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 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.

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.

## Cast

- Ray Romano as Manny
- John Leguizamo as Sid
- Denis Leary as Diego
- Queen Latifah as Ellie
- Seann William Scott as Crash
- Josh Peck as Eddie
- Chris Wedge as Scrat
- Karen Disher as Scratte Siren
- Keke Palmer as Peaches, Manny and Ellie's teenage daughter
- Jennifer Lopez as Shira, a saber-toothed cat (Smilodon) and Diego's love interest.
- Peter Dinklage as Captain Gutt, a prehistoric ape (Gigantopithecus) and the main antagonist
- Wanda Sykes as Granny, Sid's 80-year-old grandmother
- Josh Gad as Louis, a molehog and Peaches' best friend, who has a crush on her
- Drake as Ethan, a woolly mammoth Peaches has a crush on
- Aziz Ansari as Squint, a prehistoric rabbit (Palaeolagus) and part of Gutt's crew
- Nicki Minaj as Steffie, a woolly mammoth

- Ester Dean as Sloth Siren
- Rebel Wilson as Raz, an Australian prehistoric kangaroo (Procoptodon) that is part of Gutt's crew
- Joy Behar as Eunice, Sid's mother
- Nick Frost as Flynn, a 4000 pound English elephant seal that is part of Gutt's crew
- Heather Morris as Katie, a woolly mammoth
- Ally Romano as Meghan, a woolly mammoth
- Alan Tudyk as Milton, Sid's father / Fabio sloth
- Kunal Nayyar as Gupta, a Bengali Badger (Chamitataxus) and part of Gutt's crew and used as the ship's impearl flag
- Alain Chabat as Silas, a Blue-footed Booby from the south of France that is part of Gutt's crew
- Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo as Fungus, Sid's uncle
- Ben Gleib as Marshall, Sid's brother
- 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

## 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. 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.

### Casting

On February 2010 are reprising their roles Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary.

On June 17, 2010 are reprising their roles Sean William Scott and Josh Peck

## Premieres

|Country|Release Date||
| --- | --- | --- |
|||July 13, 2012 March 6, 2015 (re-release)|
||November 22, 2013||

## Staff

- Director by: Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier
- Story by: Jason Carter Eaton
- Storyboard artist: Karen Disher
- Character Design: Peter de Sève
- Music by: John Powell

## Soundtrack

_Ice Age: Continental Drift_ is the soundtrack of the movie scored by John Powell and was released on July 10, 2012.

## 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.

_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, on the Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, and Kinect for the Xbox 360.

## Sequel

A sequel, titled _Ice Age: Collision Course_, was released on July 22, 2016.

## Other websites

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## Infobox (film)

- **name**: Ice Age: Continental Drift
- **image**: Ice Age Continental Drift logo.svg
- **director**: Steve Martino
Michael Thurmeier
- **producer**: Lori Forte
John C. Donkin
- **screenplay**: Michael Berg (screenwriter), Michael Berg
Jason Fuchs
- **story**: Michael Berg
Lori Forte
- **music**: John Powell (composer), John Powell
- **cinematography**: Renato Falcão
- **editing**: James Palumbo
David Ian Salter
- **studio**: Blue Sky Studios
20th Century Fox Animation
- **distributor**: 20th Century Fox
- **runtime**: 88 minutes
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English
- **budget**: $95 million
- **gross**: $877.2 million


## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Ice Age: Continental Drift
- **type**: film
- **artist**: John Powell (composer), John Powell
- **released**: July 10, 2012
- **recorded**: 2012
- **genre**: Movie score, Score
- **length**: 57:57
- **label**: Varèse Sarabande
- **chronology**: John Powell (composer), John Powell film scores
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