Ice Age 6

Ice Age 6 is an upcoming American animated adventure comedy film produced by 20th Century Animation and distributed by 20th Century Studios. It will serve as a sequel to Ice Age: Collision Course (2016), the sixth main installment and seventh overall installment in the Ice Age film series. Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Simon Pegg, and Queen Latifah will reprise their roles from the previous films. It will be the first theatrical Ice Age film not to be produced by Blue Sky Studios, following its closure on April 10, 2021.

Ice Age 6
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Produced by	Lori Forte[1]
Starring	Ray Romano John Leguizamo Denis Leary Queen Latifah Simon Pegg
Production company	20th Century Animation
Distributed by	20th Century Studios
Release date	December 18, 2026 (2026-12-18)
Country	United States
Language	English

Plans for a sixth Ice Age film were announced in June 2016, when co-director Galen T. Chu stated that there were some ideas for the sixth installment, though Bustle noted that the chances of a sixth entry were relatively high but would depend on the box office performance of the fifth film. The film was eventually revealed to be in development by Leguizamo in September 2024, with updates arriving that November.

Ice Age 6 is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on December 18, 2026.

Voice cast

Main article: List of Ice Age characters

• Ray Romano as Manny, a woolly mammoth and the leader and co-founder of the Herd.^[2]
• John Leguizamo as Sid, a ground sloth and the co-founder of the Herd.^[2]
• Denis Leary as Diego, a smilodon and the co-leader and co-founder of the Herd.^[2]
• Simon Pegg as Buckminster "Buck" Wild, a one-eyed weasel and dinosaur hunter.^[2]
• Queen Latifah as Ellie, a female woolly mammoth, Manny's wife, and a member of the Herd.^[2]

Production

On the possibility of a potential sequel to Ice Age: Collision Course in June 2016, co-director Galen T. Chu said that there were some ideas for the sixth installment of the Ice Age series.^[3]

In February 2022, producer Lori Forte discussed the possibility of a sequel while promoting The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, saying, "I think it's a little premature. We hope that people will respond to this, and that will promote us to be able to do another movie. If the audiences want it, we've got plenty of ideas. There's no end to ideas and adventures and characters, so we're ready if they're ready."^[4]

In September 2024, John Leguizamo, the voice of Sid in the Ice Age films, revealed that the sixth film was in development.^[5] By November 2024, during D23 in Brazil, the film was officially announced to be in production with Ray Romano, Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Simon Pegg, and Queen Latifah reprising their roles from the previous films.^[2]

Release

Ice Age 6 is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on December 18, 2026.^[6] In May 2025, after Avengers: Doomsday was delayed to that date, Ice Age 6 was expected to be moved to a new release date in the following weeks.^[7]