"Pleistocene The Pleistocene (, often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations. The end of the Pleistocene corresponds with the end of the last glacial period and also with the end of the Paleolithic age used in archaeology. The Pleistocene is the first epoch of the Quaternary Period or sixth epoch of the Cenozoic Era. In the ICS timescale, the Pleistocene is divided into four stages or ages, the Gelasian, Calabrian, Middle Pleistocene (unofficially the 'Chibanian') and Upper"
"2002 animated film Ice Age, the main characters pass by Stonehenge during their journey. Manny, a woolly mammoth, dismisses Stonehenge as mere ""modern architecture"", commenting ""it'll never last"". One of the venues in the 2006 rhythm game ""Guitar Hero II"" takes place at Stonehenge, echoing the above ""Spinal Tap"" example. In an episode of ""SpongeBob SquarePants"" called ""Spongehenge"" SpongeBob creates a large monument of stone sponges similar to Stonehenge in order to distract jellyfish. Stonehenge Base in the game ""EarthBound"" is a direct reference to Stonehenge. There is an episode of ""Uchu Sentai Kyuranger"" where the great heroes must facing"
"Pokémon: The Movie 2000 Pokémon: The Movie 2000, known in Japan as , is a 1999 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama. It is the second film in the ""Pokémon"" anime franchise. The film stars the voices of Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ōtani, Unshō Ishizuka, Mayumi Iizuka, Satomi Kōrogi, Tomokazu Seki, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki, Inuko Inuyama, Kōichi Yamadera, Chikao Ōtsuka, Kotono Mitsuishi, Akiko Hiramatsu, Takeshi Kaga and Masatoshi Hamada. ""Pokémon: The Movie 2000"" has two parts: the feature presentation and a 20-minute preceding short. The film is set during the Orange Islands saga, where Ash, Misty and Tracey enter"
"Dinosaur Island (2002 film) Dinosaur Island is a 2002 animated film from DiC Entertainment directed by Will Meugniot. Four teenagers are chosen to participate in a ""Survivor""-style television show. They are: On the way to their filming location, their plane is brought down by an electrical storm. As the plane falls, they parachute out onto what appears to be an island, landing on an isolated mesa. The island, however, is inhabited by a variety of dinosaurs. The island is also inhabited by a form of unfriendly prehistoric human, ""Homo habilis"". The four have to escape from both the dinosaurs and"
"Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is a 2009 American computer-animated comedy adventure film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is the third installment in the ""Ice Age"" series and the sequel to """" (2006). It was directed by Carlos Saldanha and co-directed by Mike Thurmeier. Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary reprise their roles from the first two films and Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, and Josh Peck reprise their roles from ""The Meltdown"", with Simon Pegg joining them in the role of a weasel named Buck."
"gave it a score of 66.43% and 68 out of 100 for the Game Boy Advance version; 64% and 61 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version; and 57.14% and 44 out of 100 for the PlayStation version. Treasure Planet Treasure Planet is a 2002 American animated science fiction action adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 27, 2002. It is the 43rd Disney animated feature film. The film is a science fiction adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel ""Treasure Island"" and was the first film to be released"
"world inhabited by dinosaurs. The fourth film, """", was released in 3-D on July 13, 2012. It was directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier — the first time without Carlos Saldanha. Scrat's never-ending pursuit of acorns has world-changing consequences, separating Manny, Sid and Diego from the rest, forcing them to stand up to a pirate gang. The fifth film, """", was released in 3D on July 22, 2016. Ice Age: The Meltdown Ice Age: The Meltdown is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy adventure film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. As the first sequel"
"lemurs are thought to have evolved from 'primitive' primates known as adapiforms during the Eocene (56 to 34 mya) or Paleocene (66 to 56 mya). In an analysis of the film, done as part of EmpireOnline's ""Your Guide To Disney's 50 Animated Features"", on the opening sequence it said ""much of the scenery is skilfully-composited live-action, including shots of the tepui mountains that would captivate ""Up""'s Carl Fredricksen"". However, it spoke negatively about the unrealistic talking dinosaurs after the opening, describing it as a ""nose-dive"". It said they ""sound[ed] more like mallrats than terrible lizards"" and that ""although no-one knows"
