Blue Sky, a division of Twentieth Century Fox Film, is home to the franchises “Ice Age” and “Rio” as well as the upcoming “Ferdinand.” Blue Sky currently employs more than 450 artists ...

Disney surprised fans Friday by announcing that Ice Age 6 is on the way — three years after the company closed down Blue Sky Studios, the animation house behind the frosty film franchise.

Disney is shutting down Blue Sky Studios, the Greenwich, Connecticut-based animation studio best known for the Ice Age franchise. The studio was owned by Fox until 2019 when the Walt Disney Co ...