Early Man is a 2018 animated sports comedy film produced by Aardman Animations. The film was directed by Nick Park who co-wrote it with Mark Burton and James Higginson. It stars the voices of Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, and Timothy Spall. The film follows a tribe of primitive Stone Age valley dwellers who have to defend their land from bronze-equipped invaders in a football match.