‘Ice Age: Collision Course’: Get A Look At Neil deGrasse Tyson As A Weasel
AstrophysicistNeil deGrasse Tysonhas taken it upon himself topoint out the scientific inaccuracyof some sci-fi movies, taking some of the fun out of the fiction part of the genre. However, it’ll be interesting to see if he goes out of his way to point out the inaccuracies in the forthcoming animated sequelIce Age: Collision Course, especially since he’ll have a small role in the movie, appearing as an anthropomorphic animal version of himself.
Get a first look at Neil deGrasse Tyson inIce Age Collision Courseafter the jump.
Entertainment Weeklyrevealed these two photos of Neil deGrasse Tyson’sIce Agecharacter:
The weasel’s name is Neil deBuck Weasel, which doesn’t sound like the most clever alternative for the scientist’s name, but in the end it doesn’t really matter since the character is only imagined by Buck, the character voiced by Simon Pegg. Even though the weasel is just a figment of Buck’s imagination, somehow he helps the gang attempt to stop an asteroid from destroying the planet.
Try not to laugh when you hear this, but in addition to lending his voice to the film, he apparently offered some of his own knowledge to help give the movie “some actual, if infrequent, scientific grounding whenever possible.” Just thinking about that is funnier than all of Adam Sandler’s movies from the past 10 years. Director Michael Thurmeier explained:
“We were asking him questions all the time. We’re in the booth, we get to a scene and say, ‘Here’s what we’re thinking,’ and he’s like, ‘Okay, thatcouldwork because, you know, this is actually the mineral make-up of asteroids in space.’ We were mining him for information for whatever scientific plausibility we could put into the story of mammoths stopping an asteroid.”
Ray Romano,John Leguizamo, andDennis Learyare back as the three main characters withQueen Latifah,Sean William Scott,Josh Peck,Wanda Sykes,Jennifer Lopez,Simon Pegg, andKeke Palmerall reprising their characters from previous sequels. Meanwhile,Jesse Tyler Ferguson,Max Greenfield,Michael Strahan,Melissa Rauch,Jessie J,Adam DeVine,Stephanie Beatriz, andNick Offermanall play new characters. See what’s in store for our friends this time in the latest trailerright here.
