Despicable Me is a 2010 American computer-animated film directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, and the first feature produced by Illumination Entertainment. It follows Gru, a longtime supervillain voiced by Steve Carell, who adopts three orphan girls to help carry out a scheme to steal the moon, only to grow emotionally attached to them, aided in his plans by his army of small yellow henchmen known as Minions. Its commercial success launched both Illumination as a major animation studio and the wider Despicable Me and Minions media franchise that followed.
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Were the Minions part of the original Despicable Me script?
No, they were added during production.
No. The Minions did not exist in the original script and were added during production. Early designs showed them as humans and robots before the team settled on small, yellow, pill-shaped creatures. Directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, with character designer Eric Guillon, created them, and Coffin and Renaud also invented the language the Minions speak.
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Despicable Me is a 2010 American animated comedy film directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio.
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Despicable Me is a 2010 American animated comedy film directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin
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Despicable Me is a 2010 American computer-animated film directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, and the first feature produced by Illumination Entertainment.
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It was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Awards and Annie Awards, and won Favorite Animated Movie at the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards.
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Despicable Me is a 2010 American animated comedy film directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio.
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Chris Renaud Pierre Coffin
Created By: Pierre Coffin, Infobox: director
Chris Renaud Pierre Coffin
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