Fresh off the worldwide blockbuster success of summer 2024’s Despicable Me 4, Illumination expands its animated universe with a new chapter, featuring all-new characters, in Minions & Monsters.
Universal Pictures would have us believe that the Despicable Me franchise is the biggest global animated franchise in history. We think the Walt Disney Company and Mickey Mouse might have something to say about that one.
This 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 had just created.
The voice cast includes Academy Award winners Allison Janney, Christoph Waltz and Jeff Bridges, and two-time Academy Award nominees Jesse Eisenberg and Trey Parker (co-creator of South Park) along with Zoey Deutch, Saturday Night Live alum Bobby Moynihan, and Phil LaMarr (Futurama, King of the Hill).
Hilariously, the Minions are typically incomprehensible, but Cthulhu speaks with a New York accent.
Minions & Monsters is directed by Pierre Coffin, a director of the first three Despicable Me films and the first Minions film. Coffin has also provided the voice for the Minions since their film debut in 2010.
Illumination’s Despicable Me and Minions franchises have risen to a global box office of more than $5.6 billion.
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