The new trailer for the second Minions film was released on Wednesday and is making waves as excited fans anticipate the next adventure for supervillain Gru and his hilarious yellow sidekicks. The latest in the ever-expanding Gruniverse, Minions: The Rise of Gru, is to be released in the UK on July 1 and is set in the 1970s, with a much younger Gru (the protagonist of the Despicable Me franchise) attempting to become part of a group of villains called the Vicious 6. But an interview with the gang goes badly, and Gru and his trusted henchmen find themselves on the run.
If you are new to this world and it all seems a bit mad, you are right. It is. We’re talking about a film that follows the adventures of a group of identical tiny yellow Tic Tac-shaped assistants who wear goggles and a denim apron.
