The New Trailer and Poster for Minions & Monsters

Universal Pictures has released the new trailer and poster for Minions & Monsters, which opens in theaters on July 1, 2026. The movie has been rated PG by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) for violence/action, language, and rude/macabre humor.

Fresh off the worldwide blockbuster success of summer 2024’s Despicable Me 4, Illumination expands its joyful animated universe with a riotous new chapter, featuring all-new characters, in the biggest global animated franchise in history: Minions & Monsters.

This is the rambunctious, ridiculous, and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world, and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.

The acclaimed voice cast includes Academy Award winner Allison Janney, two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges, two-time Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg, Zoey Deutch (Nouvelle Vague), and Academy Award nominee and comedy iconoclast Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park.

The cast also includes Saturday Night Live alum Bobby Moynihan and Phil LaMarr (Futurama, King of the Hill).

Minions & Monsters is directed by Academy Award nominee Pierre Coffin, a director of the first three Despicable Me films and the first Minions film. Coffin has also provided the voice for the Minions since their film debut in 2010.

The film is written by Brian Lynch (Minions, The Secret Life of Pets films) and Pierre Coffin, and is produced by Illumination’s Academy Award-nominated founder and CEO, Chris Meledandri, and Bill Ryan (executive producer, The Super Mario Bros. Movie). The executive producer is Brian Lynch.

More than ten years after their creation, the Minions have become the most iconic animated characters of their generation. Globally recognized and beloved by fans of all ages, they have propelled Illumination’s Despicable Me and Minions to a global box office of more than $5.6 billion.