Despicable Me 4: Info, Casting, Release Date… Everything You Need to Know About the Rest of the $4.6 Billion Saga!

14 years ago, audiences first discovered Gru and his minions in Chris Renault and Pierre Coffin’s Despicable Me. With $543 million at the international box office, Illumination Studios and Universal quickly released a sequel. Released in 2013, Despicable Me 2 managed to do better than the first opus and collected 970 million dollars worldwide.

The birth of a successful saga

A spin-off to Minions and a sequel have since been announced. Success was achieved once again after Minions (2015) grossed $1.159 billion, and Despicable Me 3, released in 2017, also crossed $1 billion. That’s why the lucrative animated saga returns in 2022 with Minions 2: Once Upon a Time, a spin-off and, along with Teenage Gru, a prequel to the mother saga. The film was once again a success, grossing $940 million worldwide.

In total, the franchise grossed $4.6 billion at the international box office, making it the highest-grossing animated saga. So it seems logical that Illumination would choose to continue the adventure with Despicable Me 4.

What is Despicable Me 4 about?

Directed by Des Chris Renaud – already working on the first two opuses – and animator Patrick Delage, for whom this is his first work, this fourth film in the mother saga sees Gru, Lucy, Margot, Edith and Agnes welcome the youngest of the family. , Gru Jr. It seems that the little one has only one passion: to drive his father crazy.

In this new adventure, Gru faces a new enemy: Maxime Le Mal, who, with the help of his lover, the fatal Valentina, forces the entire family and minions to escape.

The feature film marks Gru’s return to adulthood (we saw him as a teenager in Minions 2) after a 7-year absence. After adopting 3 girls, finding love, and meeting his brother Dru, the world’s greatest villain must manage a kid who is determined not to make things easy for him.

Who is in the voice cast of the movie?

In terms of vocal casting, Steve Carell reprises his role as Gru in the original version, Gad Elmale also returns to work in the French version, Kristen Wiig again dubs Lucy, and Audrey Lamm the heroine in VF. Pierre Coffin Once again, he voices all the minions and Steve Coogan as Silas de la Molefesse, the director of AVL.

They are joined by newcomers: Will Ferrell, who voices Maxime Le Mall in the American version, Sofia Vergara, who voices Valentina, as well as Joey King and Stephen Colbert in as-yet-undisclosed roles. French voice casting for these characters has not yet been revealed.

When is Despicable Me 4 coming out?

Despicable Me 4 It is scheduled to hit our theaters on July 3, 2024, exactly two years after its release. Minions 2 And seven years later Despicable me 3July 5, 2017

The feature film from Illumination Studios is one of the rare blockbusters to see in theaters with kids this summer (along with Garfield: Regardless, scheduled to hit theaters July 17). Thanks to this movie, the saga should quickly cross the $5 billion mark at the box office.