Monkeybone

Monkeybone is a 2001 American black comedy fantasy film written by Sam Hamm, produced by 1492 Pictures, Henry Selick, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus and Sam Hamm with music by Anne Dudley and directed by Henry Selick that combines live-action with stop-motion animation. Based on Kaja Blackley's graphic novel Dark Town, the film stars Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, and Whoopi Goldberg with Rose McGowan, David Foley, Giancarlo Esposito, Megan Mullally, Lisa Zane, Chris Kattan, John Turturro and an uncredited Thomas Haden Church. Monkeybone was released on February 23, 2001 by 20th Century Fox. The film was a box office bomb and received generally poor reviews.