Both Despicable Me and its sequel present a wonderfully outlandish world wherein supervillains reign supreme and where even a guy as curmudgeonly as Gru can find his dark ambitions softened by a trio of little girls. However, while the franchise has established both Steve Carell’s Gru and his adopted daughters (remember “It’s so FLUFFY!”?) as beloved characters in their own right, it is Gru’s mischievous Minions that have become the breakout star of the films. Now, as if beckoned by the call of the untold fortune awaiting at the box office, Universal brings an entire film devoted to the yellow little creatures.

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