Minions Short Film ‘Mower Minions’ Will Play Before ‘The Secret Life Of Pets’ [CinemaCon 2016]
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment have announced that a newMinionsshort film will play before their summer releaseThe Secret Life of Pets. Learn about the short film, titledMower Minions, and see the first image, after the jump.
The new short film titledMower Minionswas screened as a surprise as part of the Universal Pictures presentation at CinemaCon 2016 in Las Vegas. The premise involves the Minions seeing a product they want to buy during an infomercial on television. Not having the funds to buy the product, the yellow guys decide to start a lawn mowing business and of course the hijinks they get in should get some laughs from younger audiences.
I was in attendance at CinemaCon and previewed the new Minions short film.Mower Minionsplays more like an old Looney Toons short film than the stuff we commonly see from Disney and Pixar. But to give you an idea of the humor, one minion steps in dog poop, which is picked up and bagged — a bag which is later accidentally used by another minion who is hyperventilating. Gross.
Here is the full first look image fromMower Minions:
The Minions made their debut in the 2010 filmDespicable Meand have since also appeared in the sequelDespicable Me 2and their own spin-off filmMinions. They also have a motion simulator ride called Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem at Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood. This isn’t the first Minions short film to be released – it’s actually the tenth one to date followingHome Makeover,Orientation Day,Banana,Puppy,Panic in the Mailroom,Training Wheels,Binky Nelson Unpacified,CompetitionandCro Minion.
