Minions & Monsters

Minions & Monsters is an upcoming American animated comedy film directed by Pierre Coffin and written by Coffin and Brian Lynch. Produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures, it is the third installment in the Minions prequel series and the seventh installment overall in the Despicable Me franchise. The film will star Coffin as the Minions, alongside Allison Janney, Christoph Waltz, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg, Zoey Deutch, Bobby Moynihan, Phil LaMarr, and Trey Parker. Taking place around 40 years before the events of Minions (2015), the film follows the Minions as they aim to make a monster movie of their own in Old Hollywood.

The film was announced in July 2024, after the release of Despicable Me 4, with Coffin and Lynch returning to direct and write the film, respectively, and Chris Meledandri producing alongside Bill Ryan. John Powell is set to compose the score, marking his third collaboration with Illumination following The Lorax (2012) and Migration (2023) and the first Despicable Me installment not to be scored by Heitor Pereira.