Illumination’s 'Minions & Monsters,' directed by Pierre Coffin. Photo: © Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. In theaters on July 1 is ‘Minions & Monsters,’ the latest spin-off from the ‘Despicable Me’ franchise,

The Minions, we learn in their latest adventure, were originally a seafaring folk who traveled the oceans in rowboats looking for the most evil and despicable master they could possibly find.

He revealed that they had tried to kill the creatures “multiple times,” but they came back to life “for some reason.”