This article is about the film. A group of mammoths later appear from the fissure, proving to everyone that mammoths are not really extinct. The film also earned an "A" rating from CinemaScore. The three (along with Scrat)direct all other animals to safety, and meeta female mammoth named Ellieand her adoptive possum brothers Crash and Eddie, who manage to join the herd. Click to reveal Jansen Panettiere, the younger brother of actress Hayden Panettiere, died Feb. 19 in Nyack, New York. This forms a crack from the glacier's top and splits down the line of indents, widening into a fissure until Scrat unintentionally diverts the flood, saving the animals of the valley. Subsequent credits include 2003 appearances on the sitcom Hope & Faith and the drama Third Watch, and the following year he voiced the recurring character Periwinkle on Blues Clues. On the trip, they discover that Manny is not in fact the last of the woolly mammoths. Ice Age: The Meltdown is a 2006 American computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The only original voice actor that reprises his role for the film is Simon Pegg. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. However, as the vulture further explained, the valley had exactly three days before the dam would break and reach the geyser fields until: "BOOM! 78.128.60.77 You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. The animals good spirits quickly fall, however, as an intimidating vulture convinces the animals that a terrible flood is coming. After being harassed by vultures, the group finds the boat behind a field of hot geysers. 1.1 Credited Voice Cast; 1.2 Unknown Voice Actors; 2 See also; Cast [] Credited Voice Cast [] Ray Romano as Manny (Voice) John Leguizamo as Sid (Voice) Denis Leary as Diego . Powell composed brand new music for the film that replaced the theme songs from the previous film. [26], A tie-in video game was published by Vivendi Universal Games.[27]. Both stories deal with the world coming to an end due to flooding. 2023 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. Menu. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. They ultimately reconcile when they must co-operate to save the group. in his own words. Ice Age: The Meltdown Edit Edit source History Talk (0) Contents. Ice Age: The Meltdown (also called Ice Age 2: The Meltdown or simply known as Ice Age 2) is an American 2006 computer-animated comedy-dramaadventurefilm directed by Carlos Saldanha. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. The film was originally going to be released in November of 2005, but was pushed forward to March 2006, mostly due to two reasons: Hurricane Katrina of August of the same year and Robots released in March of the same year. Click to reveal Manny, Sid and Diego are living in a large valley with an enormously high ice wall filling one end. The film received generally positive reviews from the general public and fans of the first film. The vulture then explains his intent to eat those that die off in the flood before flying off, and with that a large chunk of ice breaks from the glacier forming the waterpark, nearly crushing some of the animals on the slides before landing in the meltwater lake. He composed brand new theme music replacing the original ones. Meledandri cited the success of Saldanha's model as a main factor in his decision to leave 20th Century Fox and found Illumination Entertainment the following year. Their leader suggests that Sid should join them, but Diego replies that he is a vital part of their group, which makes Sid happy. Performance & security by Cloudflare. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Sid invites them to escape the flood, and Ellie accepts. The voice talents of all the characters are fantastic, paired with great characterization by the animators. Scrat is then washed away in the draining wave of water, and believed to be deceased. After several failed attempts of convincing Ellie she's a mammoth, Manny seemingly gives up, after one last attempt of "impressing" her. Frank. Behind the scenes of the first Ice Age movie, voice cast, animation, lighting, and writting!LIKE, COMMENT AND SUSCRIBE :)MY TWITTER: @IceAgeFanpageMY INSTAGRAM: ICE AGE FANPAGEFOLLOW ME :)Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for \"fair use\" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Carlos Saldanha Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification Produced by Music by Cinematography by Craig Grasso . Ice Age: The Meltdown is the sequel to Ice Age, and the second film in the Ice Age franchise, released on March 31st, 2006. [11], Ice Age: The Meltdown had its world premiere on March 19, 2006, at the Mann's Grauman Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California. Click to reveal The film grossed a total of $195,330,621 at United States and Canadian box offices, making it the first film in 2006 to pass the $100 million mark. Both stories end with the flood subsiding and the animals returning to their ordinary lives. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was warmly-received by the general public. Ice Age Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. As things settle down, the herd sleeps while and unsuspecting Sid is kidnapped by a tribe of mini-sloths, who believe Sid to be a god, referred to as "fire king". Your IP: [14] Fox aired promotions for the film throughout the evening. Ice Age: The Meltdown (also called Ice Age 2: The Meltdown or simply known as Ice Age 2) is an American 2006 computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film directed by Carlos Saldanha. The voice cast of the animated film also features Utkarsh Ambudkar (Free Guy), . The film premiered in Belgium on March 1, 2006, and in the United States on March 31. However, he soon realized Ellie was a very strange mammal as she believed that she was a opossum, like her brothers Crash and Eddie. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.No copyright infringement intended. Manny then ushers the animals along and takes a moment to look out at the chunk of broken ice in the lake suspiciously, until Diego moves him along as well. Sid continuously antagonized Manny about being the last mammoth alive, with his satirical songs (though he wasn't trying to depress Manny, but was merely being Sid). Manny, Sid, and Diego separate from Ellie, Crash, and Eddie when the two mammoths argue about which route is safest. After the vultures morbid speech, the masses of animals comically head for the boat, leaving in pairs and familiesand Scrat follows the trio to the boat. Meanwhile, Cretaceous, a Cymbospondylus and Maelstrom, a Pliosauroideaboth frozen since the Mesozoic eraescape due to melting ice and seek to eat all the mammals they can during the flood. ", the water would rise and flood the valley. The characters, despite being from the last movie, were remodeled for the sequel. However, the moment quickly ends, as flood waters rise higher still, and the group huddles together awaiting their impending doom. This version, however, did not end up in the UK DVD release, even though Lee Ryan and his song were credited. "[3] By June 2002, Blue Sky Studios was already working on the sequel. Meanwhile, Scrat, after a series of misadventures to get back his acorn, climbs the adjacent glacial wall beside them and inadvertently creates a long crack when he punctures the ice. Panettiere, also a painter and artist, appeared alongside his sister in the 2004 Disney Channel movie Tiger Cruise. The herds of animals all enjoy the Glacier Water Park. Further on, the sirens, detecting more prey, found Gutt, a piratical Gigantopithecus, in a cave. Twomonthsafter the events of the first film,Scrat the saber-tooth squirrel tries to access his acorn, which is lodged into a great wall of ice, but releases a stream of meltwater from the ice wall upon removing the nut, which blasts him down into an ice slide where a young platybelodon slides down, carrying him along, as the young animal reaches a vast waterpark where herds of other animals are all enjoying the pools and slides formed from the melting ice. Ellie, Crash, and Eddie, who took the safer yet longer way, are trapped inside a cave. 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