The Ice Age: Boiling Point teaser trailer has landed, and the prehistoric gang hasn’t lost a step. Disney dropped the first look at the sixth installment in the long-running franchise on June 5, offering fans their earliest glimpse at what’s heating up for a theatrical release next year. Mark the calendar: Ice Age: Boiling Point hits theaters exclusively on February 5, 2027.
What the Teaser Reveals About the Story
The teaser wastes no time plunging everyone into chaos. Manny, Diego, Sid, Buck, Ellie, Scrat, Crash, Eddie, and Baby Scrat get blasted out of a volcano and hurled straight into a dinosaur-and-lava-filled adventure deep within the treacherous Lost World specifically, corners of it that have never been seen before in the franchise.
Reports indicate the herd will be navigating not just a thawing glacial landscape but long-lost dinosaurs as well raising the stakes considerably beyond a simple eruption storyline. The full plot is still being kept under wraps, but the tone of the teaser leans hard into the chaotic, comedic energy that made the original films a global phenomenon. The previous five films, released between 2002 and 2016, earned a combined worldwide total of over $3 billion at the box office a legacy Disney clearly wants to extend.
Behind the camera, Ice Age: Boiling Point is directed by John Donkin, who previously helmed The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, and produced by longtime franchise producer Lori Forte. The screenplay comes from Michael Wilson, Michael Berg, and Yoni Brenner.
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Returning Stars and a Stacked New Cast
Franchise staples Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, and Simon Pegg are all back as Manny the woolly mammoth, Sid the ground sloth, Diego the saber-tooth tiger, Ellie, and Buck the one-eyed weasel respectively. Josh Peck and Seann William Scott also return as the mischievous brothers Crash and Eddie.
What’s new is the remarkable depth of fresh talent being added. Newcomers to the franchise include Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer, Adam Devine, Wanda Sykes, and Nick Offerman. Peter Dinklage and Josh Gad round out the expanded voice cast. The characters these new additions will play haven’t been revealed yet, but the sheer volume of recognizable names signals that Disney is serious about revitalizing the franchise for both longtime fans and a fresh generation of audiences.
Notably, this will be the first theatrical Ice Age film not produced by Blue Sky Studios, which closed in April 2021 and was absorbed into Disney’s animation pipeline. 20th Century Animation is carrying the torch now, and based on the teaser alone, the visual style feels comfortably in line with what fans remember.
You can watch all five earlier films starting with the 2002 original on Disney+ ahead of the February 2027 release. Check out the official Ice Age: Boiling Point page on 20th Century Studios for updates as they arrive.
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