‘Despicable Me 3’: Gru, Lucy, Their Adorable Daughters - Margo, Edith and Agnes - and the Minions to Return in 2017

Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment's Despicable Me 3 will be shown in theaters beginning 30 June 2017. Other than that, no specific details have been revealed about the upcoming 3-D computer-animated comedy film. It can however be expected to continue with the adventures of ex-despicable villain Felonious Gru, his assistant and love interest Lucy Wilde, their adopted daughters - Margo, Edith and Agnes - and the Minions. It can also be expected that it will continue to be helmed by Pierre Coffin and that most if not all of the original voice cast will be back to reprise their roles in the third installment of the film series franchise.

Given its title, Despicable 3 will likely be a sequel film which will take off following the events last seen in Despicable Me 2 - that is, Gru and Lucy getting married, being parents to the three girls, and  living in relative peace with their faithful Minions. The 2013-released Despicable Me 2 film grossed more than $970 million worldwide in box office receipts and was nominated for Academy Awards for both the best5 animated feature and the best original song (Happy by Pharrell Williams) categories. The first film in the franchise, Despicable Me, was also a box office hit, grossing more than $543 million against a $69 million production budget.

Before however the scheduled release in 2017 of Despicable 3, the franchise will first be showing Minions, another spinoff movie which will be a prequel to the Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2 films. Minions has been announce for released to theaters on 10 July 2015. The prequel is directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda from a script penned by Brian Lynch. It features Sandra Bullock voicing for main villain Scarlet Overkill and Jon Ham voicing for her husband, the inventor Herb Overkill. Steve Carell will be returning to the prequel to reprise his role as the voice of super-villain Felonious Gru just as director Pierre Coffin who also will be reprising the voices of Minions Kevin, Bob and Stuart. Hiroyuki Sanada and Chris Renaud will also be in the cast for still undisclosed roles. Minions is an origins film. It will show how the Minions came to be and how they ultimately ended up with Gru.