Despicable Me - Gru & His Minion - Show - GrandWest - Cape Town Shows & Movies

Despicable Me - Gru and his Minions - GrandWest, Cape Town

Fans of the outrageous blockbuster franchise Despicable Me are in for an exciting treat at GrandWest during the upcoming school holidays. Gru and one of his Minions, Mel, will be venturing to the complex to meet their fans as part of a nationwide roadshow to promote Despicable Me 3 which launches in South Africa on 30 June 2017. They will make grand appearances from 19h00 to 20h30 on 8 July 2017 and from 18h00 to 20h00 on 11 July 2017.

Buoyed by the response to the Minions’ road show to promote their movie Minions in 2015, GrandWest looks forward to welcoming fans, young and old, in their droves. Fans will get to meet the famed Despicable Me characters and have their photos taken with them. There is no cost to join the fun.

South African movie fans have loved these charismatic characters since they made their debut in the first hit animation, Despicable Me.

Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures’ worldwide blockbuster Despicable Me introduced audiences around the globe to the super-villain Gru and his mischievous Minions. After becoming a father to orphans Margo, Edith and Agnes, Gru ultimately gave up his life of crime and turned from Super Bad to Super Dad.

In Despicable Me 2 Gru was recruited by top agent Lucy to join the Anti-Villain League (AVL). Gru thought romance was out of his reach until he fell hard for his super spy partner, now wife, Lucy. In June 2017 Gru, Lucy and the girls return for a globe-hopping adventure featuring new characters and some big surprises.

There is a new super villain on the scene whose exploits causes Lucy and Gru to lose their jobs. The Minions who are desperate for a life of crime decide to leave Gru and go off in search of a new Big Boss. We also discover Gru has a twin brother in the shape of Dru – fantastically wealthy, charming and sophisticated and with a head of fabulous golden hair.

Despicable Me 3 promises audiences plenty of new stories, new characters, new plot twists and Despicable Me sibling rivalry and all of this delivered with Illumination’s trademark sweet and subversive style of comedy.