay Leno, Will Arnett (“Arrested Development”) and Josh Peck (“Drake and Josh”). Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary return to voice our three heroes: Manny, Sid, and Diego. In the new film, from director Carlos Saldanha and the Academy Award winning creators of “Ice Age” and “Robots,” the Ice Age is coming to an end, and the animals are delighting in the melting paradise that is their new world. In Ice Age: The Meltdown, the sub-zero heroes from the worldwide blockbuster CGI film “Ice Age” are back – Manny the woolly mammoth, Sid the sloth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger, and the hapless prehistoric squirrel/rat known as Scrat.
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