2 Billion Dollars: Will This Funny Saga Be Turning Into A Live-Action Movie Soon?

“Bello Banana! Toué bella likes papaya!” If you’re a fan of Minions, those round and cute yellow creatures from the Despicable Me saga, these opening sentences will be like a sweet scent of fun in your ears.

On the other hand, if you don’t taste the raucous and hysterical side of these little creatures, your blood won’t do anything! However, rest assured that Minions should never be the subject of a live-action feature film. The magazine spoke Movie HoundsThe creator of Yellow Creatures, Chris Reno, was clear on the subject.

Minions in live action?

“God, I hope not. That’s my answer. If people were talking about it, I wouldn’t know about it. To me, what defines the Minion universe is that it’s animated; it allows us to do what we do. With it, as Locking a minion in a machine gun or blasting Gru when he attacks a vector.”he pointed out.

“These are very cartoonish ideas, the kind of thing you’d see in Bugs Bunny.”Chris Reno adds that he doesn’t believe his Minions could have a place in a live-action movie.

It would be completely different if we did a live action version. Personally, I don’t find it very attractive.

“I think it would be completely different if we did a live-action version. Personally, I don’t find it very attractive. But then again, who knows what could happen. But that’s my personal opinion.”he concluded.

That’s why Chris Reno and Illumination Studios don’t want to follow the path taken by Disney, which has adapted many classics into live action, from Alice in Wonderland to The Lion King to Cinderella, Mulan, The Little Mermaid and soon Snow White. March 19, 2025. Lilo and Stitch will also have the rights to be made into a live-action movie! The release date has not been announced yet.

On the other hand, the legendary Pete Docter, to whom we owe Monsters & Co., up there or vice versa, agrees with his rival Illumination. For him, Pixar films should never be adapted into live action.

“I might be a little embarrassed to say this, but I’m a little worried about the live-action adaptation trend. I like making original, unique movies. I’m not that interested in doing a remake. On a personal level.”– responded Pixar’s creative director in the columns time. Pete Docter was particularly questioned about the rumors of a live-action Ratatouille with actor Josh O’Connor as Remy.

Lighting is drowning in dollars

Illumination studio has a lot to do with the production of Super Mario Bros 2 at the moment, after the huge success of 2023 (1.36 billion). The film will release on April 1, 2026. The company also released Despicable Me on July 4; The animated feature hit the global box office by collecting $848 million. In France, it has already attracted 3.5 million curious people.

Let me remind you that two spin-off movies featuring the Minions were also box office hits! The first Opus released in 2015 made 1.15 billion dollars. As for the other, baptized Once upon a time there was a Gru (2022), he raised a modest sum of 940 million greenbacks. Enough bananas!