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The breakout stars the world fell in love with in Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me global film franchise headline their own movie for the first time in Minions, available on Digital HD November 24, 2015, and on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand on December 8, 2015. A much anticipated prequel to the amazing blockbusters Despicable Me and the sequel Despicable Me 2, Minions is an extremely funny film for the whole family. The Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital HD also come with three all-new mini-movies and even more Minions everyone will want to watch again and again especially during the busy holiday travel season.
Since the dawn of time, Minions have served (and accidentally eliminated) history’s most despicable villains. After their latest explosive mistake leaves them without an evil leader, the Minions fall into a deep depression. With the tribe on the brink of collapse, three unlikely heroes–Kevin, Stuart, and Bob?embark on a journey to find a new big boss. When their quest leads them to their next potential master, Scarlet Overkill (Academy Award? winner Sandra Bullock), our three heroes must face their biggest challenge yet: saving all of Minionkind…from annihilation!
Check out the video below of: Minions ?The Competition? Mini-Movie. This marks the first timeamini-movie?from the?Despicable Me?franchise has been made available in its entirety prior to the home entertainment release and is one of three?mini-movies?that can be found exclusively on the MINIONS Digital HD release available 11/24 and on the Blu-ray on 12/8.
BONUS FEATURES EXCLUSIVE TO BLU-RAY AND DIGITAL HD:
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THREE ALL NEW ORIGINAL MINI-MOVIES:
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Cro Minion
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Competition
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Binky Nelson Unpacified
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DELETED SCENE ? ME, MYSELF AND STUART
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AROUND THE WORLD INTERACTIVE MAP – Explore the world of the Minions with this interactive map featuring a collection of games, trivia, featurettes, storyboards, and more all themed to movie locations.
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BEHIND THE GOGGLES ? THE ILLUMINATION STORY OF THE MINIONS ? Get a ?behind the googles? look at the history and evolution of everyone’s favorite yellow henchmen.
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WRITER – See how the Minions evolve throughout the different time periods. Writer, Brian Lynch discusses creating distinctive personalities for the three main Minions, his VillainCon idea, and the Minion family.
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BOSS? OFFICE ? Illumination Entertainment CEO and founder and Minions producer, Chris Meledandri discusses the origins of Illumination Entertainment and the genesis of both Despicable Me and the Minions.
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ART DEPARTMENT – See how the Minions came to life, from the original art concept of the henchmen to the final creation of the Minions and how to differentiate them between new time periods. Also, see how the idea of Herb and Scarlett Overkill’s characters came to be.
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GALLERY ? CONCEPT ART (stills)
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GALLERY ? COLOR SCRIPT (stills)
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COMPOSER – Listen to how composer Heitor Pereira creates the sound of the Minions and what it takes to create big music for small characters.
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ACTORS STUDIO – Listen to the actors? experiences being part of the Minions movie, who their favorite Minions are, and why they love them so much
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NOTICE BOARD (stills)
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SAFETY VIDEO
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ILLUMINATION MACGUFF ANIMATION
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ANIMATION – Go behind the scenes and hear about the challenges and excitement behind the Minion characters and bringing them alive through animation in the movie
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LIGHTING, LAYOUT AND EFFECTS – A look at the ways in which layout and lighting plays a big role in the emotion and motivation in the movie. Also see the ways in which they try to keep the 60’s vintage look and the challenges they face with very technical shots, where one shot can take weeks.
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3D MODELS GALLERY (stills)
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DIRECTORS – Directors Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda discuss the unique challenges of creating distinctive personalities for the Minions
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PRODUCERS – Producers Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy and Executive Producer Chris Renaud discuss the three main characters ? Kevin, Stuart, and Bob ? little family in the movie and the goal of creating a special bond between them and the audience when they leave the theater.
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EDITORIAL – Editor Claire Dodgson discusses the distinctive editing style of the Despicable Me franchise and the three-year process it takes to make these movies from the original storyboards to cutting scenes with Minion dialogue.
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STORYBOARD ARTIST – Learn how the actions of the words of the script turn into visual drawings and how much work is put in from the rough sketches to the final cut of the movie.
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GALLERY ? STUART HOT TUB STORYBOARD (stills)
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JINGLE BELLS MINION STYLE – This holiday favorite is brought to life in a merry-Minion way. Now you get to sing along to the beloved video that was the most shared piece of content on Facebook in 2014.
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THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS THEATRICAL TRAILER
DVD BONUS FEATURES
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DELETED SCENE ? ME, MYSELF AND STUART
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JINGLE BELLS MINION STYLE – This holiday favorite is brought to life in a merry-Minion way. Now you get to sing along to the beloved video that was the most shared piece of content on Facebook in 2014.
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THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS THEATRICAL TRAILER
We saw this movie in theaters and we all LOVED it. We already loved the minion characters from the Despicable Me movies but this movie takes them on a whole adventure on their own…before they met Gru. There is even a part in the beginning of the film set in Orlando and as an Orlando native I love seeing that. Don’t forget to check out all the extras on the Blu-ray disk as they are funny and my kids loved them. Ever kid will want to see this movie in their stocking this holiday season. Or even better give it to them now so they can watch it during all the holiday travel you may be making. This movie is a must own for any Minion fan!
Connect: You can connect with Minions on Facebook and @Minions on Twitter.
