‘Despicable Me 4’ Director Chris Renaud Talks Minions Fandom, Why Gru’s Kids Won’t Age & Thoughts On A Mega Minions Spinoff
deadline.comFelonious Gru and his brood return to the big screen July 3 in Illumination and Universal Pictures’ Despicable Me 4, seven years after its predecessor and two years after spinoff prequel Minions: The Rise of Gru.
Co-directors Chris Renaud and Patrick Delage touched down at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in mid-June for its French premiere, prior to the movie’s launch in the U.S.
It was a special occasion for Renaud, who still gets goosebumps at the memory of the audience’s rousing response to the screening of the original Despicable Me movie there in 2010.
Talking to Deadline the next day, Renaud admits he nearly teared up while on stage to introduce the new film. “I could see it going that way, so I kind of talked myself out of it… it’s been a long time that I’ve been working with these characters, so you do get a moment to reflect a little bit,” says the Baltimore-born, Paris-based animation heavyweight.
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