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Orphan-Friendly Villains Fight To The Death, In New Despicable Me Trailer

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 PST

We're still not sure how to feel about 3-D supervillain showdown Despicable Me, especially since one of the aforementioned villains becomes an impromptu foster parent to three orphan girls. Watch the trailer and judge for yourself.

While the theme is certainly catchy, and the voice cast is impressive what's with the orphans? Read the official synopsis...

Synopsis:

In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon.

Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad.

The world's (second) greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes.

Hmmmm, I see no orphans in the teaser trailer. Seems like a big responsibility for a single supervillain to take on. Couldn't he get a basket of kittens instead? Here are a few stills.

Despicable Me is in theaters July 9, 2010.

[trailer via Apple]

More Maxwell Coming Your Way In Get Smart 2

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:30:00 PDT

After the good-not-great performance that Get Smart did at the box office — combined with it being one of the only comedies without Seth Rogen in it — it was only a matter of time until the WB locked down Steve Carell for another Smart movie. According to the trades: "The studio is mobilizing a sequel for Carell to return as Maxwell Smart." Plus Carell has a development deal, so he may have more wacky films in the pipeline. As long as they're more like Smart and less like Evan Almighty. [Variety]

Go On A Wild Date With Get Smart's "Uncle Handsome"

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:40:00 PDT

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson shares a behind the scene look into how he crafted Agent 23 for the comedy Get Smart — or, as he calls him, "Uncle Handsome." Watch in a special clip as Agent 23 throws people against walls, staples a mans head, and gets into random bouts of silliness with Agent 86 (Steve Carell). Johnson was expertly cast in this role as the handsome devil 23 and it's cute to watch him get his feathers ruffled when this massive field agent is forced to sit at a desk and do paperwork at Control. But I'm much happier knowing the brunt of the comedy work will be left in Carell's hands.