Ice Age was originally pitched to 20th Century Fox in 1997 by producer Lori Forte. The film, originally envisioned as a traditionally animated movie with an action-oriented comedy-drama tone, was intended to be developed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman's Fox Animation Studios. Around the same time, Blue Sky Studios, a small visual effects studio in White Plains, New York, was bought out by Fox and reshaped into a full-fledged CG animation film studio. In light of this, Fox Animation head Chris Meledandri and executive producer Steve Bannerman approached Forte with the proposition of developing the film as a computer-animated movie, which Forte realized was "basically a no-brainer," according to her. Michael J. Wilson, who had written and developed the film's original story treatments in conjunction with Forte, wrote the first draft for the script, and Chris Wedge, a co-founder of Blue Sky, was brought on to the project as the director in late 1998. Fox also opted for the movie to take a more comedy-oriented direction (albeit while still maintaining some dramatic elements), and brought writer Michael Berg to help emphasize a funnier tone. After being hired, Berg reportedly told the studio that he couldn't write a kid's film, to which the studio responded, "Great! Just write a good story."
Ice Age
(2002)5
" Zowie Polie & Manny"
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Runtime | 1 hr 21 min |
Budget | $59 000 000 |
Premiere: World | $383 257 136 March 14, 2002 |
USA | $176 387 405 |
Other countries | $206 869 731 |
Box Office – Budget | $324 257 136 |
Premiere: USA | $176 387 405 March 12, 2002 |
first day | $13 468 085 |
first weekend | $46 312 454 |
rollout | 292 days |
Digital: World | September 18, 2012 |
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Also Known As | L'Âge de glace (France) L'ère de glace (Canada) Ice Age: Ice Age Baby Sucks (United Kingdom) |