Ice Age 6: The Runaway (2021)

Ice Age 6: The Runaway is a 2021 American computer-animated adventure comedy-drama film produced by 20th Century Animation and Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Studios. It is the sixth installment in the Ice Age franchise, and the direct sequel to Ice Age: Collision Course (2016), since the latter was declared non-canon to the entire series. The film was directed by Carlos Saldanha and Mike Mitchell, written by Michael Berg, Michael J. Wilson, and Mike Reiss, and produced by John C. Donkin. The music for the film was composed by Hans Zimmer and John Powell, the latter of whom previously composed the first three sequels.

In the film’s ensemble voice cast, Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Jack Black, Keke Palmer, Adam DeVine, Josh Gad, Jessie J, Jennifer Lopez, and Queen Latifah reprise their roles from the previous films. The returning cast is joined by Ryan Reynolds as a returning character from the first film, with Djimon Hounsou, Rachel Bloom, Diego Luna, Michael Peña, Gabriel Iglesias, Harvey Guillén, Josh Hutcherson, Zachary Levi, Bradley Cooper, and Dave Franco voicing new characters introduced in this film.

The computer animation for the film was provided by Reel FX Creative Studios, who had also provided animation for 2011’s Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas.

The film received positive reviews from critics who praised its animation, themes, voice acting, humor, Quane and Bruno’s direction, musical score, human characters, and satisfying conclusion of the series. It was also deemed a significant improvement over its predecessor and was considered to be the best installment of the Ice Age franchise.

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Premise
Some time after the events of the fifth film, Manny and the rest of the Herd are expecting their daughter Peaches and her husband Julian to have their first child after their marriage, until they come across a human friend Roshan, who warns them about a possible mammal hunting season that would change their lives forever. To save themselves from being hunted down, Manny, the Herd and Roshan team up with the other mammals and humans to defeat the hunters and create a peaceful life where both human and mammal can co-exist together.

Cast

 * Ray Romano as Manny, a woolly mammoth and the leader of The Herd
 * John Leguizamo as Sid, a ground sloth and the founder of The Herd
 * Denis Leary as Diego, a saber tooth tiger and the member of The Herd
 * Seann William Scott and Josh Peck as Crash and Eddie, two opossums and Ellie's brothers
 * Ryan Reynolds as Roshan, an adult human friend who reunites with The Herd to warn them about a possible mammal hunting season
 * Djimon Hounsou as Jeger, an evil human hunter who killed Manny's past family in the flashback and plans to start the next possible mammal hunting season
 * Jack Black as Zeke, a saber tooth tiger - Jeger's henchman and former member of Soto's pack
 * Jessie J as Brooke, a female ground sloth - Sid's wife and former resident of Geotopia
 * Jennifer Lopez as Shira, a female saber tooth tiger – Diego's wife and former first mate pirate
 * Queen Latifah as Ellie, a female woolly mammoth – Manny's wife
 * Keke Palmer as Peaches, a female woolly mammoth – Manny and Ellie's daughter
 * Adam DeVine as Julian, a woolly mammoth and Peaches' husband
 * Josh Gad as Louis, a molehog and Peaches' best friend
 * Rachel Bloom as Lola, a female molehog and Louis' love interest
 * Diego Luna as Santiago, a Chalicothere and the leader of the Fantabulous Four
 * Michael Peña as Pablo, an Andrewsarchus and the member of the Fantabulous Four
 * Gabriel Iglesias as Carlos, a Gigantopithecus and the member of the Fantabulous Four
 * Harvey Guillén as Miguel, a grey wolf and the member of the Fantabulous Four
 * Josh Hutcherson as Leroy, the younger brother
 * Zachary Levi as Artie, the middle brother
 * Bradley Cooper as Everett, the oldest brother
 * Dave Franco as Baxter and Thraxter, a pair of twins
 * Chris Wedge as Scrat, a saber-toothed squirrel
 * Karen Disher as Mary, a female woolly mammoth – Manny's past wife who got killed by hunters in the flashback
 * Iain Armitage as Junior, a child woolly mammoth – Manny and Mary's past son who got killed by hunters in the flashback
 * Tara Strong as Sheldon, a baby woolly mammoth – Peaches and Julian's son
 * Cedric the Entertainer as Carl, an Embolotherium
 * Stephen Root as Frank, a Brontops
 * Clea Lewis as Female Mini-Sloth
 * Jay Leno as Fast Tony, a giant armadillo
 * Will Arnett as Lone Gunslinger Vulture
 * Bill Hader as Gazelle

Production
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Soundtrack
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Release
Ice Age 6: The Runaway was theatrically released on July 28, 2021 in the United States. It was rated PG by the Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) for rude humor, some peril, mild violence and some language.

Home media
Ice Age 6: The Runaway was released on Blu-ray, DVD & 4K Ultra HD on November 14, 2021 on 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment.

Sequels
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Trivia

 * It is the sixth main installment of the Ice Age movie trilogy was made by Blue Sky Studios.
 * This is the longest Ice Age film to run 110 minutes.