‘Minions & Monsters’ Adds Jeff Bridges, Christoph Waltz & More Oscar Winners

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With many animated franchises releasing new movies, the Minions series has been remarkably successful. The upcoming film, Minions & Monsters, scheduled for release this year, will take audiences back to the 1920s. In this new adventure, the Minions will search for monsters to star in a movie, hoping to contain them before they can cause trouble for the world.

Pierre Coffin, the director of the first three Despicable Me films and the 2015 Minions movie, is returning to direct the third Minions installment. He’ll also once again provide the voices for the Minions, just as he has in all the previous films. Although the story is still a secret, fans are excited to learn who is working on the movie as it nears its release later this year.

Universal Pictures and Illumination’s upcoming film, Minions & Monsters, has announced its first six cast members. Allison Janney (known for I, Tonya), Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), and Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) will all appear in the movie. Joining them are Christoph Waltz, Zoey Deutch, and Bobby Moynihan, who recently voiced a character in Hoppers. Currently, the specific roles each actor will play have not been disclosed.

The
Despicable Me

and

Minions

franchises are among the most successful animated sagas in modern memory, combining to gross over $5.6 billion at the global box office through their first six movies. The last movies in each separate franchise also both crossed or nearly crossed the $1 billion mark in 2022 and 2024, showing that there is no fall-off for the Minions after more than 15 years in the Hollywood spotlight.
Fans will also be anxious to find out who these new stars play in the third Minions movie, with an entire cast of new heroes and villains to set in stone for this prequel story. Considering this story takes place almost a century before Gru, Edith, Agnes, and the rest of the gang have their first adventure together, there are endless possibilities for where this new adventure may go.

Minions & Monsters

will debut in theaters on Jul. 1, 2026.

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2026-03-16 23:47