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Despicable Me 4
Teaser poster
Directed byChris Renaud
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Edited byTiffany Hillkurtz
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03)
Running time
95 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Despicable Me 4 is an upcoming American animated comedy film produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures. It will serve as the sequel to Despicable Me 3 (2017), the fourth main installment, and the sixth installment overall in the Despicable Me franchise. The film is directed by Chris Renaud, co-directed by Patrick Delage, produced by Chris Meledandri and Brett Hoffman, and written by Mike White and Ken Daurio. It stars the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin, Joey King, Miranda Cosgrove, Stephen Colbert, Steve Coogan, Sofía Vergara, Renaud, Madison Polan, Dana Gaier, Chloe Fineman, and Will Ferrell.

Development on a fourth Despicable Me film began in September 2017. It was officially confirmed in February 2022, with Renaud, Delage, and White attached as director, co-director, and writer, respectively. Production was underway by June 2022. Most of the main voice cast was announced in January 2024, with Hoffman and Daurio revealed as co-producer and co-writer, respectively. Heitor Pereira and Pharrell Williams returned from previous installments for the music.

Despicable Me 4 is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on July 3, 2024.

Premise

Gru (Carell), the world's favourite supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain League-agent, returns for an exciting, bold new era of Minions mayhem, alongside his wife and fellow Anti-Villain League-agent Lucy (Wiig), their three adopted girls — Margo (Cosgrove), Edith (Gaier) and Agnes (Polan) — and the sixth and newest member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. The family is forced to go on the run when they become targeted by escaped criminal Maxime Le Mal (Ferrell) and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina (Vergara).

— Universal Pictures and Illumination[2]

Voice cast

  • Steve Carell as Gru, a former supervillain turned Anti-Villain League agent; Margo, Edith, and Agnes' adoptive father, Gru Jr.'s biological father and Lucy's husband
  • Kristen Wiig as Lucy Wilde, an Anti-Villain League agent, Gru's wife and the girls' adopted mother and Gru Jr.'s biological mother
  • Will Ferrell as Maxime Le Mal, a French-accented supervillain who seeks revenge on Gru and his family
  • Joey King as Poppy Prescott,[3][4] an aspiring supervillain that has admired Gru for a long time
  • Sofía Vergara as Valentina, Maxime's femme fatale girlfriend
  • Stephen Colbert as Perry Prescott, Poppy's father, Patsy's husband, and Gru's new neighbor[4]
  • Chloe Fineman as Patsy Prescott, Poppy's mother, Perry's wife, and Gru's new neighbor[4]
  • Miranda Cosgrove as Margo, Gru and Lucy's oldest adopted daughter
  • Steve Coogan as Silas Ramsbottom, the previously-retired director of the Anti-Villain League
  • Pierre Coffin as the Minions, the yellow henchmen of Gru who later get jobs at the Anti-Villain League as agents
  • Dana Gaier as Edith, Gru and Lucy's middle adopted daughter
  • Madison Polan as Agnes, Gru and Lucy's youngest adopted daughter. Polan replaces Nev Scharrel from the third film.

Additionally, the film's director Chris Renaud has been cast in an undisclosed role.

Production

Development of Despicable Me 4 began in September 2017, with longtime Despicable Me and Illumination writers Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio writing early drafts of the script.[5] The film was officially confirmed in February 2022, with veteran Despicable Me director Chris Renaud, Patrick Delage, and Mike White attached as director, co-director, and writer, respectively, and a July 3, 2024 release date announced.[6][7] Production was underway by June 2022, with Steve Carell starting his voice recording after a "couple of sessions."[8]

In January 2024, it was announced that Carell, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Pierre Coffin, and Steve Coogan would return to reprise their respective roles as Gru, Lucy Wilde, Margo, Edith, the Minions, and Silas Ramsbottom, while Will Ferrell, Joey King, Sofía Vergara, Stephen Colbert, Chloe Fineman, and Madison Polan (replacing Nev Scharrel) would join the voice cast, respectively voicing Maxime Le Mal, Poppy Prescott, Valentina, Perry Prescott, Patsy Prescott, and Agnes.[9][3] That same month, it was announced that The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) executive producer Brett Hoffman and Daurio had been added as co-producer and co-writer, respectively.[2]

Music

In March 2024, Heitor Pereira was announced to be composing the film's score, returning from the previous installments.[10] Pharrell Williams was also confirmed to be returning to co-compose the score with Pereira, as well as to write new songs.[11] On May 8, Williams previewed a 30-second snippet of his original song "Double Life" for the film on his YouTube channel.[12]

