Against all odds, Disney announced that the series of Scrat, the famous squirrel from The Ice Age, is still underway and shared with his followers the first preview of what this special short film will be for Disney Plus.
The story will follow Scrat, the hapless saber-toothed squirrel, as he experiences the ups and downs of fatherhood, as he and the adorable and mischievous Baby Scrat battle for possession of a prized acorn.
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Release date for Ice Age: The Adventures of Scrat
Through their social networks, Disney Plus confirmed that Ice Age: The Adventures of Scrat will be available from April 13.
It has not been mentioned if this will be the last appearance of Scrat in the Ice Age franchise or if, after the legal problem that involved his character, Disney reached a commercial agreement with its author.
The battle for Scrat: what happened and how Disney lost the rights to the squirrel
At the end of January, the news spread on social networks that Ivy ‘Supersonic’ Silberstein had won the rights to Scrat, a character that was created in May 1999 and that, some time later, Blue Sky Studiosowned by Disney, included in Ice Age.
“I created Scrat in May 1999, it was a squirrel/rat union after seeing a similar animal in a park. So too, I brought his family to life: Crat, Sqrat and Sqroon. Fox fought me over two of them in the trademark office and lost,” the artist shared with BlackBook in 2011.
With the passage of time and after 20 years of a legal battle, Ivy ‘Supersonic’ posted on January 28 that she had won the fight she started against Blue Sky Studioscompany that produced Ice Age and, therefore, Scrat was recognized as part of its authorship.