Steve Carell starred with Tina Fey in "Date Night" during late 2008 and was released on April 9, 2010 in the U.S. He voiced Gru, the main character in the Universal CGI film "Despicable Me" along with Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove, and Kristen Wiig. He reprised the role in the 2013 sequel "Despicable Me 2" and in the third installment of the film franchise "Despicable Me 3" in 2017. He has several other projects in the works, including a remake of the 1967 Peter Sellers film "The Bobo". He is doing voice-over work in commercials for Wrigley's Extra gum. Carell has launched
Inspector Gadget (film) a script by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman. "Inspector Gadget" moved to Disney when the film studio bought out DIC Entertainment. Disney hired David Kellogg to direct, best known for "The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman" TV commercials and the Vanilla Ice film, "Cool as Ice" (1991). Cameron Diaz declined the role of Dr. Brenda Bradford in favor of "Any Given Sunday". Brendan Fraser was considered for the role of Inspector Gadget, but turned it down on account of working on "George of the Jungle", another live-action Disney film based on an animated cartoon. Kevin Kline and Steve Carell were