Despicable Me 2 became the second-highest-grossing animated film of 2013 and the third highest-grossing film of 2013. It is also the most profitable film in the 101-year history of Universal Studios. A spinoff/prequel film, "Minions", focusing on the little yellow henchmen before they met Gru, was released on July 10, 2015. A sequel, "Despicable Me 3", was released on June 30, 2017. A mysterious vehicle using a giant magnet steals a highly potent mutagen known as PX-41 from a secret laboratory in the Arctic Circle. The Anti-Villain League (AVL), led by Silas Ramsbottom, tries to recruit former super-villain Gru to track down the
Steve Carell Best Original Screenplay. Carell played Uncle Arthur, imitating the camp mannerisms of Paul Lynde's original character, in "Bewitched", a TV adaptation co-starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. He also voiced Hammy the Squirrel in the 2006 computer-animated film, "Over the Hedge" and Ned McDodd, the mayor of Whoville, in the 2008 animated film "Horton Hears a Who!". He starred in "Little Miss Sunshine" during 2006, as Uncle Frank. His work in the films "Anchorman", "The 40-Year-Old Virgin", and "Bewitched" established Carell as a member of Hollywood's so-called "Frat Pack", a group of actors who often appear in films together, that