J. Lo excited to join Ice Age team

Manila, Philippines - Jennifer Lopez joins the fourth outing of the phenomenal hit franchise Ice Age headed by its three heroes from different species namely Manny the mammoth, Diego the tiger and Sid the sloth in Ice Age: Continental Drift.

This time, along with Manny’s family and Sid’s grandma, they face a formidable chilling adventure against a group of pirates in the cold seas. With Scrat in the middle of it all subdividing land masses into what we now know as the seven continents, the group’s all-new adventure takes them on a thrilling ride to the far end of the seas.

Lopez plays Shira, a beautiful saber tooth pirate who is also a loyal first mate on their ship of pirates headed by a prehistoric orangutan named Captain Gutt (Peter Drinklage). After Diego and Manny capsized Gutt’s ship, Shira gets separated from the pirates and is shocked to discover that Gutt has no real loyalty to her.

When Diego appeals to her to join his motley crew, she has to make the decision to stick with Gutt or to join Diego, Manny and the herd. Initially battling Diego and his best friends Manny and Sid, Shira finds herself slowly losing her heart to Diego in the midst of their adventure to find home.

Lopez was excited about joining the Ice Age team, especially as an empowered figure.

“Ice Age: Continental Drift is a poignant, fun, exciting and sweet story, and I love playing strong female characters like Shira,” she explains.

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift opens July 12 in cinemas nationwide from 20th Century Fox, to be distributed by Warner Bros.