The Ice Age films have always been that cinematic comfort food: funny animals, accidental chaos, and a mammoth with more emotional depth than half of Marvel Phase 4. Generations have grown up watching prehistoric misfits survive climate crises with more style than world leaders. Now, in an era where reboots outlive civilizations, this herd is ready for another encore, only this time, things are about to get suspiciously hotter than history ever allowed.

While civilizations collapse under climate change headlines, the Ice Age herd returns to battle lava, dinosaurs, and deadlines, because extinction is temporary, but sequels are forever.

The Ice Age herd is officially back, and this time, things are heating up. Disney revealed at the event Destination D23 that the sixth film in the beloved franchise is titled Ice Age: Boiling Point, with a theatrical release set for February 5, 2027. The adventure promises dinosaurs, lava, and plenty of chaos as Manny, Sid, Diego, Ellie, Scrat, and Buck return, marking the franchise’s first big-screen comeback since 2016’s Collision Course.

Alongside Ice Age: Boiling Point, Disney also unveiled its next original animated film, Hexed, arriving in November 2026. The movie follows an awkward teenage boy and his mom, whose lives implode when his quirks reveal magical powers tied to a hidden world. Think family therapy, but with spell books and less insurance coverage. If Encanto taught us about generational trauma, this one might just teach us about sorcery and spreadsheets.

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While Ice Age and Hexed expand Disney’s fantasy zoo, the studio is also busy treasure hunting for Gen Z loyalty, where social media scrolls matter more than box office gold.

Disney is standing at a strange crossroads, where Marvel fatigue and Star Wars burnout have left the once-invincible empire scrambling for fresh worshippers. Enter the elusive 13-to-28 male demographic, a species that lives on social media and thrives on irony. As Variety whispers, the studio is now sketching treasure maps made of memes, praying that original stories might finally stop audiences from doom-scrolling through their carefully crafted box-office dreams.

Disney’s hunt comes with new generals, David Greenbaum and Daria Cercek, two names tasked with conjuring content that works harder than the algorithm itself. Their strategy goes beyond screens, with Disney casually dropping $1.5 billion on Fortnite’s parent company, like a sorcerer buying cheat codes. Yet beneath all the corporate wizardry, the crown jewel is still prehistoric, because nothing says longevity like Ice Age: Boiling Point melting its way back into theaters with lava, chaos, and mammoth-level nostalgia.

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