early man is a 2018 british stop motion animated sports comedy movie directed by nick park, the creator of "wallace &amp; gromit", written by mark burton and james higginson, and starring the voices of eddie redmayne, tom hiddleston, maisie williams and timothy spall. the movie follows a tribe of primitive stone age valley dwellers, who have to defend their land from bronze-using invaders in a football match. the movie premiered on 20 january 2018 at the bfi southbank cinema.