Marketing

The first trailer for the film was released on January 28, 2024, during the 2023–24 NFL playoffs championship games.[13] The trailer features the songs "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses and "Maneater" by Hall & Oates, as well as in television showings, "Through the Fire and Flames" by DragonForce. CBR reported that the trailer showcased "the struggles of welcoming in a new member of the Gru family," and included the debut of Will Ferrell's Maxime Le Mal.[9] Screen Rant's Brennan Klein observed that Gru's tumultuous relationship with his son, Gru Jr., contrasted with the good relationship with his adopted daughters.[14] An additional trailer was revealed on February 11 during the Super Bowl LVIII, being narrated by Jon Hamm, who previously voiced Herb Overkill in the 2015 spin-off film Minions, and featured cameos by Ferrell and Steve Carell. Ryan Gajewski of The Hollywood Reporter said the trailer had appeared to "tout the benefits of modern technology but feature strange images supposedly generated by AI," enjoying the Renaissance-era inspired pose of Ferrell and Carell in the trailer.[15]

The second trailer was released on May 7, 2024.[16] Writing for TheWrap, Drew Taylor called the trailer "Minions-heavy," and pointed out one of Pharrell Williams' new original songs featured in the trailer.[17] Collider noted the "devastating consequences" of enlisting a small group of Minion volunteers for an experiment which gave them superpowers. Journalist Diego Peralta pointed out a sequence in which one of the superpowered Minions destroys a part of their base with laser vision, and said that villains Le Mal and Valentina "are more dangerous than any threat Gru has faced before."[18]

Release

Despicable Me 4 is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 3, 2024.[6]

As part of Universal's deal with Netflix, the film will stream on Peacock for the first four months of the pay-TV window, before moving to Netflix for the next ten, and returning to Peacock for the remaining four.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ "Despicable Me 4". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Despicable Me 4". Universal Pictures. Archived from the original on January 29, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Joey King [@joeyking] (January 28, 2024). "Say hello to Poppy. You do not wanna get on her bad side…she can be pretty…Despicable. #DM4 coming to theaters July 3rd. Trailer out now" – via Instagram.
  4. ^ a b c "DESPICABLE ME 4 PRODUCTION NOTES". Getty Images. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  5. ^ Sakoui, Anousha; Palmeri, Christopher (September 12, 2017). "In Dismal Summer, Despicable Me 3 Producer Delivers $1 Billion". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on September 29, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Grobar, Matt (February 18, 2022). "Illumination & Universal Set Dates For Animated Films Migration & Despicable Me 4". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  7. ^ Moreau, Jordan (February 18, 2022). "Despicable Me 4 Set for Summer 2024 by Illumination, Universal". Variety. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  8. ^ Seddon, Dan; Sandwell, Ian (June 27, 2022). "Steve Carell gives exciting Despicable Me 4 update as he teases plot". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  9. ^ a b Dick, Jeremy (January 28, 2024). "Gru Faces a New Nemesis in First Despicable Me 4 Trailer". CBR. Archived from the original on February 4, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  10. ^ "Heitor Pereira Scoring Illumination Entertainment's 'Despicable Me 4' | Film Music Reporter". Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  11. ^ Jirax, Jamie (April 11, 2024). "Despicable Me 4 Confirms Pharrell Williams Returning as Songwriter and Performer". ComicBook.com. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  12. ^ Williams, Pharrell (May 8, 2024). "Double Life (From "Despicable Me 4") (Preview)". YouTube. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  13. ^ Lovett, Jamie (January 28, 2024). "Despicable Me 4 Trailer Released". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  14. ^ Klein, Brennan (January 28, 2024). "Despicable Me 4 Trailer: Gru & His Son Team Up Against Revenge-Seeking Villain". Screen Rant. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  15. ^ Gajewski, Ryan (February 11, 2024). "Jon Hamm Narrates 'Despicable Me 4' Super Bowl Trailer Mocking AI Glitches". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  16. ^ Adams, Timothy (May 7, 2024). "New Despicable Me 4 Trailer Released". ComicBook.com. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  17. ^ Taylor, Drew (May 7, 2024). "New 'Despicable Me 4' Trailer Introduces the Mega-Minions and Will Ferrell's Evil Frenchman". TheWrap. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  18. ^ Peralta, Diego (May 7, 2024). "The Minions Develop Super-Powers in New 'Despicable Me 4' Trailer". Collider. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  19. ^ Hayes, Dade (December 9, 2021). "NBCUniversal's New Theatrical Window Scheme To Bring Films To Peacock After As Few As 45 Days Of Release". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  20. ^ Moon, Mariella (July 14, 2021). "Netflix extends exclusive rights to Universal's animated films in the US". Engadget. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
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