The founder of the animation studio behind “Super Mario” and the yellow, chattering “minions” cartoon characters says his movies aren’t made specifically for children.

The section of the Opening Ceremony featuring the Paris-based animation studio Illumination’s Minions characters nodded to French writer Jules Verne’s 1870 adventure novel “Twenty Thousand ...

The cartoon characters called Minions, sufficiently popular to anchor two ostensibly discrete animated film franchises, are diminutive capsule-shaped yellow yammerers outfitted in goggles and ...

Paris-based animation studio Illumination’s Minions characters made an appearance and nodded to French writer Jules Verne’s 1870 adventure novel.

That’s right, the silo is now a giant Minion. “The farmers told me I’m the talk of the county,” Stark said in an interview with WANE-TV, which you can see above.

5. Sandra Bullock and Jon Hamm will join the minions family. Minions, an animated film starring Bullock and Hamm, is in production, with Coffin directing. It is scheduled for a Dec. 19, 2014, release.