title: Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
Paleontology in West Virginia
John Leguizamo
Ice Age: Collision Course
Chris Wedge
Ice Age (franchise)
Surviving Sid
Gone Nutty
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Freak (film)
sentences: Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas is a 2011 computer animated television special and part of the "Ice Age" franchise, produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Karen Disher.
 It premiered on November 24, 2011 on Fox in the United States and in the United Kingdom at christmas on Channel 4 and E4 and it was released two days later to DVD and Blu-ray.
Paleontology in West Virginia refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of West Virginia.
 West Virginia's fossil record begins in the Cambrian.
 From that time through the rest of the early Paleozoic, the state was at least partially submerged under a shallow sea.
 The Paleozoic seas of West Virginia were home to creatures like corals, eurypterids, graptolites, nautiloids, and trilobites at varying times.
 During the Carboniferous period, the sea was replaced by lushly vegetated coastal swamps.
 West Virginia is an excellent source of fossil plants due to these deposits.
 These swamps were home to amphibians.
 A gap in the local rock record spans from the Permian to the end of the Cenozoic.
 West Virginia was never the site of glacial activity during the Ice Age, but the state was home to creatures like mammoths, mastodons, and giant ground sloths.
 One local ground sloth, "Megalonyx jeffersonii", was subject to the scholarly investigations of Thomas Jefferson, who misinterpreted the large-clawed remains as belonging to a lion-like predator.
 In 2008, this species was designated the West Virginia state fossil.
John Alberto Leguizamo ( ; born July 22, 1964) is a Colombian-American actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian, film producer, playwright and screenwriter.
 He came to prominence with a co-starring role in the action/comedy "Super Mario Bros." (1993) and a supporting role in the crime drama "Carlito's Way" (1993).
 Other notable roles include Sid the Sloth in the animated "Ice Age" films (2002–2016) and the narrator of the sitcom "The Brothers García" (2000–2004).
 As of 2009, he has appeared in over 75 films, produced over 10 films, starred on Broadway in several productions (winning several awards), made over 12 television appearances, and has produced or starred in many other television shows.
Ice Age: Collision Course is a 2016 American computer animated comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios.
 It is the fifth installment in the "Ice Age" film series and the sequel to "" (2012).
 It was directed by Mike Thurmeier and co-directed by Galen Tan Chu, and written by Michael Wilson, Michael Berg and Yoni Brenner.
John Christian "Chris" Wedge (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter, cartoonist and voice actor of animation, best known for the films "Ice Age" (2002), "Robots" (2005), "Epic" (2013) and "Monster Trucks" (2016).
 He is a co-founder of the animation studio Blue Sky Studios and voiced the character Scrat in the "Ice Age" franchise.
Ice Age is an American media franchise centering on a group of mammals surviving the Paleolithic ice age.
 It is produced by Blue Sky Studios, a division of 20th Century Fox, and featuring the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Chris Wedge.
 Five films have been released in the series thus far with "Ice Age" in 2002, "" in 2006, "" in 2009, "" in 2012, and "" in 2016.
 It has received some criticism for making no attempt to be scientifically accurate.
 As of April 2016, the franchise had generated $6 billion in revenue, making it one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.
Surviving Sid is a 2008 computer-animated short film from Blue Sky Studios, starring Sid the Sloth of "Ice Age" and a cameo appearance by Scrat.
 It is the third in the series of "Ice Age" short films, the other two being "Gone Nutty" and "No Time for Nuts".
 Unlike the first two "Ice Age" short films, "Surviving Sid" focuses on Sid and a small animal group of camping children.
 Directed by Galen Tan Chu and Karen Disher, the short premiered on December 9, 2008, on the "Horton Hears a Who!
" DVD and Blu-ray.
Gone Nutty (also known as Scrat's Missing Adventure) is an animated short film, directed by Carlos Saldanha for Blue Sky Studios.
 The short features the character Scrat from "Ice Age", who is yet again having troubles with collecting his beloved acorns.
 It was released on November 26, 2002, on the "Ice Age" DVD and VHS.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is a 2009 American computer-animated comedy adventure film produced by Blue Sky Studios.
 It is the third installment in the "Ice Age" series and the sequel to "" (2006).
 It was directed by Carlos Saldanha and co-directed by Mike Thurmeier.
 Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Queen Latifah reprise their roles from the first two films, with Simon Pegg joining them in the role of a weasel named Buck.
 The story has Sid being taken by a female "Tyrannosaurus" after stealing her eggs, leading the rest of the herd to rescue him in a tropical lost world inhabited by dinosaurs beneath the ice.
Freak is a 1998 film directed by Spike Lee.
 The film is a live performance of John Leguizamo's one man show on Broadway of the same name.
 Leguizamo's show was semi-autobiographical as he would talk about many aspects of his life.
 In the performance piece, he also talks about family members such as his parents, grandparents, uncle, and his younger brother.
 The film premiered on HBO.

