![]() ![]() With writing by James Young Jackson, and story by Donnie Long. Ice Age: Scrat Tales is a series with segments directed by Michael Berardini, Jeff Gabor, Lisa Allen Keane, Matt Munn, Eric Prah, Drew Winey plus Donnie Long as the supervising director. Baird and Andrew Millstein serving as executive producers. Featuring the vocal talents of Chris Wedge (Scrat) and Kari Wahlgren (Baby Scrat), the series is produced by Anthony Nisi, with Robert L. Ice Age: Scrat Tales is a series of six animated shorts starring Scrat, the hapless saber-toothed squirrel of the "Ice Age" adventures, who experiences the ups and downs of fatherhood, as he and the adorable, mischievous Baby Scrat, alternately bond with each other and battle for ownership of the highly treasured Acorn. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Disney+'s series Ice Age: Scrat Tales, direct from YouTube: It looks like exactly what you'd expect from this - more of the same Scrat humor now with a child thrown into the mix. ![]() ![]() "Discover the nuttiness of parenthood." Ice Age: Scrat Tales features six all-new animated shorts starring Scrat, who experiences the ups and downs of fatherhood. Now he has his own series on Disney+! Even though he is originally a creation of Blue Sky Studios, which shut down after Disney bought Fox (which included Blue Sky). We all know Scrat as he has been in numerous short films / intros to various Blue Sky Ice Age movies over the last two decades. This is similar to the Pixar spin-off Disney series Dug Days, focusing on the lovable doggo from that movie. Getting to play around with this character has been the absolute BEST.So cuteee!!! Disney has revealed an official trailer for Ice Age: Scrat Tales, their spin-off series focusing on the hapless saber-toothed squirrel and his family. Not gonna lie, I shed some big tears afterwards. Blue Sky director and animator Mike Thurmeier reflected online today about the first time he watched Scrat’s goodbye:Ī small team of artists surprised the studio after our final screening of SCRAT TALES with this scene. The now-viral piece of animation, which made its way around the internet this week, was first shown at the studio during an internal screening of Scrat Tales. They were all also given an opportunity to muse on what they believe will be Blue Sky’s legacy.Īs a fitting coda to the end of Blue Sky, a group of artists at the studio made an unofficial Scrat animation in which the squirrel finally achieved his goal. Wedge, Knapp, and Nissi’s conversation – which can be read HERE – covers the entire timeline of the new series, from Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox, pre- and post-production, the COVID-19 lockdown, Disney’s announcement that Blue Sky would be shuttering, and the months of uncertainty as to whether Disney would ever release the finished series – it took more than a year. Most people were of the mind, “Of course we’re going to finish it and we’re going to knock it out of the park.” The motivation was stronger in a sense. Everyone I went to, I didn’t have to convince anyone or twist their arm. I think it was a solid week where they said, “Everybody step away, and talk to your families and do whatever you need to do.” It was pretty shortly thereafter that we were like, “Do we still want to do this?” We were very close to the end when the announcement was made. Knapp recalls the the state of uncertainty which loomed over everyone at the studio when Disney announced it would be closing Blue Sky: The truth of the matter is suddenly COVID hit and Disney realized-and I assume that they hadn’t thought of this-the only way they make money is when large groups of people gather in one place. In the conversation, Wedge shares his practical take on the financial circumstances which led to Blue Sky being shut down, hypothesizing a tremendous oversight on Disney’s part: In the Paste story, members of the creative team behind Ice Age: Scrat Tales - including Chris Wedge, Anthony Nisi, and Michael Knapp – tell their version of the chaotic events which impacted production and eventually led to Disney shuttering Blue Sky. ![]()
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