This month release: Space Chimps

f Ham III weren't the grandson of the first hominid ever to travel in space, there is no way he would have been chosen to go on this prestigious NASA mission along with the heroic Titan and the courageous Lt. Luna. These three hapless chimps are sent to retrieve an errant space probe, but instead find themselves caught up in the plight of a peaceful planet that has been taken over by the evil overlord Zartog. Will Ham III discover his hidden hero genes and help save the day?

Three Good Reasons

• 1 Oh come on, people! It's chimps... in space. Do you really need two other reasons?
• 2 If you're sad that you didn't catch SNL's Andy Samberg kickin' it with part two of The Chronic(WHAT?)cles of Narnia, you'll hear his famous slacker wit in the voice of space ape, Ham III.
• 3 The film is produced by John H. Williams (Shrek) and Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black), so they've got the whole "funny animated aliens" thing pretty well covered.

Bet You Didn't Know

The fictional Ham III's real-live grandpa was in space for less than 17 minutes, and even in that short span of time he was nearly burned to death, depressurized, and/or drowned. The chimp was saved only by his space suit (seemingly just about the only thing on the mission that actually worked).