Despicable Me 4 is an upcoming American animated comedy film produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures. It will serve as the sequel to Despicable Me 3 (2017), the fourth main installment, and the sixth installment overall in the Despicable Me franchise. Despicable Me 4 is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on July 3, 2024.
Development on a fourth Despicable Me film began in September 2017. It was officially confirmed in February 2022, with Renaud, Delage, and White attached as director, co-director, and writer, respectively. Production was underway by June 2022. Most of the main voice cast was announced in January 2024, with Hoffman and Daurio revealed as co-producer and co-writer, respectively.
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- TriviaThe sixth theatrically released fourth installment to an animated film franchise of all time (not counting spinoffs), after Shrek Forever After (2010), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), Toy Story 4 (2019), Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania (2022) and Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024), all but one of which were also the first quadriquels done by their respective animation studios.
- ConnectionsReferenced in AniMat’s Crazy Cartoon Cast: Chip ‘n Dale’s Cartoon Palooza (2022)
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