Ice Age 6 Is Called Boiling Point, and Baby Scrat Is Back
Ice Age 6 is officially called Boiling Point, brings back the original herd and introduces Baby Scrat. Here is what Disney has confirmed about the 2027 movie.
By Pixel Twelve StaffAug 17, 2026
Scrat spent the last Ice Age movie chasing an acorn through one of the franchise’s most ridiculous detours. Now he has Baby Scrat to worry about. That is either the most obvious joke this series has ever made or exactly what a sixth Ice Age movie needed.
Disney has officially named the next movie Ice Age: Boiling Point, set it for theaters on February 5, 2027, and brought back Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Simon Pegg, and Queen Latifah. The teaser throws the herd into volcanoes, lava, dinosaurs, and a place called the Lost World. The old gang is back—but Scrat now has a much smaller acorn thief in his life.
This return is obviously powered by nostalgia. It has been years since the herd had a theatrical adventure, and the familiar voices do a lot of the emotional work before we know what the story is. But Boiling Point has one useful advantage over a simple reunion: it gives the characters a new place to go and gives Scrat a new problem to make worse.
Ice Age 6 Finally Has a Real Name
The movie was first announced as “Ice Age 6,” but Disney gave it a proper title at Destination D23 in 2025. The official D23 announcement also confirmed the February 5, 2027 theatrical date. That title is not subtle. If the movie is not going to involve something getting dangerously hot, somebody has made a serious mistake.
The current Disney Movies listing names John Donkin as director and Lori Forte as producer. Donkin previously directed The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, while Forte has been part of the franchise since the original movie. Boiling Point is the sixth theatrical Ice Age film and the first one since 2016’s Collision Course.
That last part matters more than the number. This is not a sequel arriving a year after the previous one. The series has had time to become a childhood memory for one audience and a family movie night discovery for another.
Baby Scrat Is the Best Kind of Bad Idea
Disney’s official gallery now includes a picture labeled “Baby Scrat”. The teaser and CinemaCon footage described by ComingSoon turn that tiny squirrel into Scrat’s newest rival: the two fight over an acorn, and Scrat eventually hands the baby a smaller one to use as a pacifier.
Scrat has never been a responsible adult, so giving him a baby is a joke that writes itself. The interesting part is that Baby Scrat is not just another cute face in the background. The character gives the franchise a new version of the same old conflict: one squirrel wants the acorn, and another squirrel wants the acorn more.
That is what has been confirmed so far. Disney has not explained Baby Scrat’s full role, voice, or relationship to the larger herd. We have a name, an image, and a very funny acorn problem—not a complete character arc.
The Herd Is Heading Into a Lost World
The teaser moves the series away from its usual frozen landscapes and into a much hotter mess. Animation Scoop’s report describes Manny, Diego, Sid, Buck, Ellie, Scrat, Crash, Eddie, and Baby Scrat blasting out of a volcano and heading into a dinosaur-filled Lost World. Lava is involved. Naturally.
The official Disney teaser does not provide a full plot, but it makes the setting clear enough: the herd is going somewhere dangerous, strange, and much less interested in preserving the ice. That gives the title a literal joke and gives the filmmakers a new visual playground.
Sid gets a giant fruit to chase in an official Ice Age: Boiling Point still. Image: Disney.
The Lost World idea also fits Ice Age’s best habit. The movies work when the characters are forced into a place that makes their usual personalities more difficult to manage. Manny is cautious, Sid is not, Diego pretends he is above the chaos, and Scrat is already losing an argument with a piece of food.
The Original Voices Are Doing More Than Nostalgia
Ray Romano returns as Manny, Denis Leary as Diego, John Leguizamo as Sid, Simon Pegg as Buck, and Queen Latifah as Ellie. Disney’s official movie page lists the returning cast, while the studio’s D23 Brazil announcement confirmed the core herd and Baby Scrat when the movie entered production.
Those voices are part of the franchise’s identity. Manny is not just a mammoth; he is Ray Romano’s particular mix of grumbling and warmth. Sid’s whole nervous system seems to be audible in Leguizamo’s performance. Take either voice away and the reunion would feel like an imitation, no matter how good the animation looked.
If you were following Disney’s wider showcase, our D23 coverage guide tracks the other returning franchises that were shown alongside Ice Age. The studio is leaning heavily on familiar names, but familiar is not automatically a problem when the new setup gives the characters something to do.
The Ten-Year Gap Is the Real Test
Ice Age: Collision Course came out in 2016, and GamesRadar’s current Disney release guide describes Boiling Point as the sixth movie and notes that the herd has been away for more than a decade. By the time the new film arrives, the gap will be closer to eleven years than ten.
That creates two different audiences. One group remembers the first Ice Age from theaters. Another may know Manny and Sid from streaming, toys, or the movies their parents played at home. Boiling Point has to work for both without turning into a museum exhibit for adults who want 2002 back.
The announcement gets the first step right. It brings back the voices people recognize, then changes the playground instead of pretending the franchise can freeze itself in place. Whether the movie earns its return will depend on the jokes, the character relationships, and whether the Lost World feels like an adventure instead of a random pile of dinosaurs.
That is the same challenge facing other legacy animated returns in Disney’s current slate, including Frozen 3 and the new Bluey movie: the familiar names get people to click, but the new story has to give them a reason to stay.
What Disney Has Confirmed—and What It Hasn’t
Here is the clean version of the news so far:
The title is Ice Age: Boiling Point, and it is scheduled for theaters on February 5, 2027.
John Donkin is directing, and Lori Forte is producing.
Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Simon Pegg, and Queen Latifah are returning.
Manny, Diego, Sid, Ellie, Buck, Scrat, Crash, Eddie, and Baby Scrat are part of the announced material.
The teaser points to volcanoes, lava, dinosaurs, and the Lost World.
Disney has not announced a streaming date, a complete synopsis, or the full role of Baby Scrat.
The official Disney page and official teaser are the safest places to check as those missing details start to arrive. D23 coverage around the film will also sit alongside our live-action Tangled first look as Disney continues filling out its next wave of theatrical sequels and adaptations.
When Does Ice Age: Boiling Point Come Out?
Ice Age: Boiling Point opens exclusively in theaters on February 5, 2027. The date appears on Disney’s official movie listing and the studio’s teaser page. Disney has not announced when the movie will come to Disney+, so the theatrical release is the only confirmed way to see it for now.
A sixth Ice Age movie does not need to pretend 2002 never happened. It needs to remember why the first one worked: Manny’s grumpy heart, Sid’s total lack of self-preservation, Diego’s slow thaw, and Scrat doing something catastrophic in the background. Baby Scrat gives the series a new joke. The Lost World gives the herd somewhere to go. That is not a guarantee the movie will be good, but it is a much better starting point than a logo and a release date.
And if Scrat spends the whole movie trying to protect his acorn from his own child while a volcano erupts behind him, well, that may be the most Ice Age thing imaginable.
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