"The Croods The Croods is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated comedy adventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It stars the voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, and Cloris Leachman. The film is set in a fictional prehistoric Pliocene era known as ""The Croodaceous"" (a prehistoric period which contains fictional prehistoric creatures) when a caveman's position as a ""Leader of the Hunt"" is threatened by the arrival of a prehistoric genius who comes up with revolutionary new inventions as they trek through a dangerous but exotic land in search"
"The Croods The Croods is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated comedy adventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It stars the voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, and Cloris Leachman. The film is set in a fictional prehistoric Pliocene era known as ""The Croodaceous"" (a prehistoric period which contains fictional prehistoric creatures) when a caveman's position as a ""Leader of the Hunt"" is threatened by the arrival of a prehistoric genius who comes up with revolutionary new inventions as they trek through a dangerous but exotic land in search"
"Ice Age (franchise) Ice Age is an American media franchise centering on a group of mammals surviving the Paleolithic ice age. It is produced by Blue Sky Studios, a division of 20th Century Fox, and featuring the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Chris Wedge. Five films have been released in the series thus far with ""Ice Age"" in 2002, """" in 2006, """" in 2009, """" in 2012, and """" in 2016. It has received some criticism for making no attempt to be scientifically accurate. As of April 2016, the franchise had generated $6 billion in"
"Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D in the United States on June 2, 2015 as ""Back to the Jurassic"". Dino Time Dino Time is a 2012 South Korean computer-animated fantasy comedy adventure film produced by CJ Entertainment and distributed by Clarius Entertainment. The film was released on November 30, 2012 in South Korea. The English dub (titled ""Back to the Jurassic"" for American audiences) was released in June 2, 2015 with the English dub voices led by Melanie Griffith, Jane Lynch, William Baldwin, Stephen Baldwin, and Rob Schneider. Ernie Fitzpatrick (Pamela Adlon) is a daredevil kid who lives in Terra Dino with"
"period. 65,500,000 BC, Late Cretaceous (Montana) − This episode follows the final years of the dinosaurs and a mother ""Tyrannosaurus rex"" and her babies in the late Cretaceous period. 49,000,000 BC, Early Eocene (Germany) − This episode follows the life of a mother ""Leptictidium"" and her babies in the dense forests of Germany in the early Eocene epoch. 36,000,000 BC, Late Eocene (Pakistan) − This episode follows the sea journey of a pregnant female ""Basilosaurus"" search for food in the late Eocene epoch. 25,000,000 BC, Late Oligocene (Mongolia) − This episode follows the life of a young ""Paraceratherium"" and his"
"the ""Ice Age"" film series (2002–present), ""Shark Tale"" (2004), ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" (2005), ""The Chronicles of Narnia"" film series (2005–10), ""Cars"" (2006), and ""Happy Feet"" (2006). Significant Pixar computer animated films of the decade were: ""Finding Nemo"" (2003), ""The Incredibles"" (2004), ""Wall-E"" (2008), and ""Up"" (2009). While significant DreamWorks computer animated films of the decade were: the Shrek film series (2001–10), ""Madagascar"" (2005) and its sequel """" (2008), and ""Kung Fu Panda"" (2008), So far, in the 2010s, live-action family films include ""Alice in Wonderland"" (2010), and ""Hugo"" (2011), directed by Martin Scorsese. Animated films in this genre"
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame II The Hunchback of Notre Dame II is a 2002 American animated romantic musical comedy-drama film and direct-to-video sequel to the 1996 Disney animated film ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"". It was produced by Walt Disney Animation Japan and Walt Disney Television Animation and completed in 1997. Unlike many Disney film sequels, almost the entire key cast of the first film returned. It has a 30% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film is set six years after the events of the original film and the death of Judge Claude Frollo. Captain Phoebus serves as"
"Shrek 2 Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated, comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. It is the sequel to 2001's ""Shrek"" and the second installment in the ""Shrek"" film franchise. The film stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz, who reprise their respective voice roles of Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona. They are joined by new characters voiced by Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Rupert Everett, and Jennifer Saunders. ""Shrek 2"" takes place following the events of the first film, with Shrek and Donkey meeting Fiona's parents as her zealous Fairy Godmother, who"
"and the ending credits are absent from the album. ""Ice Age"" was released on March 15, 2002, and had a $46.3 million opening weekend, a large number not usually seen until the summer season, and way ahead of Fox's most optimistic projection of about $30 million. ""Ice Age"" broke the record for a March opening (later surpassed in 2006 by its sequel, """") and at the time was the third-best opening ever for an animated feature—after ""Monsters, Inc."" ($62.6 million) and ""Toy Story 2"" ($57.4 million). ""Ice Age"" finished its domestic box office run with $176,387,405 and grossed $383,257,136 worldwide,"
