Illumination Entertainment has released a new trailer for Despicable Me 3, which is set to be released in theaters this summer.
The animated trilogy-maker once again follows Gru (Steve Carell), his family, and his Minions. This time around Gru has to deal with Balthazar Bratt (voiced bySouth Park co-creator Trey Parker), who uses the character he played as a child star in the ’80s as his villainous persona, while also considering a return to villainy himself after meeting his long-lost twin brother Dru.
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Universal and Illumination Entertainment have released the first trailer for their animated comedy The Secret Life of Pets. As the title suggests, the film will focus on what pets do while their owners are away for work or school. The film is the studios’ fifth animated film, and is directed Chris Renaud (Despicable Me) and Yarrow Cheney. with a script written by Brian Lynch, Cinco Paul, and Ken Daurio.
Though the teaser trailer you will see below doesn’t have much dialogue, the film features a voice cast that includes Louis C.K., Jenny Slate, Kevin Hart, and many more. Check it out below.
The next Dr. Seuss property to be shipped off for a cinematic treatment will be The Lorax. The movie is expected to be another computer animated 3D movie, and will be produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment. This movie will be the fourth Dr. Seuss adaptation: the first being Ron Howard’s live-action adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas with Jim Carrey; the second being The Cat in the Hat with Mike Myers; and the third switching over to computer animation with Horton Hears A Who! again with Carrey and Steve Carell. Chris Meledandri of Illumination and Seuss’s (Theodor Geisel) widow Audrey Geisel will be among the film’s executive producers.
Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio are currently writing the script, as well as co-directing the movie along with Chris Renaud. All three men worked together in one aspect or another — whether it was storyboard art or writing — on Horton.
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