Minions get no respect. They’re minions after all. They do what you tell them. That’s their job. Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment are telling their Minions in 3D that they will have to stand down until July 10, 2015, where they will be sandwiched between two summer blockbusters. The Minions, which was spun off from Despicable Me, was originally set to hit theaters on December 19, 2014.
The Minions will be doing clean up duty a week after the sequel to Independence Day and Terminator 5 open. They have a week to pull in an audience before Batman vs. Superman opens. Universal also moved the release date for the Untitled Illumination Entertainment Project in 3D from July 3, 2015 to February 12, 2016.
The Minions were the little yellow people in Despicable Me 2. Despicable Me 2 was recently denied release in China.
This is moving week at movie studios, Disney announced it was pushing back Pixar Animation Studios’ The Good Dinosaur from May 2014 to November 25, 2015, while they replace the director, Bob Peterson.
But Minions isn’t being moved because its causing any trouble, minions don’t cause trouble, Universal wants to exploit the screaming yellow zonkers for the box office popcorn. Despicable Me 2 made over $840 million worldwide and is the year’s second most popular release after Iron Man 3.
SOURCE: IGN
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