"The story has Sid the Sloth being taken by a female ""Tyrannosaurus"" after stealing her eggs, leading the rest of the herd to rescue him in a tropical lost world inhabited by dinosaurs beneath the ice. The film was released on July 1, 2009, becoming the first ""Ice Age"" film and the first 20th Century Fox film to be released in 3D. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, it ranked at the time as the second-highest-grossing animated film of all time, and the highest-grossing ""Ice Age"" film earning $886.7 million worldwide. A sequel, titled """", was released in 2012, and"
"reviews. Atlantis: Milo's Return Atlantis: Milo's Return (also known as Atlantis II: Milo's Return), released in 2003, is Disney's twentieth animated direct-to-video sequel. It is a sequel to the 2001 animated film """". Originally, Disney was developing a sequel entitled ""Shards of Chaos"", but it was abandoned once ""The Lost Empire"" was less successful than anticipated. The released sequel consists of three animated shorts, originally meant to be three episodes of a series that was never completed called ""Team Atlantis"". Some additional animation was done to link the stories more closely. Cree Summer (Kida), Corey Burton (Mole), Don Novello (Vinny),"
"Treasure Planet Treasure Planet is a 2002 American animated science fiction action adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 27, 2002. It is the 43rd Disney animated feature film. The film is a science fiction adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel ""Treasure Island"" and was the first film to be released simultaneously in regular and IMAX theaters. The film employs a novel technique of hand-drawn 2D traditional animation set atop 3D computer animation. The film was co-written, co-produced and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, who had pitched the"
"Dinosaur (film) Dinosaur is a 2000 American CGI animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and The Secret Lab and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 39th Disney animated feature film, the film follows an orphaned ""Iguanodon"" named Aladar, who was a friend of the lemurs, after surviving a devastating meteor shower, are moving out for their new home. Along the way, they befriend and reunite the remaining herd of dinosaurs who are being pursued by predators, such as the ""Carnotaurus"", while on a journey to the ""Nesting Grounds"". While the characters in ""Dinosaur"" are computer-animated, most of"
"mildly altered so that the ""Iguanodon"" is specifically meant to be Aladar, the film's protagonist, and the plot of the ride is now about the riders traveling through time to a point just before the impact of the meteor which caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, to bring Aladar back to the present and save his life. Dinosaur (film) Dinosaur is a 2000 American CGI animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and The Secret Lab and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 39th Disney animated feature film, the film follows an orphaned ""Iguanodon"" named Aladar, who was"
"in May 2000. Titan A.E. Titan A.E. is a 2000 American animated post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman and starring the voices of Matt Damon, Bill Pullman, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Janeane Garofalo and Drew Barrymore. Its title refers to the spacecraft central to the plot with ""A.E."" meaning ""After Earth"". The animation of the film combines 2D traditional hand-drawn animation with the extensive use of computer-generated imagery. Produced by Fox Animation Studios as its second and final film and project, the film was theatrically released on June 16, 2000 by 20th Century Fox"
"voice of Terry Lester, who portrayed Jonah, summarized the show's backstory: ""Ark II"" had a racially mixed cast starring Terry Lester as Ark II's commander, Jonah, Jean Marie Hon as Ruth, José Flores as Samuel, and a chimpanzee named Moochie (owned and trained by Darrell Keener) responding to the name of Adam (voiced by Lou Scheimer). The show's premise was inspired by the story of Noah's Ark, and the characters were given names taken from the Hebrew Bible. It was set in a post-apocalyptic 25th Century (specifically, 2476, the show having debuted in 1976), after Earth's civilizations had been decimated"
"Ice Age: The Meltdown Ice Age: The Meltdown is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy adventure film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. As the first sequel to the 2002 film ""Ice Age"", it focuses on The Herd escaping an upcoming flood, during which Manny finds love. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha, co-director of the first film, with the music composed by John Powell. The original voice cast — Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary and Chris Wedge — is joined by Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott and Josh Peck. The film premiered in Belgium"
