Despicable Me 2 Balda, and produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy. The film, set in the 1960s, focuses on the Minions before they met Gru, where they compete for the right to become henchmen of an ambitious villain, Scarlet Overkill, voiced by Sandra Bullock. A sequel, titled "Despicable Me 3", was released on June 30, 2017. The film was directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, with Eric Guillon serving as co-director, and was produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy. Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio returned to write the screenplay for the film. Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier,
Steve Carell received widespread critical acclaim, earning Carell a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, making it the second film starring Carell to be nominated for the award, with "Little Miss Sunshine" being the first. He next starred in Woody Allen's "Café Society" (2016), alongside Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg. In 2017, Carell headlined the biographical comedy-drama "Battle of the Sexes", portraying tennis star Bobby Riggs, with Emma Stone co-starring as Billie Jean King. In 2018, Carell starred as father David Sheff whose son Nic (played by Timothée Chalamet)