Honest! To hype up the release of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs now available on Blu-ray and DVD, Fox decided they’d go big — in fact, the biggest ever! For the release of third film in the Ice Age series, Fox set out to build an ice sculpture larger than any ever before, breaking the Guinness World Record in the process. The tower of frozen water measures in at just under 50 feet tall, reaching over four stories high, and b raeking the previous record by nearly 8 feet. Hopefully, for Scrat, there’s not an acorn underneath! Check out the time lapse videos of the event (more… )

It’s been a few months since the last Ice Age. …er, the movie, not the “ice covering the world” thing. Like Christmas in July, the cool Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs was in theaters in the US on July 1st. Since that time, we’ve been eagerly anticipating the DVD release. Now, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is ready to bring Manny, Sid, Diego, Ellie, and Scrat to our homes, as the flick reaches DVD and Blu-ray on October 27th. The three-disc Blu-Ray / DVD Combo Pack will include the movie in both formats, commentary, a story maker, mini featurettes, a “how to draw Scrat” guide, Walk The Dinosaur music video, and more, retailing for about $40. The standard DVD version will be a bit more stripped down, and come with a $30 price tag.

In Ice Age’s second week in theaters and Transformer’s third, the two films still managed to finish #2 and #3 in the weekend box office rankings, each pulling in another $25 million or so. Up was also able to hang around in the top ten, clinging to #7 with and extra $5 million bucks. Three spots out of the top list — not too shabby for the world of cartoons. We’re taking over!

Looks like cartoons are not only the greatest thing on TV, but they’re the greatest thing on the big screen! In a very rare tie, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs shared the top spot at the box office this weekend, each hitting $42.5 million. Fourth of July, cartoons reign supreme… what a great weekend this was!

The first week of July was pretty busy for “big time”, movie-based video games, featuring not only the debut of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but more importantly to us, a game based on the animated Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. The Activision Publishing and Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising game for Ice Age launches at the same time of the 3D animated movie. The game was developed for all major consoles by Eurocom, and the handheld version for the Nintendo DS was developed by Artificial Mind & Movement. Would you get the game without seeing the movie?

The wait is finally over, and the Ice Age is here! Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox’s Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs opens in theaters today, July 1st. After the events of Ice Age: The Meltdown, life begins to change for the crew: Manny and Ellie are expecting a baby, Scrat finds a female sabre-toothed squirrel named Scratte, Diego is fed up with being treated like a house-cat, and Sid finds some dinosaur eggs …and later a dinosaur world! I already can’t wait to see it!! Who is going to check it out this week?

Fox’s Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs film opens up in just a few days (Wednesday, July 1st) but for those of you who can’t wait (me! me!) Glu Mobile is launching a game based on the movie for various cell phone and mobile platforms. This is Glu’s third mobile title based on Fox Mobile Entertainment’s Ice Age franchise. You can check out the game, or download it to your phone, by accessing Glu’s official site.

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McDonald’s and Fox are bringing us a very happy Happy Meal! The two will debut an Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs themed Happy Meal starting this week. Included in the meal, on top of the delicious eats, will be eight different toys based on characters from the movie. And it’s the perfect time to get geared up for the movie, which is expected in theaters on July 1st.