So long as 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios’ box office juggernaut continues to pull in the numbers – Continental Drift reached $850 worldwide in 2012 – expect Scrat to continue to go through Hell and high water all to protect his precious acorn. In the latest trailer for Ice Age: Collision Course, that unflinching bond sends the cutesy saber-toothed squirrel to the stars.
Featuring the dulcet tones of famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, today’s snippet showcases just how quickly things go south for Scrat and his band of primordial companions. In activating an ancient alien mechanism, Scrat’s clumsy hero causes interplanetary chaos, inadvertently sending a massive meteor on a one-way path to planet Earth.
Directed by Mike Thurmeier and Galen T. Chu, Ice Age: Collision features a who’s who of voice acting talent. Denis Leary, Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, John Leguizamo and Jennifer Lopez reprise their key roles form Continental Drift, while Fox’s animated sequel also welcomes a hoard of newcomers to the adventure: Stephanie Beatriz, Adam DeVine, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Max Greenfield, Jessie J, Nick Offerman, Melissa Rauch and Michael Strahan.
Ice Age: Collision Course has been sent careering toward theaters, with Thurmeier and T. Chu’s sequel on course for a release on July 22.
Scrat’s epic pursuit of the elusive acorn catapults him into the universe where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the Ice Age World. To save themselves, Sid, Manny, Diego, and the rest of the herd must leave their home and embark on a quest full of comedy and adventure, traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters.
