Despicable Me (franchise) 9, 2010. It was directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, based on an original story by Sergio Pablos and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. The film stars Steve Carell as the voice of Felonious Gru, Miranda Cosgrove as Margo, Dana Gaier as Edith, Elsie Fisher as Agnes, Jason Segel as Vector, Russell Brand as Dr. Nefario and Julie Andrews as Marlena Gru, Gru's mother. It tells the story of Gru, a super-villain who adopts three girls, Margo, Edith and Agnes, from an orphanage to try and steal a shrink ray from Vector (otherwise known as Victor), his
Jonathan Goldstein (filmmaker) first sale, Goldstein and Daley have been engaged on a number of other feature projects, including "Hours of Fun", "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone", starring Steve Carell and Jim Carrey, "Cal of the Wild" for Steven Spielberg and "Dreamworks", and an adaptation of the documentary, "Of All The Things" for Warner Brothers, also with Steve Carell set to play the lead. New Line's "Horrible Bosses" was released on July 8, 2011 and has made over $200 million in worldwide box office. In 2009, the team were hired to rewrite the sequel to the animated film, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs".