MOONED (short film)

MOONED is an 2023 American computer-animated short film produced by Illumination. A spin-off short to the Despicable Me franchise, it will reprise the voice roles of Jason Segel as Vector, and Pierre Coffin as the minions.

MOONED is scheduled for release on December 22, 2023 by Universal Pictures, before the premiere of Migration, and alongside the DreamWorks 30 Years limited engagement re-release of Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken on April 12, 2024.

Plot
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Production
MOONED was revealed on the Minions' official TikTok page on November 19, 2023, with the official poster. Jason Segel, and Despicable Me (2010) co-director and French animator Pierre Coffin were announced to reprise their roles of Vector (Segel) and the minions (Coffin) respectively. Aeron Mer Eclarinal of The Direct stated:


 * In a post from TikTok, Illumination Studios, via the Minions official page, announced that a new spin-off short film titled Mooned that centers around Vector will be released in theaters in front of the studio's next animation film, Migration.

The animation is being produced at Illumination Studios Paris. The short is revealed to be 8 minutes and 50 seconds long.

Release
MOONED will premiere on December 22, 2023, in front of Illumination's next film Migration, distributed by Universal Pictures. It has also screened in theaters with a DreamWorks 30 Years limited engagement re-release of Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken on April 19, 2024. The film was rated PG by the Motion Picture Association for "some rude material".

The official trailer for MOONED was released on November 20, 2023.