Instead, they instead opted to transform the yellow pill-shaped scene stealers into mutated purple evil minions for 2013's "Despicable Me 2." The latest ... "not just for the comedy we needed ...

The Despicable Me franchise helped to put Illumination Entertainment on the map, and here's how to watch each and every delightfully evil film online.

Laughs come thick and fast in Minions. The rascally yellow sidekicks from Despicable Me live up to expectations ... that evolve to serve the most evil people in history. After killing off yet ...

Seemingly blinded by his overprotectiveness of his children and his growing mutual attraction to Lucy, Gru seems on the wrong track even as his minions are being quietly kidnapped en masse for ...

The Despicable Me franchise centers on Gru, a super-villain (who later becomes a dad and superhero); his yellow-coloured Minions; and his three orphan girls, Margo, Edith and Agnes.