From there, “Despicable Me” does little more than kill time while family members try adjusting to their new surroundings, including Gru’s dealings with a snotty neighbor voiced by Carell’s ...

Steve Carell lends his voice once again to Gru, although since we're going back in time, he's playing Gru as 11 and 3/4 years old. Carell has been part of this franchise from the beginning.

It’s not as if Carell, who turns 62 next month, has only had Gru as a big-screen credit (there are six features in the animated franchise). He was eighth billed, as “Steven Carell,” in his ...

The latest spin-off in the ‘Despicable Me’ franchise tells the story of young Gru’s transformation into a supervillain before he eventually turned into a secret government spy.