Ever since we first learn about dinosaurs as kids, the idea of monsters is fascinating. More powerful and fantastical than regular animals, they inhabit the closet space of our minds and dark corners of imagination. It's a bummer to grow up and realize ...

Pierre Coffin thought he was done with the Minions. After nearly two decades inside the "Despicable Me" universe - the highest-grossing animated franchise of all time, with more than $5.5 billion worldwide across six films - the French animator had earned the right to feel worn out.