'Ice Age' finally gets big update after much wait

Ice Age is set to embark on a new journey in its prehistoric setting as Boiling Point, the franchise’s upcoming installment, has officially been given a release date.

Though it already had one, which was in December 2026. But in that year, Disney will be releasing its tentpole, Avengers: Doomsday.

Now, the studio, which acquired the franchise's rights after acquiring 20th Century Fox, said that the film will be released on February 5, 2027.

The announcement was made at the Destination D23 event, held at Walt Disney Studios Resort in Orlando.

According to the logline, the new movie is "a dinosaur-and-lava-filled madcap adventure that takes Manny, Sid, Diego, Ellie, Scrat, and the rest of the herd to visit never-before-seen corners of the treacherous Lost World.”

Excitement among fans would likely surge, given that the last movie in the Ice Age franchise was released 11 years ago.

The film series, meanwhile, has five parts, The Meltdown, Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Continental Drift, and Collision Course, which collectively grossed over $3.2 billion at the global box office.