HOLD UP! Did The 2018 Film "Early Man" Predict The World Cup Final?!
Just this year, we were blessed with the release of a new Aardman production: Early Man , starring British icons Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddleston. The story follows Dug, voiced by Redmayne, an early caveman who has to come face to face with the Bronze Age in an epic football match to save his peoples' land. The film is heavy on soccer themes and its perfectly timed World Cup release is an interesting coincidence. Or is it? England has been having its best ever World Cup run since 1966, just beating Columbia 1-1 (4-3 on penalties) and advancing to the Quarter-Finals. Did Early Man have something to do with it? The film focuses heavily on British football pride and is eerily similar to the actual events of the World Cup. Dug and his friends come face to face with Lord Nooth's Germanic football stars, which could represent Germany being knocked out in the Group Stages, but could also represent Sweden, a country that ALSO made it to the Quarter-Finals with a 1-0 win over Switze...