Editor’s note: Before he founded and became CEO of the Universal-based animation factory Illumination, Chris Meledandri was tasked with building an animation division at Fox. Early on, the ...

The company’s owner, Universal Pictures, has acquired French animation house Mac Guff Ligne, which made Illumination’s 2009 hit ‘Despicable Me’ and is working on its next two pictures ...

For relative peanuts (at least compared to the price of acquiring a fully fledged toon studio), Universal underwrote the launch of Illumination, which started with just two employees ...

Disney's animation studios have struggled to generate box-office returns in the wake of the pandemic. Meanwhile, Universal's Illumination and DreamWorks studios continue to deliver.

The animation studio behind “Despicable Me,” Illumination, is launching a new label that will help it expand beyond family films and into more adult animated fare.

Illumination, the studio behind "Despicable Me," has hired former Netflix Adult Animation Chief Mike Moon to create a new label, Moonlight.

Illumination Entertainment, the production company behind “Minions” and the “Despicable Me” films, has signed a first-look deal with South Korean animation studio Mofac Alfred, an ...

The Secret Life of Pets combined adorable animals with animation to create a hit movie franchise. Now it's a ride at Universal Studios Hollywood, opening March 27 — and combined with the nearby ...

Disney has Mickey Mouse, Warners has Bugs Bunny, but until just eight years ago, Universal Studios hadn’t put much stock in cartoon characters. Now, one can hardly reference the studio or its ...

Amir Nasrabadi, the former animation exec at Illumination Entertainment, Paramount Pictures and Pixar, has been named executive vp and general manager of DHX Media's Vancouver animation studio.