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The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
Promotional release poster
Directed byJohn C. Donkin
Screenplay by
  • Jim Hecht
  • William Schifrin
  • Ray DeLaurentis
Story byJim Hecht
Based onCharacters
by Michael J. Wilson
Produced byDenise L. Rottina
Starring
Edited byBraden Oberson
Music byBatu Sener
Production
company
Distributed byDisney+
Release date
  • January 28, 2022 (2022-01-28)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild is a 2022 American computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by John C. Donkin (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Jim Hecht, Ray DeLaurentis, and William Schifrin. The sixth installment in the Ice Age franchise, it is a spin-off and sequel to Ice Age: Collision Course. The film stars the voices of Simon Pegg (the only previous cast member to return) reprising his role as Buck Wild alongside Vincent Tong, Aaron Harris, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Justina Machado.

Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, it was released as a Disney+ original film on January 28, 2022. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics who criticized its humour, writing, animation, recasting of voice actors, lack of primary focus on the titular character and the decision to continue the franchise without the involvement of Blue Sky Studios.

Plot

Concerned about the two possums Crash and Eddie, Ellie, their woolly mammoth sister, calls for them, but they refuse to listen, calling themselves independent possums. They accidentally cause an avalanche and destroy the gang's summer home. Manny tells Crash and Eddie off for their recklessness and irresponsibility, with him and the rest of the herd declaring they would not survive on their own. Wanting to prove them wrong, Crash and Eddie sneak out and leave the new camp. Finding Crash and Eddie gone the next day, Ellie insists that they leave to go find them. Crash and Eddie stumble upon the entrance to the Lost World, a land full of dinosaurs, and quickly get in trouble with two raptors trying to eat them. Breaking away, they run into Buck Wild, who helps them escape and tells them that a Protoceratops named Orson, who was bullied as when he was young for having a massive brain, has escaped from exile and has come to conquer over the Lost World. Buck tries to get Crash and Eddie back to their home, but figures out a boulder is covering the entrance to the Lost World. Orson appears and says that he sealed the exit.

Buck and the possums escape and go to Buck's hideout, where Buck explains how he used to be part of an old squad that established the watering hole for animals to peacefully co-exist. He goes on to say that Orson did not accept to join his squad, because he believed in a world where the strong dominate the weak with him being the leader of them all. Buck further explains that because his squad stood in Orson's way, the latter tried to get rid of them, but they defeated him, banishing him to exile on Lava Island. With no one knowing how he escaped, Orson figures out that he can control two raptors on the island with fire.

Later, the two raptors find Buck's hideout, but Zee, a zorilla who used to be part of Buck's former squad, saves them by using a gas to knock out the raptors. Orson, seeing that two raptors is not enough to capture Buck, goes to find more. Orson and his new army of raptors attack the watering holes with Buck and Zee telling the animals to evacuate the area. Buck and Zee, tense with each other after the squad broke up, head to get help along with the possums. They arrive at Lost Lagoon and summon their old friend Momma. While Momma is knocked out because of a toothache they pull, Orson and his raptors arrive and attack them. Buck and Zee forgive each other for breaking up the old gang and agree to work together. Acting as a diversion, Buck is captured by Orson, allowing the others to escape.

Trying to figure out how Orson controls the raptors, Zee and the possums devise a plan to get Buck back. Ellie and the others figure out that Crash and Eddie entered the Lost World. They uncover the entrance and run into Momma, who tells them Crash and Eddie are in danger. Zee and the possums free Buck and with the help of the others, they continue to fight Orson and his army. Buck tries to explain to Orson that everyone needs to live in peace, but Orson arrogantly denies him and continues to fight. Figuring out Orson controls the raptors with fire, Crash and Eddie create a fire of their own and stop the raptors from fighting and save the Lost World. The raptors, upset with Orson, chase him away.

Ellie and the others apologize to Crash and Eddie and ask them to come home, but Crash and Eddie express that they want to stay in the Lost World with Buck and Zee. Saddened by their decision, Ellie allows them to stay and they say goodbye, but Crash and Eddie would still come to visit them often.

