man . ▁Morris ▁and ▁Mort ▁met ▁with ▁Spiel berg ▁at ▁his ▁ran ch ▁and ▁admitted ▁they ▁would ▁be ▁tempt ed ▁by ▁an ▁offer ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁the atr ical ▁G ogs ▁with ▁Dream Work s , ▁although ▁no ▁deal ▁was ▁made ▁and ▁there ▁were ▁no ▁further ▁develop ments ▁to ▁the ▁plan . ▁Dream Work s ▁later ▁res umed ▁their ▁contract ▁with ▁Park ▁and ▁A ard man , ▁resulting ▁in ▁the ▁films ▁Ch icken ▁Run ▁and ▁Fl ushed ▁A way . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁A ard man ▁announced ▁they ▁were ▁working ▁with ▁Dream Work s ▁on ▁an ▁animated ▁cav eman ▁comedy ▁without ▁AA Arg h ! ; ▁it ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁called ▁Cro od ▁Aw ak ening ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁cl an ▁chief ▁is ▁threatened ▁by ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁a ▁pre histor ic ▁genius ▁who ▁comes ▁up ▁with ▁revolution ary ▁new ▁invent ions ▁like ▁fire . ▁Co - written ▁by ▁John ▁Cle ese ▁it ▁eventually ▁became ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁film ▁The ▁Cro ods . ▁ ▁Plot ▁The ▁series ▁dep ict s ▁the ▁G ogs ▁com ically ▁as ▁being ▁mind - b og g ling ly ▁stupid ▁and ▁struggling ▁to ▁navigate ▁and ▁avoid ▁the ▁per ils ▁of ▁an ▁ex otic , ▁pre histor ic ▁land ▁inhab ited ▁by ▁din osa urs , ▁pre histor ic ▁m amm als , ▁giant ▁insect s , ▁human - e ating ▁plants , ▁and ▁other ▁ex ot ica . ▁Even ▁the ▁prime val ▁landscape ▁is ▁a ▁danger , ▁likely ▁to ▁er upt