The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild is a 2022 American computer-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 serves as a spin-off and the sixth installment in the Ice Age franchise and is set after the events of Ice Age: Collision Course. The film stars the voices of Simon Pegg (reprising his role as Buck Wild), 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. Produced by 20th Century Animation, as the first film in the franchise under the production of Walt Disney Pictures, it was released on January 28, 2022, as a Disney+ original film. It has received generally negative reviews from critics, who felt that it lacked a primary focus on the titular character, and criticized its recasting of voice actors, animation quality, the absence of characters such as Scrat, Peaches, and Shira, and the decision to make the movie without the involvement of Blue Sky Studios since its closure in 2021.