Cast

Simon Pegg (pictured) is the only returning voice actor from the previous films, reprising his role as Buck Wild

Production

Development

In June 2016, when asked about the possibility of a potential sixth film, Ice Age: Collision Course co-director Galen Tan Chu said there were some ideas for the next installment.[4] In August 2018, 20th Century Fox CEO Stacey Snider announced the development of a television series centered around the character of Buck with Blue Sky Studios.[5][6][7] The series would feature Crash and Eddie voiced by Sean William Scott and Josh Peck.[8][better source needed] On October 25, 2019, seven months after the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, the project was confirmed to still be in development for Disney+. On March 11, 2020, Disney relinquished all of its’ remaining trademarks to Scrat after reaching a new settlement with Ivy Supersonic, who had been involved in various lawsuits and protests regarding the status of the character’s trademarks. As a result, this settlement prevented the character from appearing in the film. Eventually on July 7, 2020, Ivy would win a 20 year trademark dispute over the character, which caused Disney to lose the rights to the character.[9] Because of this, Scrat was absent in the 2022 film The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, making it the first Ice Age film without the character.[10]

In December 2020, the project was confirmed to have been redeveloped as a film titled Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild, centering around Buck going on an adventure in the Dinosaur World with Crash and Eddie.[7] Simon Pegg was reported to be reprising his role as Buck.[11] However, Seann William Scott and Josh Peck, who voiced Crash and Eddie in previous films, did not return, and Vincent Tong and Aaron Harris were cast as their replacements.[2]

Blue Sky was closed on April 10, 2021, and consequently, many of their upcoming projects were canceled.[12] Despite this, production on Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild continued. On January 14, 2022, director John C. Donkin and executive producer Lori Forte said Blue Sky was never involved in the film.[13]

Unlike the previous Ice Age films released by 20th Century Fox and produced by 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky, the film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures, with the animation being outsourced to Bardel Entertainment in Vancouver.[14] Bardel had previously collaborated with Disney and 20th Century Animation on Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021).[15]

Music

Batu Sener was revealed to be the composer for the film on August 2, 2021.[16] Sener later uploaded snippets of the score to SoundCloud on September 26, 2021, and December 14, 2021, confirming that original themes from Ice Age: The Meltdown and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, which was composed by John Powell, would be in the film.[17][18] The soundtrack was digitally released on January 28, 2022, by Hollywood Records and Walt Disney Records.[19][20]

Release

The film was released on January 28, 2022, exclusively on Disney+ in North America.[8] The film will later be released on March 25, 2022, in Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, making it the first Disney+ original film to not have a worldwide simulcast.[21]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 23% of 26 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.1/10.[22] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 30 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.[23]

Courtney Howard of Variety, gave the film a negative review, saying how the story's focus is on the major characters of the previous Ice Age films, rather than solely on the titular Buck. She also points out the problematic disability representation and how the animation is "akin to a late-stage pre-viz pass", ending the review saying that the film "should've remained on ice."[24] Natalia Winkleman of The New York Times said that she was disappointed to see the film replace almost all of its celebrity voices and stated that of all the "sins" in the movie, the omission of Scrat was unforgivable.[25] Giving the film a D+, The A.V. Club's Jesse Hassenger compared it to Disney's other direct-to-video sequels, saying: "The new direct-to-streaming Ice Age sequel is a generic chunk of content."[26] Mark Kennedy of the Associated Press gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, writing: "Visually and storytelling-wise it's not a cut above much of what kids can watch on TV these days. This is a franchise that looks like it's slowly going the way of the dinos, while we drool."[27]

Possible sequel

While promoting The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, the Disney+ PR page revealed that another Ice Age movie is in development, with the script being penned by Ray DeLaurentis.[28] Lori Forte discussed the possibility of another film 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.[29]

Notes

  1. ^ The film was originally in-production at 20th Century Studios, but was changed to a Walt Disney Pictures release before completion. Despite this, 20th Century Animation, not explicitly mentioned in the credits along with Walt Disney Pictures, is still a production company.

References

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