"without a consensus. 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (also known as 101 Dalmatians: The Animated Sequel) is a 2003 American animated direct-to-video musical adventure comedy-drama film produced by Disneytoon Studios, and the sequel to the 1961 Disney animated film ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"". It was written and directed by Jim Kammerud and Brian Smith, and released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on January 21, 2003. It features the voices of Bobby Lockwood, Barry Bostwick, Martin Short, Jason Alexander, Susanne Blakeslee, Kath Soucie, Jeff Bennett, and Jim Cummings. It garnered DVDX awards for"
"have ever lived on Earth. We are first introduced to the ocean life of the Late Jurassic period. The first of these is an ichthyosaur, a prehistoric creature resembling a dolphin, with several individuals shown hunting, before one is shown escaping from a ""Liopleurodon"". The movie then takes us to the Early Cretaceous, approximately 90 million years ago. From this point on, the narrative alternatingly takes us between the work of Rodolfo Coria and the Early Cretaceous. Of all the species of dinosaurs featured, two receive the most focus: the ""Argentinosaurus"" and the ""Giganotosaurus"". The reason for this focus is"
"from Pixar and DreamWorks such as ""Monsters, Inc."" and, ""Shrek"", respectively, against Disney's lesser returns for ""The Emperor's New Groove"" and ""Atlantis: The Lost Empire"" led to a growing perception that hand-drawn animation was becoming outdated and falling out of fashion. In March 2002, just after the successful release of Blue Sky Studios' computer-animated feature ""Ice Age"", Disney laid off most of the employees at the Feature Animation studio in Burbank, downsizing it to one unit and beginning plans to move into fully computer animated films. A handful of employees were offered positions doing computer animation. Morale plunged to a"
"became the first of several screenwriters on the project. In 2002 ""Ice Age"", starring Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, and Denis Leary, was a box office success, received an Academy Award nomination, and became one of animation's highest grossing movies. Following the release of ""Ice Age"", Wilson worked as writer on other family movies. He co-wrote the live-action movie ""The Tuxedo"" starring Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt as well as the animated film ""Shark Tale"" for DreamWorks. After its release in 2006 """", including theatrical markets (worldwide box office) and ancillary markets (home media, cable, merchandising, books, video games, TV"
"Toy Story 2 Toy Story 2 is a 1999 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon, it is the sequel to 1995's ""Toy Story"" and the second film in the ""Toy Story"" franchise. In the film, Woody is stolen by a toy collector, prompting Buzz Lightyear and his friends to vow to rescue him, but Woody is then tempted by the idea of immortality in a museum. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Jim Varney, Annie Potts, R."
"Walking with Monsters Walking with Monsters (distributed in North America as ""Before the Dinosaurs - Walking with Monsters"") is a three-part British documentary film series about life in the Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It is a prequel to ""Walking with Dinosaurs"" and, as with previous ""Walking with..."" instalments, was written and directed by Tim Haines and narrated by Kenneth Branagh. It first aired on BBC Three and BBC One in November and December 2005. At the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2006 it won the Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More)."
"Atlantis: The Lost Empire Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a 2001 American animated science fantasy action adventure film created by Walt Disney Feature Animation—the first science fiction film in Disney's animated features canon and the 41st overall. Written by Tab Murphy, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, and produced by Don Hahn, the film features an ensemble cast with the voices of Michael J. Fox, Cree Summer, James Garner, Leonard Nimoy, Don Novello, Phil Morris, Claudia Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, Jim Varney (in his final role before his death), Florence Stanley, John Mahoney, David Ogden Stiers and Corey Burton. Set"
"Atlantis: Milo's Return Atlantis: Milo's Return (also known as Atlantis II: Milo's Return), released in 2003, is Disney's twentieth animated direct-to-video sequel. It is a sequel to the 2001 animated film """". Originally, Disney was developing a sequel entitled ""Shards of Chaos"", but it was abandoned once ""The Lost Empire"" was less successful than anticipated. The released sequel consists of three animated shorts, originally meant to be three episodes of a series that was never completed called ""Team Atlantis"". Some additional animation was done to link the stories more closely. Cree Summer (Kida), Corey Burton (Mole), Don Novello (Vinny), Phil"