By Travis Johnson
We’ve known this was in the works for a while now, and now finally here’s our first decent look at Early Man, the new feature from claymation superstars Aardman.
Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne lends his lungs to Dug, the hapless caveman protagonist who has to take on the more advanced civilisation led by Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston) when his tribe of stone age misfits is threatened. Support comes from Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall, Richard Ayoade, Selina Griffiths, Johnny Vegas, Mark Williams, Gina Yashere, Simon Greenall, and Richard Weber.
Said director Nick Park, “Today we get to meet Dug’s tribe, a loveable bunch of misfits voiced by some exceptional British talent. They’re essentially a group of inept cavemen and women including Treebor, played by Richard Ayoade, a gentle giant scared of his own shadow; Magma, Treebor’s no nonsense mother voiced by Selena Griffiths and Mark Williams as Barry, whose best friend is a rock. Chief Bobnar, voiced by the brilliant Timothy Spall, leads the pack as their long-suffering leader and father figure to his tribe of idiotic brutes.”
Early Man is still filming, but hey, it’s something to look forward to, right? You know this one is gonna be cracking.
