Pierre Coffin on the grueling work behind Illumination’s billion-dollar franchise and how he crafts irreverent comedy for both children and adults.

As the cute, yellow, gibberish-spouting creatures return in Minions & Monsters, the animator who voices them and has directed five of the films in the franchise will be taking…

Pierre Coffin on the grueling work behind Illumination’s billion-dollar franchise and how he crafts irreverent comedy for both children and adults.

Everyone’s favourite Despicable Me sidekicks are back, this time in Hollywood in the 1920s, with plenty of nods to films and culture.

It's smarter, wilder and funnier in the first half, but Pierre Coffin's 'Minions & Monsters' is a mostly delightful seventh entry in the franchise.

French director and voice actor was coaxed back to the franchise for the latest Minions outing