An Ice Age Life

An Ice Age Life is a 1999 Japanese-American traditionally animated movie. It tells the story of Kip (Lou Albano), an outcast inventor cronopio who recruits a group of circus animals he mistakes for warriors when his colony is threatened by a group of dire wolves. It is produced by Hanna-Barbera. The movie was directed by Jim Stenstrum. The movie takes place on the same day as A Bug's Life and is animated by Japanese animation studio Mook Animation.

Cast:

• Lou Albano as Kip
• Rickie Lee Jones as Princess Anna
• Kathryn Cressida as Dinah
• Danny Glover as Hunter
• Joan Gerber as the Queen
• Will Ryan as Soren
• Will Smith as Logan
• Eric Idle as Seth
• Christopher Plummer as Herbert
• Billy Crystal as Frankie
• Scott McNeil as Rock and Roll
• Richard Newman as Murphy
• Whitney Houston as Gia
• Courtney Cox as Rachel
• Lee Tockar as Glot
• Jaleel White as Mr. Moe
• Tracey Ulman as Dr. Fiona
• Jim Carrey as Tony
• Kenneth Mars as Calvin

Insect Species (Cast):

• Ant - Cronopio
• Grasshopper - Dire Wolf
• Flea - Leptictidium
• Ladybug - Palaeolagus
• Caterpillar - Dorcatherium
• Walking Stick - Macrauchenia
• Pillbug - Peltephilus
• Praying Mantis - Phorusrhacos
• Gypsy Moth - Icaronycteris
• Spider - Dinictis
• Dung Beetle - Megacerops
• Flies - Gigantopithecus
• Bird - Argentavis

Production:

Warner Bros. suggested screenwriters Rick Copp and David A. Goodman, which insulted the team that had concluded with an outcast inventor cronopio who recruits a group of circus mammals he mistakes for warriors. The original team found this unsatisfactory and Glenn Leopold re-wrote the animated movie, introducing the concept that a group of dire wolves.