The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
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Directed by	John C. Donkin
Screenplay by	Jim Hecht William Schifrin Ray DeLaurentis
Story by	Jim Hecht
Based on	Characters by Michael J. Wilson
Produced by	Denise L. Rottina
Starring	Simon Pegg Utkarsh Ambudkar Justina Machado Vincent Tong Aaron Harris Dominique Jennings Jake Green Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes Skyler Stone
Edited by	Braden Oberson
Music by	Batu Sener
Production companies	20th Century Animation Bardel Entertainment Walt Disney Pictures
Distributed by	Disney+
Release date	January 28, 2022 (2022-01-28)
Running time	82 minutes
Countries	Canada United States
Language	English

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild is a 2022 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 is a spin-off film of the Ice Age franchise, and serves as the sixth overall installment in the franchise. The film stars the voices of Simon Pegg (the only previous cast member to return), Vincent Tong, Aaron Harris, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Justina Machado also starring in the film. It follows the two opossum brothers Crash and Eddie and their adventure to becoming independent possums alongside the titular character Buck Wild.

Originally planned to be a television series, The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild was redeveloped into a feature-length film. Produced by 20th Century Animation^[1] and released under the Walt Disney Pictures label, it was released on January 28, 2022, as a Disney+ original film. The film received generally negative reviews from critics who felt that it had a lack of primary focus on the titular character, and criticized the recasting of voice actors, animation quality, the absence of Scrat, and lack of involvement from Blue Sky Studios.