UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND ILLUMINATION ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT THE AMERICAN PREMIERE OF DESPICABLE ME 2 UNIVERSAL CITYWALK AND GIBSON AMPHITHEATRE UNIVERSAL CITY, CA SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2013

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Jun 13, 2013, 04:03 ET

UNIVERSITY CITY, Calif., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

WHAT:	The American premiere of *DESPICABLE ME 2*

WHO:	DESPICABLE ME 2 directors Chris Renaud & Pierre Coffin; producers Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy; cast members Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Coogan, Ken Jeong, Elsie Fisher, Dana Gaier, Moises Arias, Nasim Pedrad; writers Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio; original songs and themes creator Pharrell Williams; composer Heitor Pereira

WHERE:	Universal CityWalk and Gibson Amphitheatre
	100 Universal City Plaza
	Universal City, CA 91608

WHEN:	Saturday, June 22, 2013
	12:00 PM	Press Call Time
	1:00 PM	Celebrity Arrivals
	2:00 PM	Screening Begins Gibson Amphitheatre

**Footage taken by the enormous Despicablimp will be on EPK.tv immediately following the premiere.**

DESPICABLE ME 2 arrives in theaters nationwide on Wednesday, July 3, 2013.
www.despicable.me

SOURCE Universal Pictures