DreamWorks Animation new film Crood Awakening

"Crood Awakening" is being co-written by British comedy icon John Cleese, who earned an Academy Award(R) nomination for his screenplay for "A Fish Called Wanda" and is a co-creator and original member of the legendary "Monty Python's Flying Circus." Co-writing the screenplay with Cleese is Kirk DeMicco, who previously wrote the family film "Racing Stripes" and the animated adventure "Quest for Camelot."

Set in the Stone Age, "Crood Awakening" is a comedy about a big man in a small village called Crood. His position as Leader of the Hunt is threatened by the arrival of a prehistoric genius who comes up with revolutionary new inventions ... like fire.