The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (alternate version)

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild is a 2022 computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by John C. Donkin, in his feature directorial debut, with a screenplay by Jim Hecht, Ray DeLaurentis, and William Schifrin. It serves as the sixth film in the Ice Age franchise and a standalone sequel to Ice Age: Collision Course. The film received generally negative reviews from critics directed towards the lack of primary focus on the titular character, recasting of voice actors, animation quality, the absence of Scrat, and lack of involvement from Blue Sky Studios. Although what if it was a direct sequel to the main films?

Changes

 * It's called Ice Age: Freezing Finale, which would serve as the sixth and final installment in the Ice Age film series.
 * Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott and Josh Peck would've reprised their roles as Manny, Diego, Sid, Ellie, Crash and Eddie.
 * This sequel was produced by Blue Sky Studios and released on July 26th, 2019.
 * The animation wouldn't be over-the-top as in Collision Course and would be more like Continental Drift.
 * Spies in Disguise keeps its April 19th, 2019 release, so this is Blue Sky Studios' final film before its 2021 closure.
 * It wouldn't likely have the light-hearted tone of the first four Ice Age sequels, bringing back the deep and melancholic dramedy tone of the original 2002 film.
 * All the characters are back to their original personalities after they've gone flanderized badly.
 * Manny is back to being a slightly standoffish, but lovable grump.
 * Sid is back to being a wacky and spontaneous yet smart, optimistic and supportive best friend to Manny and Diego.
 * Crash and Eddie are back to being intelligent and crafty pranksters who cared about their friends.
 * A desperate attempt to be hip and cool with modern audiences was toned down.
 * These dated references to the 2010s' popular culture and jokes related to social networks, internet slang, hashtags and profile pictures are toned down too since it would somehow end up failing to fit in with the time period the films are set in.
 * All characters introduced in Collision Course are non-existent and never mentioned in this in-universe except Julian and Brooke.
 * Most of the events of Collision Course were ignored, except Peaches and Julian's marriage and Sid and Brooke's relationship.
 * This sixth film will bring back the wit and charm of the first four films.
 * Not only Scrat would return in the film, but all the characters from the previous films would return as well (including Carl and Frank, Fast Tony, Lone Gunslinger Vulture, a tribe of Mini-Sloths, Precious, and more).
 * Louis would return as a speaking character in the fourth film.
 * However, Scrat would stay separate from the Herd like he usually does as he has around eight scenes. He tries to get his acorn as he usually does, but along the way, he also has to avoid the hunters and other threats.
 * The humans from the first film are reintroduced, including Roshan.

Info
Ice Age: Freezing Finale is a 2019 American computer-animated adventure comedy-drama film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures under their 20th Century Fox banner. It is the sequel to Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) and the sixth and final installment in the Ice Age film series. The film was directed by Chris Wedge, written by Michael Berg, Michael J. Wilson and Mike Reiss, and produced by Lori Forte and John C. Donkin. The music for the film was composed by Hans Zimmer, John Powell (who previously composed the first three sequels) and David Newman (who returned from the first film).

In the film's ensemble voice cast, Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Jack Black, Diedrich Bader, Alan Tudyk, Keke Palmer, Adam DeVine, Josh Gad, Simon Pegg, Jessie J, Jennifer Lopez, Wanda Sykes, and Queen Latifah reprise their roles from the previous films. The returning cast is joined by Ryan Reynolds as a returning character from the first film, with Djimon Hounsou, Rachel Bloom, Diego Luna, Michael Peña, Gabriel Iglesias, Harvey Guillén, Josh Hutcherson, Zachary Levi, Bradley Cooper, and Dave Franco voicing new characters introduced in this film.

Ice Age: Freezing Finale premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on July 3, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 26, 2019.

The film was widely praised by critics and audiences for its animation, themes, voice acting, humor, musical score, screenplay, emotional weight compared to the previous Ice Age films, human characters, Wedge's direction, and satisfying conclusion of the series. It was also deemed a significant improvement over its predecessor and was considered to be the best installment of the Ice Age franchise. It grossed over $1.070 billion worldwide, and became the eighth highest-grossing film of 2019, the sixth highest-grossing animated film of all time, the highest-grossing Ice Age film and the highest-grossing film from Blue Sky Studios. At the 92nd Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Animated Feature, losing to Toy Story 4.

Ice Age: Freezing Finale was the last film produced by Blue Sky Studios, as well as the last of the only two films from 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios after the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney along with Spies in Disguise, the last animated film to use the 20th Century Fox name and the first 20th Century Fox film and the only Blue Sky Studios film to use the "Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures" credit at the end.

