Despicable Me sequel/shorts in the works!

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A Despicable Me sequel and shorts are in the works!:

http://www.collider.com/2010/07/13/despicable-me-sequel-minions-short-film-greenlit

"People who enjoyed last weekend?s top-grossing film Despicable Me will be pleased to know that talks are already underway for Despicable Me 2. Deadline reports that Universal Pictures, Illumination (Universal?s family film division) founder/CEO Chris Meledandri, and writers Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio have begun discussions about a sequel. Despicable?s $56 million opening weekend was notable when you consider that there was no built-in audience. Now it has built an audience, Universal is grabbing hold of a new brand they can develop.
Part of developing that brand entails the creation of two new short films featuring the adorable yellow minions of Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), Despicable Me?s supervillain protagonist. It is currently unknown whether these short films will be shown in front of future Illumination features a la Pixar, or if they?ll be distributed in another fashion."

It's kind of an odd move, but hey, I'm gamed! :)
 
Can't really see a sequel to it but they might have some ideas like many still think Gru as a bad guy since he's the world's #2 supervillain.
 
Despicable Me just opened last week, and Universal is already talking sequel? DM must have really exceeded the studio's expectations.



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Yeah, the Minions just scream franchise, like the Rabbids, but answer me this:

....if "How To Train Your Dragon" made even more dough, why haven't they announced a sequel to that?
 
I for one really did like despicable me, but I do NOT find this to be good news...
This just screams "Lets exploit this movie and milk it for everything it's worth!"... and that is NEVER a good mentality to have when making a sequel. I mean will they really be able to capture what made the first film so good? You rush these things out and you end up forgetting what made the film so great and just create a cheap imitation... That's how most sequels go

I only hope that the other projects they have lined up with slow them donw enough to come up with a half-way decent story
 
I finally saw Despicable Me last night, and while it's good news that the movie did well enough enough to warrant a sequel, I have no idea what the story of the sequel could be. I don't see Gru going back to a life of super villainy now that he's fully embraced the role of being the girls' father. Perhaps the sequel will have Margo, Edith and Agnes trying to find a wife for Gru.

Here's a thought: Perhaps the girls introduce Gru to a potential wife, and the woman turns out to be a super hero. I've been wondering where all the heroes were in the world of DM.
 
Considering that I've seen dolls of the minions as prizes when I went to Hershey Park this weekend, big ones in the park and small ones in a restaurant my family went to for a break, along with their appearance on The Biggest Loser, and IHOP ads, the minions getting their own short doesn't surprise me. Though if the movie does make enough money to warrant a sequel, I'll give it a shot.
 
I'm honestly not as carefree on this as I am with How to Train Your Dragon 2. I mean don't get me wrong, I loved Despicable Me but the fact that the company followed it up with Hop is honestly a little worrisome. But there are a lot of things they can do with the characters so I'm hoping for the best.
 
They can do alot of things actually in the sequel like Mr. Perkins taking care of Gru and his family like they did with his son, others can be like Gru belongs to a league of evil and find out he turn into a good guy, there's many possible plots for a sequel but of course what's important that they do it right.
 
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