Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.
Nick Park was inspired to cast Tom Hiddleston based on his appearance on The Graham Norton Show when he did a Robert De Niro impression.
Dug:
Nearly there, Hognob. Nearly there, just a bit further. Try a little bit harder. We can do it.
The first scene takes place in the Pleistocene, but two dinosaurs are present. The last non-avian dinosaurs died 65 million years before that time.
Characters from Wallace & Gromit - Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Feathers McGraw - make cameo appearances during the end credits. You can see them among the cave painting-style figures at the sides of the screen as the credits roll.
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€388,068 (Italy) (11 February 2018)
$8,267,544 (USA) (29 March 2018)