Megamind is an American media franchise created and owned by DreamWorks Animation, which began with the 2010 animated film of the same name written by Alan J. Schoolcraft and Brent Simons.
That would certainly make Disney dominant in animation, even more than they already are. But it's not likely to happen. DreamWorks separated into two separate companies, DreamWorks Pictures and DreamWorks Animation, in 2004. DreamWorks Animation was bought by NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast, in 2016.
Unlike its predecessor, Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate was produced by DreamWorks Animation Television and was released on Peacock on March 1, 2024. Unlike the first film, Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate received negative reviews from critics and audiences, with many deeming it inferior to its predecessor.
Unlike the original Megamind movie, which was produced by DreamWorks Animation, the sequel was produced by its television arm, DreamWorks Animation Television. The sequel is also being panned by critics for its uneventful plot, which features only loosely defined threats and other narrative threads.
The Will Ferrell-starring flick followed the titular supervillain in his attempt to create a more powerful hero to fight. While it was a critical success, it didn't perform so well at the box office, grossing only $322 million on a $130 million budget, one of DreamWorks' lowest-grossing films of the 2010s.
Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate features an entirely different voice cast, with Will Ferrell replaced by Keith Ferguson. The creators of the film explained the recasting was due to scheduling and the ability to find fresh talent to expand the characters' relationships.
Megamind is a 2010 American animated superhero comedy film directed by Tom McGrath, produced by DreamWorks Animation, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It features the voices of Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross, and Brad Pitt.
Known as "Minion" in the original film, his name is changed to "Ol' Chum" in the sequel film Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate and the television series Megamind Rules! This is said in-universe to be due to a copyright dispute with a creature involving a banana.
The sequel has been in the making for over ten years and has infuriated fans as their time has been wasted. The film is reportedly the worst-rated film by DreamWorks Animation, who are also awaiting the release of Kung Fu Panda 4.
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DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA) (also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios or simply DreamWorks) is an American animation studio owned by Universal Pictures, a division of NBCUniversal, which is itself a subsidiary of Comcast.
Megamind (his birth name remains unknown) was born to his unnamedparents in his home planet. Eight days after Megamind's birth, the planet was destroyed by a black hole but he was able to survive thanks to his parents, who packed him in a escape pod with Minion and his binky and sent him off the planet.
He is a blue alien with a genius-level intellect and a desire for affection stemming from his dark past involving his heroic rival, Metro Man, making him become the villain that he is. Since then, Megamind and Metro Man would fight each other for the fate of Metro City, with the latter always winning.
Why make such a choice in a time when male-dominated children's movies are so rare? “Seeing how dumb and stupid they often are, I just couldn't imagine Minions being girls,” Coffin told TheWrap. According to the French animator, all of the title characters are voiced by male actors.
The film shows that the Minions existed in the Cretaceous Period since they interact with a Tyrannosaurus rex in the film. Therefore, the Minions have been around for at least 60 million years.
The undeniable stars of the hit Despicable Me franchise, the Minions, have all been confirmed as male by co-creator Pierre Coffin. The yellow-skinned, pill-shaped creatures, who exist to serve the world's greatest evildoers, won hearts through their patented combination of adorability and blunderous behavior.
Currently, DreamWorks operates out of offices at Universal Studios Hollywood. DreamWorks is also distinct from its former animation division of the same name, which was spun off in 2004 and became a subsidiary of NBCUniversal in 2016.
Villain-turned-hero Megamind is back for a direct-to-streaming sequel called Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate. The sequel, which will be released alongside a new Megamind TV series, comes almost exactly 13 years after the original ended its box-office run with a worldwide gross of $321.9 million.
Metro Man was quick to realize that much like how his existence turned Megamind to villainy, Metro Man is locked in the eyes of the citizens as their hero, and he wanted to pursue his own interests in music.
Megamind (originally voiced by Ferrell, now by Keith Ferguson) was a fiendish villain in Metrocity (which he continues to pronounce to rhyme with atrocity), ably assisted by a tech-savvy fish who lives inside a bowl on top of a robot body (originally David Cross, here Josh Brener).
Megamind is a satiric take on the Superman mythos, seen through the eyes of a supervillain who's part Lex Luthor, part Brainiac. Instead of a rocket ship bearing an infant survivor from a doomed planet to Earth, there are two ships from two planets.
