Disney may be taking it easy, but the Mouse House will not leave aside none of the franchises available in its infinite catalog of intellectual property. Much less if these, they still have a large number of fans in view of a new blockbuster in theaters. Here, for example, Alien: Romulus or the return of the most famous celluloid toys with the premiere in 2026 of toy story 5. Now the last one to be added to this beautiful list of sequels has been Ice Age 6 or at least that’s what John Leguizamo, one of the actors who has appeared in all the episodes of the saga, claims.
Leguizamo is one of those supporting artists who regularly appears on the big screen. from the 80s. From the fatal romanticism of Rogue Millto police dramas at the level of Trapped by his past. Thus, the Golden Globe nominee has gradually become one of the first actors of Latin American origin to have ended up escaping the archetypes of his group. Likewise, he has worked as a dubbing actor in several animated films, such as Titan AE either Charm. But above all, in the field of interpretive discourse, he is remembered for having expressed Sid lazy in all the episodes of the franchise born in 2002. Leguizamo, in one of his last interviews, revealed that he was working on Ice Age 6although Bob Iger’s company has not yet confirmed the news.
Disney Resurrects “Ice Age 6”
The actor simply pointed out that they were “on the verge of doing Ice Age 6»without revealing when the development of the sequel to a series of films that clearly went from less to more would be. To the point that in 2022, it was Disney itself that completely froze the franchise by closing the Blue Sky Studios label. So it seemed that we would never see this great family of prehistoric species again… but the major It is clear that the IP continues to generate great appeal among a good number of viewers who, even today, continue to rewatch all of the adventures of Diego, Sid, Manny and company.
In this way, Leguizamo’s revelation reminds us of the moment when, a few months ago, Eddie Murphy I did the same with the future Shrek5. A few days later, Universal Pictures and Dreamworks confirmed the news, so it wouldn’t be strange if Disney did the same in the coming weeks. It remains to be seen whether the production company will now sign the saga with its studio or if, on the contrary, it will place it in 20th Century Workshops as he recently did with the new opus of the xenomorph. The story deviates so much from the original proposal that it is very likely that this sequel is a sort of continuation.restart.
The first Ice age It achieved a box office of 383 million worldwide, a resounding success that grows exponentially with each new delivery. The sequel Ice Age 2: The Thaw realization 660 millionwhile Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs And Ice Age 4: The Formation of the Continents They broke several studio records, almost reaching the 900 million on the global billboard. The final refusal to create more chapters came after the poor reception of The Ice Age: The Great Cataclysm.
The value of franchises
Disney knows very well the value of franchises in the current performance of the exhibition market. In fact, the company has had to resort to Upside Down 2 Already Deadpool and Wolverine to save the summer box office, by making nearly $3 billion between them at the box office ticketingThe company’s future planning also maintains this path, relying on a large number of adaptations. live action of his classics (and not so classic).
How will Disney continue the story of Ice Age 6? In the previous installment, Sid and his companions manage to deflect a meteorite approaching Earth, so the quota of threats to their survival seems complete. Leguizamo’s knowledge of the development of a sequel indicates that the plot will find its main characters. Not without leaving the feeling that the main plot of the adventures will require a plot twist that brings a breath of fresh air to the license. Will the darling also return at the same time? adorable squirrel scrat?
