The Ice Age movie franchise will be expanding very soon. But one of the film series’ fan-favorite characters might not make it into the upcoming Ice Age: Boiling Point.
Speaking to The Direct, Seann William Scott, who voiced Crash in several Ice Age movies, said the possum will probably not be included in the new film. “I don’t think so,” the actor said when asked about reprising his role. “This is the first I’ve heard of it. I’m feeling like, if I haven’t heard anything at this point, they’re probably going to kill Crash off. Which, by the way, this movie doesn’t need two little opossums, and they don’t need to pay us for it… Yeah, I haven’t heard about [Ice Age: Boiling Point].”
Crash first burst onto the scene in 2006’s Ice Age: The Meltdown, alongside his twin brother Eddie and Ellie, who was raised by possums before learning she’s actually a mammoth. That twist shapes the dynamic between the trio. For Crash, Ellie is both a sister and a link to the world beyond his own. When she joins Manny’s herd, Crash and Eddie follow.
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Crash and Eddie walk forward with smiles while the Ice Age heroes look grimImage via Blue Sky Studios
Over time, Crash’s arc subtly evolves. In Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), we see flashes of his bravery beneath the recklessness. And by Ice Age: Collision Course in 2016, he and Eddie start craving independence, stepping out of Ellie’s shadow to define themselves as more than just comic relief. The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022) took Crash and Eddie into their own story.
Released in 2002, the first Ice Age movie followed “Manny the mammoth (Ray Romano), Sid the loquacious sloth (John Leguizamo), and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger (Denis Leary) who go on a quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.” The film became an instant hit and even earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.
The First Ice Age Movie Was A Box Office Smash
Along with praise from critics, the movie was a box office success, bringing in around $383.2 million in ticket takings. Naturally, Ice Age went on to spawn a franchise, with several sequels, spinoffs, specials, shorts, and video games. Ice Age: Boiling Point will be the sixth main entry in the popular prehistoric saga, and the first to be produced without Blue Sky Studios.
Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, and Simon Pegg, the latter of whom joined the franchise after the first movie, will be reprising their roles in Boiling Point. Plot details are currently under wraps, but fans can expect more of the silly antics from Manny, Sid, Diego, Ellie and Buck that have made the franchise so enduring.
Ice Age: Boiling Point will hit theaters worldwide on Feb. 5, 2027.
Release Date
March 27, 2002
Runtime
81 minutes
Director
Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
Writers
Michael J. Wilson, Michael Berg, Peter Ackerman, James Bresnahan, Galen T. Chu, Doug Compton
