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
Despicable Me 2 Carell, Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier and Elsie Fisher were returning to reprise their roles. Kristen Wiig, who voiced Miss Hattie in the original film, voices Lucy Wilde, an agent of the Anti-Villain League (AVL) who recruits Gru to track and take down a tough, Mexican villain named El Macho. Steve Coogan joined the cast as Silas Ramsbottom, the head of the Anti-Villain League. On May 3, 2013, just a month before the film's premiere, producers announced that Al Pacino had left the film over creative differences about how his character should come to life. At the time of