DESPICABLE ME 4 Trailer Sees Everyone's Favorite Former Supervillain Deal With A New Foe...And Being A Dad!

DESPICABLE ME 4 Trailer Sees Everyone's Favorite Former Supervillain Deal With A New Foe...And Being A Dad!

The first trailer for Despicable Me 4 has been released and, while Gru's work for the Anti-Villain League continues, he'll also have to fend off Will Ferrell's villain and deal with being a new father...

By JoshWilding - Jan 29, 2024 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Animated Features
Source: Toonado.com

Believe it or not, it's been seven years since we last watched a Despicable Me movie in theaters. This summer, Gru, the world's favourite supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain League agent, finally returns for what's being described as an exciting, bold new era of Minions mayhem in Illumination's Despicable Me 4.

Footage from the movie leaked online this weekend but the first trailer, and a new TV spot, have since been officially released (via Toonado.com).

Following 2022's Minions: The Rise of Gru, which earned almost $1 billion worldwide, the biggest global animated franchise in history now begins a new chapter as Gru (Steve Carell) and Lucy (Kristen Wiig) and their girls - Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier) and Agnes (Madison Polan) - welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad.

Gru will face a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal (Will Ferrell) and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina (Sofia Vergara), and the family is forced to go on the run.

Despicable Me 4 features new characters voiced by Joey King (Bullet Train), Stephen Colbert (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), and Chloe Fineman (Saturday Night Live). Pierre Coffin returns as the iconic voice of the Minions and Steve Coogan reprises his role as Silas Ramsbottom.

Packed with non-stop action and filled with Illumination's signature subversive humour, Despicable Me 4 is directed by a co-creator of the Minions, Oscar-nominee Chris Renaud (Despicable Me, The Secret Life of Pets), and is produced by Illumination's founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and veteran producer Brett Hoffman (The Super Mario Bros. Movie).

The movie is co-directed by Patrick Delage (who was the animation director for Sing 2 and The Secret Life of Pets 2), while the screenplay was penned by the Emmy-winning creator of White Lotus, Mike White, and the veteran writer of every Despicable Me film, Ken Daurio.

"It's a continuation of the story," Carell teased in a 2022 interview. "Gru and Lucy are married; they're a family at this point. It's the next step in their world with the Anti-Villain League and how their kids are included in the whole process. It's the most logical next step in the continuation of their story as a family together."

Despicable Me 4 arrives in theaters on July 3. You can watch the first teasers below!

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CoHost
CoHost - 1/29/2024, 10:06 AM
Finally! Megamind vs Gru!
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/29/2024, 10:09 AM
This is going to be a huge hit.
FusionWarrior
FusionWarrior - 1/29/2024, 10:17 AM
And yet the girls continue not to age even after Gru and Lucy have a new baby.
Evansly
Evansly - 1/29/2024, 10:19 AM
@FusionWarrior - Wait until you hear about Bart Simpson
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 1/29/2024, 11:27 AM
@Evansly - Bart should be in his late 40s-early 50s by now. Marge certainly sounds like she’s in her 80s
mountainman
mountainman - 1/29/2024, 10:23 AM
The Minions spin offs have been bad but all three mainline Despicable Me movies have been enjoyable enough. This looks to be in line with the others. Nothing new here but it should be a fun watch.
VamP5659
VamP5659 - 1/29/2024, 10:52 AM
I never thought an Illumination movie would make me feel so damn old. Also missed opportunity to not bring back Vector for one last standoff with Gru.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 1/29/2024, 11:51 AM
Thes movie =s have been pretty funny outside of Minions, looks like this one will be a fun watch also.
TheloniousJay
TheloniousJay - 1/29/2024, 12:16 PM
Shit! I didn't even know they made a number 2. I don't do animated movies, but I did take my little one to see #1 when she was a toddler.

I'm sure this will bring in some money since it's good nostalgia, and I assume, fun. If this one is close to how good #1 was, it'll be a hit.
TheOtherOn
TheOtherOn - 1/29/2024, 9:01 PM
There's a FOURTH part already with trailer? 😮

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