HOLLYWOOD SPY'S SPOTLIGHT ON THIS JULY'S HILARIOUS ANIMATED ADVENTURE "ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT"!

As you've probably noticed, this year will be filled with great animated films, from Scottish epic BRAVE, and hilarious HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, to spectacular RISE OF THE GUARDIANS, and definitely one of the most anticipated ones will be the fourth part of the most successful animated franchise ever ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT which is ready to hit cinemas and amaze us with visuals and lovely humour this July! In the film, Scrat's pursuit of the acorn has world-changing consequences, forcing Manny, Sid and Diego on an adventure, where Sid reunites with his long lost family, Diego finds his love interest, Shira, and they meet a gang of pirates determined to stop them from returning home.

ICE AGE STORY

The story of the fourth part of the famous prehistoric saga again follows the famous trio - Ice Age's Manny, Diego, and Sid - who together embark upon their greatest adventure after cataclysm sets an entire

continent adrift.Separated from the rest of the herd, they use an iceberg as a makeshift ship, which launches them on an epic seafaring quest. Manny and the gang are challenged like never before to become heroes and do the impossible, as they encounter exotic sea creatures, explore a

brave new world, and battle ruthless pirates. And Scrat's reunion with his cursed nut catapults him to places no prehistoric squirrel has gone before. And as you can imagine, Scrat's futile chase after his beloved nut actually causes the continents separating and creating global changes.

ICE AGE CAST

The cast is again lead by Ray Romano as Manny the mammoth, John Leguizamo is the adorkably irritating primordial sloth Sid, while Denis Leary gives voice to sabre-toothed tiger Diego. Queen Latifah

is Ellie, Manny's wife, Jennifer Lopez gives voice to a smilodon Shira, and Chris Wedge gives Scrat, the prehistoric squirrel, what little voice he has while trying to dig out his beloved nut. Peter Dinklage and

Nicki Minaj are guest stars in the voice cast, Nicki being Hailey, a woolly mammoth, and Dinklage being Gutt, a Gigantopithecus and the pirate captain. Keke Palmer plays Peaches, Manny and Ellie's teenage daughter, while rap star Drake is Ethan, a woolly mammoth who takes a liking to Peaches

ICE AGE TIDBITS

Originally, the story was rumored to involve Manny, Sid, Diego, Ellie and Scrat frozen solid and accidentally defrosted in a museum in present day. The film was to be called "Ice Age: Th4w". It is interesting

that each of the previous parts of the franchise has earned more than its predecessor. The first ICE AGE earned $383.3 million worldwide in 2002. It was followed in 2006 by ICE AGE MELTDOWN which

collected $655.4 million. That was topped again by ICE AGE DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS' amazing $884.8 million in 2009.The films had much more success around the world, since non-American public is more family oriented when it comes to movies. Brilliant Irish/British band THE WANTED known for their amazing hits "All Time Low", "Glad You Came" and "Warzone" will sing their latest extremely cheerful single "Chasing the Sun" as the lead song in the movie.