A Minion Is in Trouble in a New ‘Despicable Me 4’ Poster

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The big picture

Despicable Me 4
hits theaters on July 3, 2024, with Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig and Miranda Cosgrove returning to the beloved franchise.
New additions to the cast include Will Ferrell and Sofia Vergara, along with directors Chris Renaud and Patrick Delage at the helm.
Illumination has shared a new poster featuring one giant minion killing another.

Minions ramp up: Marketing is ramping up with less than two months until the release of the next chapter in Gru's story. Along with a new trailer, the official Despicable Me 4 Account X unveiled a new poster that shows a large, one-eyed minion biting another smaller minion inside its mouth. Despicable Me 4 will mark the sixth installment in the franchise, which has received four films in its main series as well as two spin-offs, minions i Minions: The Rise of Gru. The film is currently slated to hit theaters on July 3, 2024.

Steve Carell is returning to Despicable Me 4 to play the iconic Gru, Kristen Wiig will reprise her role as Gru's wife, Lucy Wilde, and iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove she's back as Margo. New additions to the cast include Will Ferrell like Maxime Le Mal, Joey King like Poppy, Sofia Vergara like Valentina, i Madison Polan like Agnes, in addition to Stephen Colbert i Chloe Fineman join in undisclosed roles. Chris Renauddirector of Despicable Me 1 i 2returns to the top of the fourth film, and Patrick Delagewho previously worked on animation for the first two films, will make his directorial debut alongside Renaud.

What else does lighting have in the works?

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It has been a strong few years for Illumination outside the minions franchise, with migration, Sing 2i The Super Mario Bros. Movie all have been released since early 2021. The Super Mario Bros. Movie became the second highest-grossing film of the year with over $1.3 billion at the worldwide box office, surpassing. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse i Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3while staying below Greta Gerwig's barbie.

Lighting also has many other projects in the works Despicable Me 4including a sequel to the Super Mario Bros. cash cow, threequels for The secret life of pets i To singa new project titled Big Treeand one without a title Pharrell Williams movie Illumination has five of the 15 highest-grossing animated films of all time, inclusive The Super Mario Bros. Movie at #1, and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

Despicable Me 4 hits theaters on July 3, 2024. Check out the new poster above and stay tuned to Collider for future updates and coverage of the film.