Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment have announced that their upcoming Minions sequel is officially titled Minions: The Rise of Gru, and is set to arrive on July 3rd 2020. The first Minions movie served as a spinoff/prequel to Despicable Me, and grossed $1.16 billion upon its release in 2015. Add in the box office takings […]
Preview of Minions Viva Le Boss #1
The Minions return this Wednesday at Titan Comics launches the new series Minions Viva Le Boss, and we’ve got a preview of the first issue for you here; check it out… The breakout mascot characters of Despicable Me (and their own movie, Minions!) return for another round of comic capers! The villainous yellow goofballs wander history […]
Titan announces new Minions comic book series Minions: Viva Le Boss
The Minions are set to return this November as Titan Comics launches the new series Minions: Viva Le Boss from the creative team of writer Stephane Lapuss and artist Renaud Collin. Check out a preview of the first issue here… In Titan Comics’ new Minions series, the yellow Minions journey through history looking for a […]
Despicable Me 3 pushes the franchise beyond $3 billion worldwide
Universal and Illumination Entertainment are celebrating another box office success with Despicable Me 3, the latest instalment of the animated franchise. Spurred on by a $66 million opening in China this past weekend, the film had grossed $477 million by close of play on Sunday, helping to push the series beyond the $3 billion mark combined […]
The Minions return in trailer for animated short Mower Minions
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment have released a trailer for the upcoming animated short Mower Minions, which will debut in cinemas alongside The Secret Life of Pets. Mower Minions will hit cinemas on July 8th in the States and on June 24th in the UK.
The Biggest Opening Weekends of 2015
Looking at the totals for 2015, it’s been a good year for movie studios at the box office. We’ve had a couple of record-breaking opening weekends, and a certain movie from a galaxy far, far away smashed the December opening weekend record. Last year, the biggest opening weekend was $121 million, and this year is […]
The most pirated movies of 2015
Yesterday we brought you news of the most pirated TV shows of 2015 – with Game of Thrones topping the list for the fourth year in a row – and now tracking firm Excipio has revealed details of which movies were illegally downloaded the most over the past twelve months. 1) Interstellar – 46,762,310 downloads […]
UPDATED: The Highest Grossing Movies of 2015
The year of 2015 is done and dusted, and the smoke has cleared on the battle for box office supremacy. There has been a couple of shockers this year, and the overall winner of both the domestic and worldwide title was far from expected. Similarly, there have been a few movies released this year that […]
Comic Book Review – Minions Volume 2: Evil Panic
David Opie reviews Minions Volume 2: Evil Panic… While the diabolical villain Gru is busy taking over the world, his bumbling Minions have a few adventures of their own, fending off the evil Minions as they go about their work. When Universal Pictures first announced that they were developing a Despicable Me spin-off starring Gru’s lovable Minions, […]
Watch a new Minions short entitled The Competition
Coinciding with its digital release of Minions in the States today, Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment have released a brand new short film entitled ‘The Competition’, which is one of three shorts set to feature on the home entertainment releases (the others being ‘Cro-Minion’ and ‘Binky Nelson Unpacified). Check it out here… The story of […]