What if Illumination was founded by 1997?

## Changes

* Our real-life's Minions would have changes:
	1. The minions still being evolutionary species that existed since the beginning of time.
	2. Make still the Minions' origin story a full-length film.

* *Untitled third Minions film* would be happened.
	+ Then, they would be fully focused on the Minions.
		- The film set would take place after the events of *Despicable Me 4.*
	+ Gru, his twin brother, Dru, Edith, Margo, Agnes, Lucy, and Dr. Nefario won't appears at all.

* *Despicable Me 3, Minions: The Rise of Gru,* and *Despicable Me 4* would be remained presented in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, while *The Grinch, Migration, The Super Mario Bros. Movie* still presented in 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
* *Woody Woodpecker* (by Aldrine25's version) and *The Sneetches* (DonaldoC1997's and Coolot's version) would be made in both 2020 and 2022, and it would be released on May 6th, 2020 and September 8th, 2022.
	+ Chris Renaud would serves as a director, and Pierre Coffin would being role of Woody Woodpecker.
		- Keegan-Michael Key, Kevin Hart, and Tori Kelly would be the roles as Wally Walrus, Buzz Buzzard, and Winnie Woodpecker.
		- The plot for the film would centers on the titular woodpecker as he and his grouchy neighbor, Wally Walrus, must settle their differences together as they try to rescue a female woodpecker named Winnie from becoming Buzz Buzzard's girlfriend.
* *Minions: The Rise of Gru* would kept its original release, July 3rd, 2020, but would instead be released on Peacock, due to its COVID-19.
* In *The Sneetches:*
	+ Paul Bettany, Josh Gad, Grant Gustin, Alison Brie, Emily Bunt, and Jack Black would be the roles as Sylvester McMonkey McBean, Kanks, Paul, Carly, Starla, and Carl the Sneetches.
* *Minions Paradise* wouldn't be discontinued in 2017, and it would instead be updated in 2018.
	+ Mel and Otto would make appearance in this game.

* In 2020, The epic cover of Pharrell Williams' "Just a Cloud Away" would be full version by Ghostwriter Music, and it will be available on YouTube. Later, it was used to the trailer of Migration. Here's the video what it looks like or sound like: *Migration*.
	+ In 2011, "Just a Cloud Away" by Pharrell Williams would be debuted.
* *The Guy and the Spy* would be co-produced by Aardman Animations and it would be released on November 10, 2017.
	+ Tagline for the trailers and poster would be says "From the creators of *Despicable Me* and *Wallace & Gromit*".
	+ While the entire film was stop-motion animated by Aardman, the logo would be animated by Illumination Mac Guff.
	+ Chris Renaud and Peter Lord would be serves as executive producers.
* Lenny the Magnificent would be made in 2018, and it will be released on July 13rd, 2018, making the first Illumination film to be traditionally-animated.
* *Brad and Gary* would became an full-length film rather than short film.
	+ Snoop Dogg and John Cena would be the roles as Brad and Gary.
* Illumination Studios Paris would've been founded in 2001.
	+ the Minions would be first debuted introduction in the logos on the same year, before it will be official introduced in *Despicable Me* for 2010.

## Filmography

1. *Despicable Me* (2010)
2. *Hop* (2011)
3. *Dr. Seuss' The Lorax* (2012)
4. *Despicable Me 2* (2013)
5. *Minions* (2015)
6. *The Secret Life of Pets* (2016)
7. *Sing* (2016)
8. *Despicable Me 3* (2017)
9. *The Guy and the Spy* (2017)
10. *Lenny the Magnificent* (2018)
11. *Dr. Seuss' The Grinch* (2018)
12. *The Secret Life of Pets 2* (2019)
13. *Minions: The Rise of Gru* (2020)
14. *Dr. Seuss' The Sneetches* (2020)
15. *Brad and Gary* (2021)
16. *Sing 2* (2021)
17. *The Orphan Girls* (2022)
18. *Woody Woodpecker* (2022)
19. *Cut the Rope* (2022)
20. *The Super Mario Bros. Movie* (2023)
21. *Migration* (2023)
22. *Despicable Me 4* (2024)
23. *Minions 3* (2025)

## Trivia

* *Uglydolls* was the first Illumination film to be outsourced by other studios. The second would be *The Addams Family* and its sequel.
	+ This is the first Illumination film to be co-produced by other company.

* *The Sneetches* is the first Illumination film to be released in May.
* *The Addams Family 2* is the first Illumination film to be released in theaters and on Peacock on the same day.