Despicable Me 2 is a 2013 American animated comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures.

[1][2] The sequel to Despicable Me (2010),[3] it was directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio.

Despicable Me 2 stars the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, and Ken Jeong.

[2] The film follows Gru (Carell) as he is recruited by agent Lucy Wilde (Wiig), who is investigating a theft of a mutagen.

During their investigations, they extract El Macho (Bratt), a supervillain with the goal of causing world domination after faking his death.