What You Should Know About Minions: The Rise of Gru

The Despicable Me and Minions series has been a very successful and comic enterprise for our beloved comedian and entertainer, Steve Carell, for the past decade. Since his years in The Office, playing Michael Scott, Dunder Mifflin’s regional manager in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he has become famous for his tongue-in-cheek comedy.

Minions: The Rise of Gru is the second movie in the spin-off Minions prequel series and the fifth instalment in the Despicable Me franchise. It is an upcoming American 3D computer animated comedy film produced by Illumination.

Kyle Balda directed the film while Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy, and Chris Renaud produced the film and Brian Lynch wrote the screenplay. Heitor Pereira works on the music while Claire Dodgson works as the editor. What is the movie all about? When is it going to come out? Is it worth watching? Well, you gotta keep on reading more in order to find out!

Minions: The Rise of Gru: Plot and Cast

The movie is set in the 1970s, just after the events of the 2015 Minions film. Felonius Gru is twelve years old and is growing up in the suburbs. He is a huge fan of the supervillain group Vicious 6, and decides to hatch a plan to become evil enough to be a part of the group.

Vicious 6 soon fires their member, the legendary fighter Wild Knuckles, and thus, Gru seeks an interview with the group. Needless to say, the interview does not go well at all, and Gru ends up stealing from them. Did we mention that Kevin, Stuart, Bob, Otto and the other minions help him steal?

When Gru becomes the main enemy of the evil groups, he finds an unexpected source of help in the Minions. Pierre Coffin plays The Minions while Steve Carell plays Felonius Gru. Taraji P. Henson plays Belle Bottom, leader of Vicious 6. Michelle Yeow plays Master Chow.

Minions: The Rise of Gru: Release Date and Trailer

The movie is set to release on July 2, 2021. Watch the trailer below: