Fresh voices keep 'Ice Age: Continental Drift' afloat

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fresh voices in Ice Age: Continental Drift, help keep this series above water.

Manny (Ray Romano), Diego (Denis Leary) and Sid (John Leguizamo), are back for a fourth time.

The three find themselves in a tough spot when their continent drifts apart.

Using an iceberg as their ship, the three friends battle evil pirates and sea creatures, but also meet some new friends on the way.

Ice Age: Continental Drift has a lot of brand new voices thrown into the mix.

This includes rap/pop artists Drake, Nicki Minaj and Jennifer Lopez.

"It's the best job in the world doing these voices", said Minaj.

Already having spent those countless hours in the audio booth, helps each of these artists bring their very best performance on the big screen.

"I've got to give it a little bit extra and it's kind of a cool learning experience", said Drake.

The Ice Age series has been going for ten years now, and it already has the kids and the parents hooked.

These brand new faces help bring the teen crowd into the mix.

There's no doubt Ice Age: Continental Drift will make a lot of money. The entire series has already grossed nearly $2 billion worldwide.

"The strength of Ice-Age is that it's very pure in its ideas. There's not a lot of sarcasm or negative humor and it's all about family", said director Michael Thurmeier.

Full of laughs and fun for the entire family, this new movie is sure to win over the hearts of everyone who watches it.

Ice Age: Continental Drift is rated PG for mild rude humor and action/peril.

Runtime: 1 hour and 34 minutes.