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Universal has offered a first look at Minions & Monsters, the latest entry in its Minions franchise from Illumination.
Releasing July 1, Minions & Monsters is the story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they created.
Introduced by Jack Black, Illumination chief Chris Meledandri was on hand today in Las Vegas, unfurling a long look that shows the Minions in the Midwest chasing a robber cowboy on horse, train and plane and cornering him. Then they discover they’ve just ruined a movie scene, to ire of the director voiced by Christoph Waltz. Turns out the studio head (Jeff Bridges) loves them, and they become stars — until dialogue is required. They are back wandering they streets. But two brothers, James and Henry, decide they love the biz and want to make their own movie.
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Minions & Monsters is directed by Pierre Coffin, the Academy Award nominee who helmed the first three Despicable Me films and the first Minions movie and has voiced the Minions since the characters’ 2010 debut. It features a stacked voice cast including Allison Janney, Jesse Eisenberg, Zoey Deutch and Trey Parker.
Brian Lynch (Minions, The Secret Life of Pets films) penned the script alongside Coffin and exec produced the film, with Illumination’s Meledandri and Bill Ryan producing.
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Minions & Monsters builds on one of animation’s biggest modern franchises, between the Despicable Me and Minions films, which have grossed more than $5.6 billion, all told. The franchise began with Despicable Me, which introduced Steve Carell as Gru, a supervillain accompanied by small, yellow, gibberish-speaking henchmen known as the Minions.
While initially conceived merely as sidekicks to Gru providing comic relief, the Minions quickly became a breakout element for the franchise, leading to the 2015 spinoff Minions and 2022 prequel Minions: The Rise of Gru alongside more Despicable Me films.
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