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 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas is a 2011 computer animated television special and part of the "Ice Age" franchise, produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Karen Disher.
 It premiered on November 24, 2011 on Fox in the United States and in the United Kingdom at christmas on Channel 4 and E4 and it was released two days later to DVD and Blu-ray. 

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 Paleontology in West Virginia refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of West Virginia.
 West Virginia's fossil record begins in the Cambrian.
 From that time through the rest of the early Paleozoic, the state was at least partially submerged under a shallow sea.
 The Paleozoic seas of West Virginia were home to creatures like corals, eurypterids, graptolites, nautiloids, and trilobites at varying times.
 During the Carboniferous period, the sea was replaced by lushly vegetated coastal swamps.
 West Virginia is an excellent source of fossil plants due to these deposits.
 These swamps were home to amphibians.
 A gap in the local rock record spans from the Permian to the end of the Cenozoic.
 West Virginia was never the site of glacial activity during the Ice Age, but the state was home to creatures like mammoths, mastodons, and giant ground sloths.
 One local ground sloth, "Megalonyx jeffersonii", was subject to the scholarly investigations of Thomas Jefferson, who misinterpreted the large-clawed remains as belonging to a lion-like predator.
 In 2008, this species was designated the West Virginia state fossil. 

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 John Alberto Leguizamo ( ; born July 22, 1964) is a Colombian-American actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian, film producer, playwright and screenwriter.
 He came to prominence with a co-starring role in the action/comedy "Super Mario Bros." (1993) and a supporting role in the crime drama "Carlito's Way" (1993).
 Other notable roles include Sid the Sloth in the animated "Ice Age" films (2002–2016) and the narrator of the sitcom "The Brothers García" (2000–2004).
 As of 2009, he has appeared in over 75 films, produced over 10 films, starred on Broadway in several productions (winning several awards), made over 12 television appearances, and has produced or starred in many other television shows. 

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 Ice Age: Collision Course is a 2016 American computer animated comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios.
 It is the fifth installment in the "Ice Age" film series and the sequel to "" (2012).
 It was directed by Mike Thurmeier and co-directed by Galen Tan Chu, and written by Michael Wilson, Michael Berg and Yoni Brenner. 

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 John Christian "Chris" Wedge (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter, cartoonist and voice actor of animation, best known for the films "Ice Age" (2002), "Robots" (2005), "Epic" (2013) and "Monster Trucks" (2016).
 He is a co-founder of the animation studio Blue Sky Studios and voiced the character Scrat in the "Ice Age" franchise. 

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 Ice Age is an American media franchise centering on a group of mammals surviving the Paleolithic ice age.
 It is produced by Blue Sky Studios, a division of 20th Century Fox, and featuring the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Chris Wedge.
 Five films have been released in the series thus far with "Ice Age" in 2002, "" in 2006, "" in 2009, "" in 2012, and "" in 2016.
 It has received some criticism for making no attempt to be scientifically accurate.
 As of April 2016, the franchise had generated $6 billion in revenue, making it one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. 

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 Surviving Sid is a 2008 computer-animated short film from Blue Sky Studios, starring Sid the Sloth of "Ice Age" and a cameo appearance by Scrat.
 It is the third in the series of "Ice Age" short films, the other two being "Gone Nutty" and "No Time for Nuts".
 Unlike the first two "Ice Age" short films, "Surviving Sid" focuses on Sid and a small animal group of camping children.
 Directed by Galen Tan Chu and Karen Disher, the short premiered on December 9, 2008, on the "Horton Hears a Who!
" DVD and Blu-ray. 

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 Freak is a 1998 film directed by Spike Lee.
 The film is a live performance of John Leguizamo's one man show on Broadway of the same name.
 Leguizamo's show was semi-autobiographical as he would talk about many aspects of his life.
 In the performance piece, he also talks about family members such as his parents, grandparents, uncle, and his younger brother.
 The film premiered on HBO. 

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Answer: Spike Lee