A SPECIAL screening of the latest Aardman film, featuring some of the movie’s key production staff, will take place at Wotton-under-Edge’s cinema next month.

Animation director, Will Becher, a Wotton-under-Edge resident, will be joined by fellow filmmakers for a screening of Early Man – a prehistoric comedy adventure – on Saturday, February 10 at the Electric Picture House.

They will introduce the 3pm screening of the film and afterwards, there will be a chance to question the animators and see some of the puppets and props from the film.

Early Man is the largest production mounted by Bristol-based Aardman in its 40-plus year history.

A team of about 150 people have been directly involved with the production, and at its peak 33 animators were working on the film.

Every individual puppet was created over a period of more than 10 weeks, with the model making team completing a total of 18 Dug puppets, and eight of each member of the Stone Age tribe.

Shot in Aardman’s distinctive style, the film takes audiences on a journey into an exciting new world, unleashing an unforgettable tribe of unique and funny new characters.

Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of courageous caveman hero Dug (Eddie Redmayne) and his best friend Hognob, as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy, Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston), and his Bronze Age City to save their home.

Early Man (PG) runs at the Electric Picture House from February 9 – February 15.

After a degree in animation at Edinburgh College of Art, Will joined Aardman Animations as a trainee assistant animator on Wallace & Gromit's Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

Since then he has worked on feature films, commercials and TV shows including The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists, Creature Comforts and Shaun the Sheep the Movie. He directed the most recent series of Shaun the Sheep.

Tickets for Early Man: Meet the Filmmakers cost £7.50 for adults, £6.40 for students and over-60s, and £5.50 for children under 12. Book at wottoncinema.com or by calling 01453 844601.