Space Chimps is a 2008 American computer animated family adventure comedy science fiction film about chimpanzees that go into space to an alien planet. It was animated by Vanguard Animation and Starz Animation, directed by Kirk DeMicco, produced by Studiopolis, Odyssey Entertainment, Barry Sonnenfeld and John H. Williams, distributed by 20th Century Fox, written by Kirk DeMicco and Rob Moreland with music by Chris P.