While it would eventually be the Minions spinoff franchise that would ensure the series’ legacy, the genius of the first Despicable Me was the casting of Steve Carell as Gru, a supervillain who ...

The Despicable Me franchise centers on Gru, a super-villain (who later becomes a dad and superhero); his yellow-coloured Minions; and his three orphan girls, Margo, Edith and Agnes.

the viewership ratings remain the boss of it all. And before making its way out the streamer's door on February 1, Despicable Me 2 conquered just that, as it climbed the top of the charts to ...

Gru and Minions in 'Despicable Me 2' (2013).

“There’s a lot of them so they have a kind of power in that they can overwhelm,” says Chris Renaud, producer of Rise of Gru and director of the first two Despicable Me films. “It’s like ...