"Minions: The Rise of Gru" is the second prequel movie in the "Despicable Me" Franchise. Towards the end of the first prequel in 2015 "Minions," the yellow indestructible creatures come across 12-year-old Gru, who is the leader of the minions in the "Despicable Me" trilogy.
"The Rise of Gru" follows how the minions help Gru become the notorious villain he is known as at the beginning of the "Despicable Me" franchise. In the movie, Gru attempts to join the supervillain supergroup the Vicious 6, but instead, incurs their wrath.
Carell, who has voiced Gru since the first "Despicable Me" movie, returns to portray the young version.