Despicable Me 2 Host, voices Floyd Eagle-san. New cast members include Benjamin Bratt as Eduardo "El Macho" Pérez and Steve Coogan as Silas Ramsbottom, head of the fictional Anti-Villain League (AVL). "Despicable Me 2" premiered on June 5, 2013 in Australia and had a wide theatrical release in the United States on July 3, 2013. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed over $970 million worldwide against a budget of $76 million. It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and for Academy Award for Best Original Song (for "Happy"), losing both to Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Frozen". It
Despicable Me (franchise) with a scheduled release date of July 3, 2020. It will be directed by Kyle Balda, with co-direction by "Legends of Chamberlain Heights" co-creator, Brad Ableson, and written by Brian Lynch. Three short films based on the "Despicable Me" film, "Home Makeover", "Orientation Day" and "Banana", were released on December 14, 2010 on the film's DVD and Blu-ray. The "Despicable Me 2" DVD and Blu-ray, released on December 10, 2013, included another three short films: "Puppy", "Panic in the Mailroom", and "Training Wheels". A series of Minions short films screened in 2015 with "Minions". Another short film, titled "Mower Minions",