‘Despicable Me 4’ Set for July 2024 Release at Universal
thewrap.comUniversal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment will release “Despicable Me 4” over Independence Day weekend in 2024, the studios announced Friday.
The fourth film in the “Despicable Me” animated franchise will open in theaters on July 3, 2024. Illumination has also announced the date for another original animated film from writer Mike White called “Migration,” which will open in theaters a year earlier on June 30, 2023. “Despicable Me 4” will be the 15th feature film collaboration between the animation studio Illumination and Universal.
The “Despicable Me” animated franchise alone has brought in over $1.2 billion at the domestic box office. The new film will bring back the film’s voice cast including Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin, Miranda Cosgrove and Steve Coogan.
Illumination’s founder Chris Meledandri is producing the film, and Chris Renaud, who directed the first two “Despicable Me” movies as well as both “The Secret Lives of Pets” films, will return as the director.
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