![]() ![]() ![]() Her father Manny sets off to rescue Peaches, aided by two other series regulars, the comedy sloth Sid and the saber-toothed smilodon cat Diego, with occasional cameo appearances from the super-sized squirrel Scrat. It opens with cute baby mammoth Peaches being kidnapped by an evil hawk-like creature called Shadow, an all-new character in the Ice Age pantheon. The plot is only tangentially related to the movies. PHOTOS: Broadway Musicals That Have Sung Their Way to the Big Screen Lea Michele Gives Final 'Funny Girl' Performance on Broadway But anybody hoping that the zippy comedy and action-heavy animation of the Ice Age films might translate smoothly to the live-action arena will be disappointed by this hit-and-miss exercise in franchise-milking. Following its premiere at London’s cavernous Wembley Arena this weekend, this arena-sized family spectacle transfers to Germany later this month, with plans for a five-year international tour to follow.Ĭo-directed by Guy Caron and Michael Curry, whose past credits include Cirque du Soleil, the show incorporates giant animal puppets, human acrobats and ice-skating dance numbers. Considering the four films in Twentieth Century Fox’s family-friendly animated franchise have grossed almost $3 billion between them, it was only a matter of time before Ice Age got the live-action musical treatment like The Lion King, Toy Story, Shrek and many others. ![]()
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