Æon Flux is a 2005 American science fiction spy action film directed by Karyn Kusama, written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi with music by Graeme Revell and produced by Gale Anne Hurd, David Gale, Gary Lucchesi and Greg Goodman. The film is a loose adaptation of the animated science fiction television series of the same name, which was created by animator Peter Chung. The film was co-produced by MTV Films, Lakeshore Entertainment, Babelsberg Film Studio and Valhalla Motion Pictures. It stars Charlize Theron as the title character, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller, Sophie Okonedo, Pete Postlethwaite and Frances McDormand. The film was released on December 2, 2005 by Paramount Pictures in the United States. The film was not positively received by critics. It was a box office failure, as it made $52.3 million in gross revenues, with a production budget of $65 million.