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Universal Releases New Clip from ‘Despicable Me 2'

May 19, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Universal has released the first clip from Illumination’s eagerly anticipated summer movie, Despicable Me the Chris Meledandri and his acclaimed filmmaking team create an all-new comedy animated adventure featuring the return of Gru, the girls, the hilarious minions and a host of new characters. In the sequel, Gru (Steve Carell) [...]

Bratt Replaces Pacino as ‘Despicable Me 2' Villain

May 5, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Is there some sort of curse on the role of the villain Eduardo in the upcoming sequel Despicable Me 2? Over the weekend, Deadline.com reported that Al Pacino had exited the role in the Universal/Illumination’s upcoming summer movie. The studio cited the reason as “creative differences.” You might recall that [...]

DreamWorks News: ‘Night Fury’, Barco, 3rd Quarter Nos.

November 2, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Night Fury Takes Flight on Fox: Fox network announced today it will air DreamWorks Animation’s CG holiday special DreamWorks Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury on December 17 at 8 p.m. The half-hour special is based on the studio’s hit film How to Train Your Dragon–now a solid franchise with [...]

Seth MacFarlane to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’

August 29, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

After directing this summer’s sleeper hit Ted (and voicing everyone’s favorite foul-mouthed teddy-bear), Seth MacFarlane will host the 38th season opener of the late night TV show Saturday Night Live on Sept. 15. Fans expect the man behind Fox-TV’s killer primetime toons Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show of [...]

The Minions Get Own Spinoff Movie!

July 24, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image

Those popular, little yellow guys from Universal/Illumination’s Despicable Me franchise will be starring in their own feature. Deadline.com reports that the Minions will be the star of Illumination’s fifth feature with Universal. Gru’s little helpers will be interacting with humans in the new project, which will be written by Brian [...]