The voice actor for Sid has confirmed that they are working on a sixth installment eight years after the last Ice Age film.
According to John Leguizamo, the actor who voices Sid in the original Ice Age saga, he has recently confirmed that a sixth film could be just around the corner. Leguizamo, in a special appearance on the podcast Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me! from NPR said:“We're about to make Ice Age 6!” imitating the voice of Sid the Sloth.
However, the star of Charm (2021) He did not provide any further details beyond this statement.. The Walt Disney Company owns the intellectual property of Ice Age after his fiction with 20th Century Studios, but They have not given an official announcement that this sixth installment is in the works either..
This news has taken many by surprise, since The animation studio behind the sprawling saga, Blue Sky Studios, closed its doors in 2021thus leaving the series Ice Age apparently frozen. However, what is not surprising is that they are trying to make a sixth installment, after all, Ice Age has proven to be one of the most valuable animated franchises in the industry and also one of the best animated films, as demonstrated by its five films, its numerous shorts and specials.
That's without even mentioning that the saga Ice Age It is also one of the highest-grossing animated franchises of all time.exactly the fourth of them, only behind Kung Fu Panda, Inside Out and Frozenironically.
The history of Ice Age
Scrat, the acorn-obsessed little squirrel who started it all
More than twenty years ago, A squirrel with an obsession with acorns set off a chain of events which would give rise to one of the most successful animated franchises of all time.
Ice Age introduced us to a cast of unforgettable characters: Manny the woolly mammoth who learned to love; Sid, the clumsy sloth who found his place in the world, and Diego, the grumpy saber-toothed tiger who discovered what compassion was.
This trio embarks on A transcontinental search to recover a human baby with his family, and in the process, they end up forming a lifelong relationship that has left an indelible mark on popular culture. But of course, this search is only the beginning of the story of Manny, Sid and Diego, who They have faced everything you can imagine in their film series.
Ice Age is one of the most successful animated franchises of all time
Ice Age has taken us through countless adventures, from dealing with melting glaciers in Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006) which multiplied its budget eight times at the world box office, until it ran into dinosaurs in Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) which generated almost $900 million.
The journey continued with Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (2012)where the group of friends faced pirates and raised a similar amount to its predecessor, and finally, they ended up preventing an alien threat in the fifth installment, with Ice Age: The Great Collision (2016)which despite receiving mostly negative reviews, managed to quadruple its budget.
Despite the closure of Blue Sky Studios, The franchise found a new home at Bardel Entertainment with Ice Age: Buck's Adventures (2022) And although most of the cast of the original films did not reprise their roles, with the exception of Simon Pegg, Buck's follow-up is still an excellent film to enjoy with the whole family.
An unannounced Disney+ project is listed on Bardel's official websiteso this could really be an indication that they are continuing to work on the franchise with the supposed sixth installment of Ice AgeHowever, it's still too early to tell and for now, as fans, we can only trust John Leguizamo's word.
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