Pierre Coffin

Date of Birth

1967-03-16

Place of Birth

Limoges, France

Known for

Minions & Monsters, Despicable Me, Despicable Me 4, Minions, Despicable Me 2: 3 Mini-Movie Collection

Most Popular Stories

Mario creator reveals why Nintendo & Illumination are teaming for new movie

Posted 9 years ago

Mario is by far the most iconic video game character in the world, but he hasn’t had the best luck at the movies. The last live-action adaptation – SUPER MARIO BROS. – is a staple of bad movie nights, thus...

Weekend Box Office Report: June 30-July 2, 2017

Posted 9 years ago

Despicable Me 3 steals #1! Reformed supervillain Felonious Gru returned to theaters for a third time this weekend, and put DESPICABLE ME 3 in first place at the box office with an estimated opening of $75.4 million! Heading toward the...

Review: Despicable Me 3

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: When lovable one-time baddie Gru discovers he has a brother, the siblings find themselves reunited and ready for a final heist. The enemy? A has-been television child star bent on the destruction of Hollywood. REVIEW: Early on, there was a spark of hope...

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Review: Minions

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: The origin story of those lovable yellow creatures who only want to find a master to serve. After centuries of having trouble finding an appropriate leader, three minions venture to Orlando in order to meet who they believe is...

You may never look at Minions the same way after their new trailer

Posted 11 years ago

The DESPICABLE ME films have been met with great success and that's due to, in no small part, the titular Minions. They're tiny, they're yellow, and they speak in a gibberish concocted of English, Spanish, and whatever else director Pierre...

The new trailer for Minions gives us villains, bananas, and bedtime stories

Posted 12 years ago

When it comes to the world of animated films, Universal’s DESPICABLE ME franchise seems to be the most viable in terms of marketing. Where SHREK seemed to outlive it’s welcome and Disney, Pixar, and Dreamworks taking their sweet time between...

Check out Minions’ supervillain Scarlet Overkill voiced by Sandra Bullock

Posted 12 years ago

It would be a stretch to see Sandra Bullock in a role of supervillain in a live-action film; she’s one of America’s favorite actresses, or sweethearts if you want. Luckily for us she can at least voice a villain with...

Jon Hamm’s content not being a superhero despite feeling old and irrelevant

Posted 12 years ago

With the phenomenal Mad Men coming to a close in 2015, you'd think Don Draper himself, Jon Hamm, would have been eager to swoop up another steady gig. It seems that he feels exactly the opposite, especially when it comes...

The funny first Trailer for the Despicable Me spinoff Minions has arrived

Posted 12 years ago

It took a few years, but the show-stealing Minions from DESPICABLE ME finally have their very own movie coming out. The first trailer has arrived for the appropriately titled MINIONS and it's set to some pretty great music from the...

Cool Videos: Weird Al’s spoof of Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” is Tacky

Posted 12 years ago

To help promote his new album Mandatory Fun, Weird Al Yankovich has produced eight music videos for the album, and he will be releasing them one a day for the next eight days. The first one landed online yesterday, and...

Despicable Me 3 and How the Grinch Stole Christmas set for release in 2017

Posted 13 years ago

With the massive success of DESPICABLE ME 2 last summer, Universal is upping the ante with the announcement that DESPICABLE ME 3 will be hitting theaters in 2017. This comes in addition to the already in production spin-off prequel MINIONS...

Review: Despicable Me 2

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Guess who’s back? Gru is back! And this one time super villain has now settled into family life with his three adopted daughters. However when a dangerous new criminal comes to town, he is recruited to help stop this...

Cool Videos: Steve Carell makes an appearance on Ellen as Gru from Despicable Me

Posted 13 years ago

Want to know how to get some excitement going for your upcoming movie? Take notes from Steve Carell. Today on THE ELLEN SHOW, Carell came dressed as his evil animated counterpart Gru to promote the DESPICABLE ME 2. A video...