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
* Keke Palmer as Peaches, Manny and Ellie's teenage daughter
* Wanda Sykes as Granny, Sid's 80-year-old grandmother
* 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
* Ally Romano as Meghan, a woolly mammoth
* Alan Tudyk as Milton, Sid's father / Fabio sloth
* 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 
## 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.

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