Continental Drift: 2012 American animated film
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 and 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.
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| Directed by | Steve Martino Michael Thurmeier |
| Screenplay by | Michael Berg Jason Fuchs |
| Story by | Michael Berg Lori Forte |
| Produced by | Lori Forte John C. Donkin |
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| Cinematography | Renato Falcão |
| Edited by | James Palumbo David Ian Salter |
| Music by | John Powell |
Production companies | Blue Sky Studios 20th Century Fox Animation |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $95 million |
| Box office | $877.2 million |
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.
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.
Cast
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Non-speaking characters include:
- Boris, a prehistoric Wild Boar (Metridiochoerus) that is part of Gutt's crew
- Precious, Granny's "imaginary" pet Giant whale
Jeremy Renner was supposed to be the voice actor of Captain Gutt. He later dropped out because of scheduling conflicts with The Bourne Legacy. Jennette McCurdy was originally set to voice Peaches, but dropped out because of her schedule on iCarly.
Premieres
| Country | Release Date |
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 United States Canada | July 13, 2012 March 6, 2015 (re-release) |
 Togo | November 11, 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 | ||||
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| Film score by John Powell | ||||
| Released | July 10, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Score | |||
| Length | 57:57 | |||
| Label | Varèse Sarabande | |||
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Ice Age: Continental Drift is the soundtrack of the movie scored by John Powell and was released on July 10, 2012.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Morning Peaches" | 2:22 |
| 2. | "Schism" | 2:28 |
| 3. | "Storm" | 3:50 |
| 4. | "No Exit Gutt" | 5:37 |
| 5. | "Escape from Captivity" | 3:02 |
| 6. | "New Loves" | 4:50 |
| 7. | "Hydraxes / Prison Talk" | 2:57 |
| 8. | "Diversion" | 3:57 |
| 9. | "Pirating the Pirates" | 4:37 |
| 10. | "Teen Cave" | 4:42 |
| 11. | "Sirens" | 2:35 |
| 12. | "Land Bridge Trap" | 8:22 |
| 13. | "Herd Reunion" | 3:08 |
| 14. | "Scrat's Fantasia" | 5:30 |
Total length: | 57:57 | |
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.
References
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