‘Minions & Monsters’ Trailer – The Minions Summon Cthulhu to Make Their Own Monster Movie

Hollywood has a monster problem in Illumination’s Minions & Monsters, and the Super Bowl trailer for the animated movie had a surprising connection to the world of H.P. Lovecraft.

Only in theaters July 1, Minions & Monsters tells 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.” Their plan this time around? To make a monster movie!

In order to do so, the Minions read from the Necronomicon in an attempt to summon elder god Cthulhu, but what they get is something a little bit less fearsome than they expected. The Minions team up with Baby Cthulhu to dig up various other monsters to star in their movie.

Watch the official Super Bowl trailer for Minions & Monsters below.

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) and Pierre Coffin and is produced by Illumination’s Academy Award® nominated founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and by 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 Despicable Me and Minions to a global box office of more than $5.6 billion.

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