Premise
Some time after the events of the fifth film, Manny and the rest of the Herd are expecting their daughter Peaches and her husband Julian to have their first child after their marriage, until they come across a human friend Roshan, who warns them about a possible mammal hunting season that would change their lives forever. To save themselves from being hunted down, Manny, the Herd and Roshan team up with the other mammals and humans to defeat the hunters and create a peaceful life where both human and mammal can co-exist together.

Cast

 * Ray Romano as Manny, a woolly mammoth and the leader of The Herd
 * John Leguizamo as Sid, a ground sloth and the founder of The Herd
 * Denis Leary as Diego, a saber tooth tiger and the member of The Herd
 * Seann William Scott and Josh Peck as Crash and Eddie, two opossums and Ellie's brothers
 * Ryan Reynolds as Roshan, an adult human friend who reunites with The Herd to warn them about a possible mammal hunting season
 * Djimon Hounsou as Jeger, an evil human hunter who killed Manny's past family in the flashback and plans to start the next possible mammal hunting season
 * Jack Black as Zeke, a saber tooth tiger - one of Jeger's henchmen and former members of Soto's pack
 * Diedrich Bader as Oscar, a saber tooth tiger - one of Jeger's henchmen and former members of Soto's pack
 * Alan Tudyk as Lenny, a saber tooth tiger - one of Jeger's henchmen and former members of Soto's pack
 * Jessie J as Brooke, a female ground sloth - Sid's wife and former resident of Geotopia
 * Jennifer Lopez as Shira, a female saber tooth tiger – Diego's wife and former first mate pirate
 * Queen Latifah as Ellie, a female woolly mammoth – Manny's wife
 * Keke Palmer as Peaches, a female woolly mammoth – Manny and Ellie's daughter
 * Adam DeVine as Julian, a woolly mammoth and Peaches' husband
 * Josh Gad as Louis, a molehog and Peaches' best friend
 * Rachel Bloom as Lola, a female molehog and Louis' love interest
 * Wanda Sykes as Granny, an aging ground sloth and Sid's grandmother
 * Simon Pegg as Buck “Buckminster” Wild, a one-eyed fearless weasel who is daring, adventurous and a little eccentric.
 * Diego Luna as Santiago, a Chalicothere and the leader of the Fantabulous Four
 * Michael Peña as Pablo, an Andrewsarchus and the member of the Fantabulous Four
 * Gabriel Iglesias as Carlos, a Gigantopithecus and the member of the Fantabulous Four
 * Harvey Guillén as Miguel, a grey wolf and the member of the Fantabulous Four
 * Josh Hutcherson as Leroy, the younger brother
 * Zachary Levi as Artie, the middle brother
 * Bradley Cooper as Everett, the oldest brother
 * Dave Franco as Baxter and Thraxter, a pair of twins
 * Chris Wedge as Scrat, a saber-toothed squirrel
 * Karen Disher as Mary, a female woolly mammoth – Manny's past wife who got killed by hunters in the flashback
 * Iain Armitage as Junior, a child woolly mammoth – Manny and Mary's past son who got killed by hunters in the flashback
 * Tara Strong as Sheldon, a baby woolly mammoth – Peaches and Julian's son
 * Cedric the Entertainer as Carl, an Embolotherium
 * Stephen Root as Frank, a Brontops
 * Clea Lewis as Female Mini-Sloth
 * Jay Leno as Fast Tony, a giant armadillo
 * Will Arnett as Lone Gunslinger Vulture
 * Bill Hader as Gazelle

Trivia

 * Like Shrek Forever After, the film contains references to the first four films.
 * When Roshan reunites with the Herd, Manny introduces him to Ellie, Peaches, Crash, Eddie, Buck, Julian, Brooke, Shira, Louis and Granny, and he along with Sid and Diego also tell the rest of the herd about how they returned him to the humans, referencing the events of the first film.
 * They also give a brief recap of the events of The Meltdown, Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Continental Drift to Roshan, referencing the events of said films. Afterwards, Roshan tells everyone what his human village is like along with what he's been up doing during the events of the first three sequels.
 * When Diego learns that Zeke, Oscar and Lenny are working with Jeger, he tells the others about what it was like working for Soto and how being around Manny and Sid changed him for the better. Shira understands his pain since she previously worked for Captain Gutt during the events of Continental Drift.
 * This is the very first 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios) film to use the "Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures" credit at the end after Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019. These closing logos at the end of the credits are heavily based on this.