Despicable Me Minions Are Getting Their Own Feature Film

‘Despicable Me’ Minions Are Getting Their Own Feature Film

By Russ Fischer/July 23, 2012 3:30 pm EST

Deadline says the as-yet untitled film will be an original story that adds new characters and offer the return of some Despicable Me characters, and presumably some from the upcoming sequel. The real focus of the film is “the antics of the yellow fellows as they interact with human characters.“Brian Lynch scripted, Pierre Coffin will direct and Kyle Balda will co-direct. The two co-directors also perform the Minion voices. Given that the chracters don’t speak any recognizable language that should make for a fun performance routine, but we’ll see how the little guys work as leads of their own full-length story.

The idea is to have the Minions film ready a year after Despicable Me 2 hits, which puts the spin-off film on the calendar for summer 2014.